Bill Text: TX HR137 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Resolution 137 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Nepal.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-03 - Filed [HR137 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HR137-Introduced.html

	88R10727 BPG-D

	By: Meza	H.R. No. 137



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The United States and Nepal have enjoyed a strong
	and productive friendship for 75 years; and
	WHEREAS, On April 25, 1947, the U.S. became the second
	country to establish diplomatic relations with Nepal; Nepal opened
	its embassy in Washington, D.C., in 1958, and the American Embassy
	in Kathmandu began operations the following year; since then,
	high-level visits between the countries have reinforced our mutual
	commitment, and our armies have regularly shared expertise in such
	areas as training, disaster management, counterterrorism, security
	cooperation, and peacekeeping capacity building; and
	WHEREAS, The U.S. began extending development assistance to
	Nepal in the early 1950s through the Point Four Program, supporting
	transport, communication, agriculture, and other sectors; public
	health aid through the years has ranged from malaria eradication
	efforts in the middle of the last century to the donation of
	millions of doses of vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic; and
	WHEREAS, Following devastating 2015 earthquakes, the United
	States supplemented recovery aid by making Nepal one of the few
	nations to hold a single-country trade preference with the U.S.,
	and total annual bilateral trade has reached some $300 million; in
	2022, the Nepalese government ratified the Millennium Challenge
	Corporation Nepal Compact with the U.S. to join in the effort of
	modernizing the country's energy and transportation sectors; and
	WHEREAS, Many Americans and Nepalis have formed
	people-to-people connections through educational and cultural
	exchanges; in 2018, Nepal ranked among the top 12 sources of
	overseas students in the U.S., and the number of Americans studying
	in Nepal has increased as well; the beauty and cultural wealth of
	Nepal have drawn people from all over the world to the country, and
	Americans are a major contributor to its vibrant tourist industry;
	the U.S. Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation has invested
	nearly $4 million over the past two decades in 25 projects in Nepal;
	and
	WHEREAS, For generations, the United States and Nepal have
	worked together in behalf of shared goals and democratic values,
	and the bonds of friendship continue to strengthen with the passing
	of the years; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
	Legislature hereby commemorate the 75th anniversary of the
	establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and
	Nepal.