On June 6, 2001, President George W. Bush signed Executive Order 13216 to increase opportunities for and improve the quality of life of approximately thirteen million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders living in the United States and the U.S.- and Pacific Island jurisdictions. This action renewdesigns a previous Executive Order, which established the President's Advisory Commission and a federal Interagency Working Group on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

ASIAN AMERICAN/ PACIFIC ISLANDER WOMEN