IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 606 
Recognizing the month of June as Immigrant Heritage Month in honor 
of the accomplishments and role of immigrants in shaping the history 
and culture of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 29, 2014 
Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California (for herself, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. 
GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. RANGEL, 
Mr. COSTA, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. WATERS, Mr. 
HONDA, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New 
Mexico, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. TITUS, Mr. POLIS, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. HECK of Wash-
ington, Mr. HINOJOSA, and Mr. VEASEY) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the month of June as Immigrant Heritage 
Month in honor of the accomplishments and role of im-
migrants in shaping the history and culture of the 
United States. 
Whereas the entrepreneurial drive and spirit of our country 
is built on our diversity of origins; 
Whereas it is what drew the first people to the U.S. and what 
continues to drive American business; 
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•HRES 606 IH 
Whereas American success is a result of our many distinct 
experiences, not in spite of it; 
Whereas America has always been a nation of immigrants, 
and throughout the nation’s history, immigrants from 
around the globe have kept our workforce vibrant, our 
businesses on the cutting edge, and helped to build the 
greatest economic engine in the world; 
Whereas as a nation of immigrants, we must remember the 
generations of pioneers that helped lay the railroads and 
build our cities, develop new industries and fuel our In-
formation Age, from the telegraph to the smart phone; 
Whereas immigrants represent 14 percent of all employed col-
lege graduates and 50 percent of Ph.D.s working in math 
and computer science occupations; 
Whereas immigrant-owned small businesses generated a total 
of $776 billion in receipts and employed an estimated 4.7 
million people in 2007; 
Whereas immigrants started 28 percent of all new U.S. busi-
nesses, despite accounting for only 13 percent of the U.S. 
population in 2011; 
Whereas immigrants or the children of immigrants founded 
more than 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies; 
Whereas these American companies represent 7 of the 10 
most valuable brands globally, collectively employ over 10 
million people, and generate annual revenue of $4.2 tril-
lion; 
Whereas immigrants’ contributions in the high-tech sector 
are especially striking, both in the number of businesses 
started and in the number of patents filed; 
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•HRES 606 IH 
Whereas between 2006 and 2012, 44 percent of new tech 
startups in Silicon Valley, widely known as the inter-
national hub for technological development and innova-
tion, had at least one immigrant founder; 
Whereas increased immigration to the United States has in-
creased the earnings of Americans with more than a high 
school degree; and 
Whereas between 1990 and 2004, increased immigration was 
correlated with increasing earnings of Americans by 0.7 
percent and is expected to contribute to an increase of 
1.8 percent over the long term: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes ‘‘Immigrant Heritage Month’’ in 
honor of the accomplishments and role of immi-
grants in shaping the history and culture of the 
United States; 
(2) pledges to celebrate immigrant contributions 
to, and immigrant heritage in, each district; and 
(3) encourages the people of the United States 
to commemorate the history of immigrants in the 
United States and to always remember our immi-
grant roots. 
Æ 
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