IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1136 
Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and cul-
ture of Latinos in the United States and the immense contributions 
of Latinos to the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 
Mr. CA´RDENAS (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs. 
BEATTY, Mr. BERA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BLUNT ROCH-
ESTER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
BROWN of Maryland, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. 
CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. 
JUDY CHU of California, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of 
New York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CORREA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COX of Cali-
fornia, Mr. CROW, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DAVIS of Cali-
fornia, Ms. DEAN, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. 
ENGEL, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. 
FOSTER, Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. GREEN of 
Texas, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. 
HAYES, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. 
HOULAHAN, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mr. LEVIN of 
California, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 
LUJA´N, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of 
New York, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE, Ms. MUCARSEL- 
POWELL, 
Mr. 
NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
O’HALLERAN, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PERL-
MUTTER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RASKIN, Miss 
RICE of New York, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 
SABLAN, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SOTO, 
Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Mrs. TORRES of 
California, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. 
TRONE, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. VELA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILD, Ms. WILSON 
of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. CISNEROS, and Mr. AGUILAR) submitted 
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•HRES 1136 IH 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the 
heritage and culture of Latinos in the United States 
and the immense contributions of Latinos to the United 
States. 
Whereas, from September 15, 2020, through October 15, 
2020, the United States celebrates Hispanic Heritage 
Month; 
Whereas the Bureau of the Census estimates the Hispanic 
population living in the 50 States at more than 
60,000,000 individuals, plus an additional 3,200,000 in-
dividuals living in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
making Hispanic Americans 18 percent of the total popu-
lation of the United States and the largest racial or eth-
nic minority group in the United States; 
Whereas, in 2018, there were close to 1,000,000 or more 
Latino residents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
and in each of the States of Arizona, California, Colo-
rado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, 
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, 
Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington; 
Whereas, between 2010 and 2019, Latinos grew the popu-
lation of the United States by approximately 9,829,000 
individuals, accounting for more than 1⁄2 of the total pop-
ulation growth of the United States during that period; 
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Whereas the Latino population in the United States is pro-
jected to grow to 107,000,000 individuals by 2065, at 
which point the Latino population will comprise more 
than 24 percent of the total population of the United 
States; 
Whereas the Latino population in the United States is cur-
rently the third largest population of Latinos worldwide, 
exceeding the size of the population in every Latin Amer-
ican and Caribbean country, except Mexico and Brazil; 
Whereas, in 2018, there were more than 18,878,000 Latino 
children less than 18 years of age in the United States, 
which represents approximately 1⁄3 of the total Latino 
population in the United States; 
Whereas more than 1 in 4 public school students in the 
United States are Latino, and the share of Latino stu-
dents is expected to rise to nearly 30 percent by 2027; 
Whereas 19 percent of all college students in the United 
States are Latino, making Latinos the second largest ra-
cial or ethnic minority group enrolled in higher education 
in the United States, including 2-year community colleges 
and 4-year colleges and universities; 
Whereas, between 1996 and 2016, the number of Hispanic 
students enrolled in schools, colleges, and universities in 
the United States more than doubled from 8,800,000 to 
17,900,000, and Hispanics now make up 22.7 percent of 
the individuals enrolled in school in the United States; 
Whereas a record 32,000,000 Latinos will be eligible to vote 
in the 2020 Presidential election, representing 13.3 per-
cent of the electorate in the United States; 
Whereas the number of eligible Latino voters is expected to 
rise to 40,000,000 by 2030, accounting for 40 percent of 
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