IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 682 
Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 
11, 2023, as ‘‘National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself, Mrs. GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. CISCOMANI, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. 
ESCOBAR, Mr. DONALDS, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. COSTA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PA-
NETTA, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. SOTO, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. 
GOMEZ, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. CORREA, Ms. 
TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. MULLIN, Mrs. STEEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. 
VALADAO, Ms. PORTER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. CHU, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. LOF-
GREN, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. RUIZ, 
and Ms. STANSBURY) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning 
on September 11, 2023, as ‘‘National Hispanic-Serving 
Institutions Week’’. 
Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are degree-granting 
institutions that have a full-time equivalent under-
graduate enrollment of at least 25-percent Hispanic stu-
dents; 
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•HRES 682 IH 
Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions play an important role 
in educating many low-income and underserved students 
and creating opportunities and increasing access to high-
er education for such students; 
Whereas, in the 2021–2022 academic year, 572 Hispanic- 
Serving Institutions operated in the United States, the 
District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, enrolling more 
than 5,000,000 students; 
Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are engines of eco-
nomic mobility and a major contributor to the economic 
prosperity of the United States; 
Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions represent 19 percent 
of all institutions of higher education, yet serve 30.5 per-
cent of all undergraduate students and 65.6 percent of 
all Hispanic undergraduate students; 
Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are located in 28 
States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; 
Whereas the number of Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institu-
tions, defined as institutions that do not yet meet the 
threshold of 25-percent Hispanic full-time equivalent en-
rollment but serve a Hispanic student population of be-
tween 15 and 24.9 percent, stands at 400 institutions op-
erating in 43 States and the District of Columbia; 
Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are actively involved 
in empowering and improving the communities in which 
the institutions are located; 
Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are leading efforts to 
increase Hispanic participation in science, technology, en-
gineering, and mathematics (commonly known as 
‘‘STEM’’); 
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•HRES 682 IH 
Whereas 7 of the top 10 institutions of higher education 
ranked by the Social Mobility Index were Hispanic-Serv-
ing Institutions; 
Whereas celebrating the vast contributions of Hispanic-Serv-
ing Institutions strengthens the culture of the United 
States; and 
Whereas the achievements and goals of Hispanic-Serving In-
stitutions deserve national recognition: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the achievements and goals of 
Hispanic-Serving Institutions across the United 
States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; 
(2) expresses support for the designation of 
‘‘National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week’’; and 
(3) calls on the people of the United States and 
interested groups to observe the week with appro-
priate ceremonies, activities, and programs to dem-
onstrate support for Hispanic-Serving Institutions in 
honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. 
Æ 
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