[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SENATE RESOLUTION 784--DESIGNATING THE WEEK BEGINNING ON SEPTEMBER 12, 
        2022, AS ``NATIONAL HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS WEEK''



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  On page S4864, September 20, 2022, in the second column, the 
following appears: SENATE RESOLUTION 784 -- DESIGNATING THE WEEK 
BEGINNING ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2022, AS ``NATIONAL HISPANIC-SERVING 
INSTITUTION WEEK''
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: SENATE RESOLUTION 
784 -- DESIGNATING THE WEEK BEGINNING ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2022, AS 
``NATIONAL HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS WEEK''


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  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:

                              S. Res. 784

       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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