Recognizing and honoring Cambodian veterans of the Khmer National Armed Forces for their sacrifices, their support of the Armed Forces of the United States, and their defense of freedom in Southeast Asia.

Summary

Recognizes and honors Cambodian veterans of the Khmer National Armed Forces (FANK) for their role fighting communism alongside U.S. forces during the Vietnam War, for helping capture or destroy enemy supplies, providing intelligence, and aiding the April 1975 evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel from Phnom Penh. It also acknowledges the Khmer Rouge genocide, the large number of Cambodian deaths, persecution of FANK members, subsequent refugee flows to the United States, and persistent mental health and socioeconomic challenges faced by survivors and veterans. The text is declarative and ceremonial: it expresses recognition and historical facts but does not create programs, funding, or legal requirements. Its primary effect is symbolic acknowledgment of FANK veterans and the contributions of Cambodian American communities to U.S. civic life and public service.

• Formally recognizes and honors Cambodian FANK veterans for their wartime support to U.S. efforts and for aiding the 1975 evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel.
• Acknowledges the scale and brutality of the Khmer Rouge genocide and the particular targeting and persecution of FANK members.
• Notes the refugee resettlement of Cambodian survivors to the United States and the ongoing mental health and socioeconomic challenges they face.
• Highlights civic and public-service contributions of FANK veterans and subsequent generations of Cambodian Americans.
• Does not create legal obligations, funding, or new programs; it is a symbolic, declarative resolution.
• Frames historical harms and contributions to raise awareness and formally record congressional recognition.
• Intended effects are commemorative and symbolic—aimed at recognition, healing, and public acknowledgment rather than policy changes.