[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 784 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 784

  Designating the week beginning on September 12, 2022, as ``National 
                 Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 20, 2022

 Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. 
   Klobuchar, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Booker, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
   Cantwell, Mr. Casey, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Kaine, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mr. Reed, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Brown, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
    Hagerty, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Cruz) 
 submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Designating the week beginning on September 12, 2022, as ``National 
                 Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week''.

Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are degree-granting institutions that have 
        a full-time equivalent undergraduate enrollment of at least 25 percent 
        Hispanic students;
Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions play an important role in educating many 
        low-income and underserved students and creating opportunities and 
        increasing access to higher education for such students;
Whereas, in the 2020-2021 academic year, 559 Hispanic-Serving Institutions 
        operated in the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto 
        Rico, enrolling more than 3,500,000 Hispanic students, according to the 
        Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and Excelencia in 
        Education;
Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are engines of economic mobility and a 
        major contributor to the economic prosperity of the United States;
Whereas, according to the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, 
        Hispanic-Serving Institutions represent 16 percent of all institutions 
        of higher education, yet serve 30.4 percent of all undergraduate 
        students and 66.1 percent of all Hispanic students;
Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are located in 29 States, the District of 
        Columbia, and Puerto Rico;
Whereas the number of Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions, defined as 
        institutions that do not yet meet the threshold of 25 percent Hispanic 
        full-time equivalent enrollment but serve a Hispanic student population 
        of between 15 and 24.9 percent, stands at 393 institutions operating in 
        38 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, engineering, and mathematics 
        (commonly known as ``STEM'');
Whereas the top 10 institutions of higher education ranked by Third Way based on 
        the economic mobility of the graduates are Hispanic-Serving 
        Institutions;
Whereas celebrating the vast contributions of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to 
        the United States strengthens the culture of the United States; and
Whereas the achievements and goals of Hispanic-Serving Institutions deserve 
        national recognition: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) recognizes the achievements and goals of Hispanic-
        Serving Institutions across the United States, the District of 
        Columbia, and Puerto Rico;
            (2) designates the week beginning on September 12, 2022, as 
        ``National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week''; and
            (3) calls on the people of the United States and interested 
        groups to observe the week with appropriate ceremonies, 
        activities, and programs to demonstrate support for Hispanic-
        Serving Institutions in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.
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