President Jimmy Carter signed a join resolution in 1978, establishing the first week of May as Pacific/Asian American Heritiage Week. In 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed a bill extending the celebration to a month. Then, in 2009, President Barack Obama signed a proclamation establishing May as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
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