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- United_States_India_Political_Action_Committee abstract "The Indian Americans are one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States and have made remarkable contribution in all professions and socio-political sphere of the country. The community has been vocal in its act as well as participation in social and political activities of US. A number of Indian American citizens have made it various local and senate offices of the country. The voice of the community is influential and reckoned to be amongst the top in the various ethnic communities that have made United States of America their home.The US India Political Action Committee (USINPAC) is a bipartisan nonprofit organization that works on issues and policies of concern to the Indian American community and is the driving force for its 3.2 million members in the United States. It also provides bipartisan support to candidates for federal, state, and local offices who support the issues that are important to the Indian American community.USINPAC was founded in 2002 by Democrat and Republican founding members to represent the voice of Indian American grassroots in Washington. Over the last decade, USINPAC has a successful track record of educating lawmakers on a range of issues; supporting and opposing legislation independently as well as working with issue-based coalitions. USINPAC’s primary role is to serve as a resource for Indian Americans visiting Capitol Hill and a variety of Federal Agencies, in addition to serving as a resource for lawmakers and their staff.Besides promoting “fair and balanced policies” and ensuring that the concerns of the community are effectively addressed, it also offers support to Indian-American candidates vying for political and legislative offices. According to the official website of USINPAC, it has supported successful candidates such as South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, and California District Attorney General Kamala Harris among others.Over the last decade, USINPAC has a successful track record of educating lawmakers on a range of issues; supporting and opposing legislation independently as well as working with issue-based coalitions. It also lends extensive political support such as campaign contributions, grassroots level work and political fundraising for candidates seeking elected office. It extends support to Democrat and Republican candidates who are aligned with the USINPAC political platform, with policy based coalitions. It also works with Senate and House Caucus on issues and policies related to US and India, and Indian Americans. Many leaders of the Indian American community had actively supported USINPAC in garnering support from lawmakers for the historic passage of the 2006 Hyde Act and facilitating congressional approval of the US-India 123 Agreement in 2008 that set the stage for US-India cooperation in civilian nuclear energy trade.The Smart City Industry Leaders to Discuss Opportunities in Smart Cities for India titled “To evaluate scope of business and opportunities in the Smart Cities, Infrastructure, Clean India opportunities in India” with Dr. Udit Raj, Member of Parliament, North-West Delhi as well attendees from some of the world’s leading Smart City builders, planners and proponents from organizations such as the Smart City Council, World Bank, Brookings, Louis Burger, Parsons, DLA Piper, CISCO, CACI and LATA to name a few.USINPAC recently hosted a delegation from the newly formed state of Telangana in India, which is going all out to attract investments from the United States. A delegation led by Mr. Jupally Krishna Rao, Minister of Industries, Telangana visited United States for the purpose of scouting partners and investments, and had a series of meetings in Washington, DC. It will partner the State of Telangana in facilitating investments to the state and act as a coordinating entity between Government of Telangana and investors.USINPAC Chairman Sanjay Puri has participated in Congressional Hearings –providing expert testimony in US LNG Exports to India and India US Nuclear Trad e. The advocacy organization of Indian Americans has also hosted numerous small business technology conferences and annual US business delegations to India to meet with leading Indian politicians, businessmen, and newsmakers to foster exchange of ideas, communication of business culture, and forge closer business ties.Accomplishments:Extensive political Support (campaign contributions, grassroots work) of candidates seeking elected office.• Political fundraising for incumbent as well as challengers, particularly in Congressional Districts and States with large Indian American donors and grassroots constituency.• Support to Democrat and Republican candidates who are aligned with the USINPAC political platform.Strong working relationship with US Congress:• Senate and House Caucus on India and Indian Americans• Individual Members of Congress in Congressional Districts and States with significant Indian American donors and grassroots constituency.• Key Senate and House Committees, including Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs Committee.Legislative Work:• Anti-Hate Crimes Legislation: Successfully advocated for passage of Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act (LLEEA), expansion of a 1968 law that allows federal prosecution for hate crimes. Hosted a round-table discussion on Hate Crimes in conjuncture with the Sikh Mediwaatch and Resource Task Force (SMART), The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), and The Indian American Center for Public Awareness (IACPA). Hosted a briefing in conjecture with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ)Legal Immigration:• Ongoing advocacy for expansion of orderly and expedited legal immigration of highly skilled workers, including expansion of the work visa such the H1-B visa program and study visa.• Successful advocacy to suspend a Department of Homeland Security Special Registration Program that would have required special registration for Indian citizens in the United States and also for those seeking visas for entry into the United States from India.• Ongoing promotion to solve the backlog in visa approval for Indians looking to travel and work in the United States.• Successful advocacy for significant upgrade of US diplomatic staffing and funding in trade gateway cities in India, including a new U.S. Consul in Hyderabad, India.Counter-Terrorism:• In the aftermath of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, organized and hosted legislative briefings on Capitol Hill to update lawmakers and staff on the crisis inIndia, which led to the passage of a resolution on the floor of the House of Representatives.• Launched an online petition that gathered over 16,000 signatures that would make U.S. aid to Pakistan conditional on cooperation and apprehension of the terrorist suspects of the Mumbai attack.• Held several briefings informing lawmakers of the nature and severity of the threat of Jihadist terrorism crossing into India from Pakistan.• Promoted humanitarian aid to Pakistan through U.S. based NGOs• Successfully advocated the passage of a resolution on the floor of the House of Representatives condemning Pakistan for the first time for supporting terrorism in India in the states of Jammu and Kashmir.• Successfully advocated the passage of resolution on the floor of the House of Representative requesting more information from both the CIA and Executive branch over the extent to which Pakistan is cooperating over its nuclear program and halting Islamic extremism.• Successfully advocated for Congressional signatures of a “Dear Colleague” Letter co-signed by the then House India Caucus chairs, Ros Lehtinen and Gary Ackerman, which registered a strong protest against the sale of F-16s to Pakistan.Small Business:• Participated in Congressional Hearings – providing expert testimony - as well as conduct informational briefings with the Senate and House Small Business committees.• Hosted numerous small business technology conferences involving Indian American owned businesses as well as information briefings with Federal Agency Chief Information Officers on Federal budget priorities for informationtechnology spending.Global Health• Organized a briefing on the US and Global Response to HIV/AIDS in India as part of the USINPAC AIDS India Initiative.• Advocated for greater allocation of resources to fight HIV/AIDS including an increase in $29 million foreign aid funding to fight HIV in 2007.• Submitted to the State Department a white paper outlining why fighting HIV/AIDS in India should be a foreign policy priority for the United States.• Between 2005 and 2010 USINPAC held annual briefings to raise awareness of the issue of lack of clean drinking water in India. USINPAC also provided expert testimonies in Congressional hearings on this subject.US-India Trade:• Participated in Congressional Hearings – providing expert testimony - as well as conduct informational briefings with the Senate Foreign Affairs and House Foreign Affairs Committees.• Successfully advocated for re-instatement of favorable GSP tariff preferences for Indian jewelry.• Annual US business delegation to India to meet with leading Indian politicians, businessmen, and newsmakers to foster exchange of ideas, communication of business culture, and forge closer business ties.US-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation• Participated in Congressional Hearings – providing expert testimony - as well as conduct informational briefings with the Senate Foreign Affairs and House Foreign Affairs Committees.• Conducted meetings with House leadership on the U.S.-Indian Nuclear deal including House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Congressman Charlie Rangel and Congressman Chris Cannon.• Conducted a briefing with the State Department officials including Assistant Secretary of State Nicholas Burns and Majority Leader Roy Blunt on Civilian Nuclear cooperation.• Led an Indian American leadership delegation to India to discuss impasses and potential solutions to stalls in the nuclear deal. The delegation met with Indian politicians including Prime Minister, corporate heads as well as the U.S. ambassador to India in New Delhi.USINPAC is headed by Mr. Sanjay PuriUnited States India Political Action Committee (USINPAC) works with and tries to emulate the success of American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), USINPAC sees AIPAC as "Gold Standard in terms of political activism".".
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