IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1353 
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 15, 2022 
Mr. CA´RDENAS (for himself, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. BASS, Ms. 
BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BROWN of 
Maryland, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CASTRO of 
Texas, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CORREA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. CROW, Mr. 
CUELLAR, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DEUTCH, 
Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. 
GARCIA of Texas, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. VICENTE GON-
ZALEZ of Texas, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mrs. 
LEE of Nevada, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. 
LYNCH, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. MENG, Ms. 
MOORE of Wisconsin, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NEWMAN, Ms. NORTON, 
Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Mr. PETERS, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUIZ, 
Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SOTO, 
Ms. TITUS, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mrs. 
TRAHAN, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. 
WILLIAMS of Georgia, and Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
and Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the 
heritage and culture of Latinos in the United States 
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•HRES 1353 IH 
and the immense contributions of Latinos to the United 
States. 
Whereas, from September 15, 2022, through October 15, 
2022, 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 people, plus an additional 3,200,000 living in 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, making Hispanic 
Americans 18.5 percent of the total population of the 
United States and the largest racial or ethnic minority 
group in the United States; 
Whereas, in 2021, 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, in the last decade, Latinos grew the population of 
the United States by approximately 9,829,000 individ-
uals, accounting for more than one half of the total popu-
lation growth in the country during that period; 
Whereas the Latino population in the United States is pro-
jected to grow to 111,000,000 people by 2060, at which 
point the Latino population will comprise more than 28 
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; 
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Whereas, in 2019, there were more than 18,687,000 Latino 
children under 18 years of age in the United States, 
which represents approximately one third of the total 
Latino population in the United States; 
Whereas 27.3 percent of public school students in the United 
States are Latino, and the share of Latino students is ex-
pected to rise to nearly 30 percent by 2027; 
Whereas 19.5 percent of all college students are Latino, mak-
ing Latinos the second largest racial or ethnic minority 
group enrolled in higher education in the United States, 
including 2-year community colleges and 4-year colleges 
and universities; 
Whereas, from 1996 to 2016, the number of Hispanic stu-
dents enrolled in schools, colleges, and universities in the 
United States doubled from 8,800,000 to 17,900,000, 
and Hispanics now make up 24 percent of all people en-
rolled in school in the United States; 
Whereas, as of 2019, there are about 18,200,000 Hispanic 
students enrolled in schools in the United States; 
Whereas a record 32,000,000 Latinos were eligible to vote in 
the 2020 Presidential election, representing 13.3 percent 
of the electorate in the United States; 
Whereas, in the 2020 election, Latinos cast 16.6 million 
votes, a 30.9 percent increase from the 2016 election; 
Whereas the number of eligible Latino voters is expected to 
rise to 40,000,000 by 2030, accounting for 40 percent of 
the growth in the eligible electorate in the United States 
by 2030; 
Whereas each year approximately 800,000 Latino citizens 
reach 18 years of age and become eligible to vote, a num-
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