National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2020, 60041-60042 [2020-21159]

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 23, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 60041-60042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21159]



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Vol. 85

Wednesday,

No. 185

September 23, 2020

Part V





The President





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Proclamation 10076--National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2020



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                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 85 , No. 185 / Wednesday, September 23, 2020 
/ Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10076 of September 14, 2020

                
National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2020

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Hispanic Heritage Month, we celebrate 
                the countless contributions of more than 60 million 
                Hispanic Americans to our culture and society. Hispanic 
                Americans are the largest minority group in the United 
                States today, and generations of Hispanic Americans 
                have consistently helped make our country strong and 
                prosperous. They contribute to our Nation beyond 
                description. Hispanic Americans embody the best of our 
                American values, including commitment to faith, family, 
                and country. They serve in our military and protect us 
                as members of law enforcement. In fact, Hispanic 
                Americans make up half of our Border Patrol agents. The 
                Hispanic-American community has left an indelible mark 
                on our government, culture, and economy.

                As part of our commitment to promoting the success of 
                Hispanic Americans, my Administration will always 
                promote educational opportunity for our Nation's 
                Hispanic-American communities. Hispanic Americans 
                benefit greatly from school choice programs, including 
                the Nation's largest school choice program in Florida, 
                where more than one-third of the recipients are 
                Hispanic-American students. No American student should 
                ever be trapped in a failing public school or a school 
                that does not meet his individual needs. Additionally, 
                we have spurred the creation of more than 16 million 
                education and training opportunities through our Pledge 
                to the American Worker.

                My Administration is also working to increase economic 
                opportunities for Hispanic Americans by providing 
                pathways to in-demand jobs and investing in Hispanic-
                American communities. On July 9, 2020, I signed an 
                Executive Order to establish the White House Hispanic 
                Prosperity Initiative to promote educational and 
                workforce development, encourage private-sector action 
                and public-private partnerships, and to monitor how 
                Federal programs best provide opportunities for 
                Hispanic Americans. Additionally, this Executive Order 
                established the President's Advisory Commission on 
                Hispanic Prosperity, which is dedicated to advising my 
                Administration on ways to improve access to educational 
                and economic opportunities for the Hispanic-American 
                community. This year, my Administration also delivered 
                $1 billion in funding to Minority-Serving Institutions, 
                including Hispanic-Serving Institutions. And since I 
                signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 into law, 
                nearly 9,000 Opportunity Zones have attracted an 
                estimated $75 billion in new capital investment in 
                economically distressed areas, helping to bring wealth 
                and jobs to the neighborhoods where many Hispanic 
                Americans live.

                We are already seeing the positive results of these 
                policies in communities throughout the United States. 
                In the 2017-2018 academic year, the graduation rate for 
                Hispanic students at public high schools rose to 81%, 
                the highest level ever recorded. Before the coronavirus 
                pandemic, the median income for Hispanic Americans had 
                reached its highest level in history. Unemployment 
                reached the lowest rate ever recorded. The poverty rate 
                for Hispanic Americans also hit a record low. And from 
                2017 to 2018, 362,000 Hispanic Americans became new 
                homeowners, the largest net gain for Hispanics since 
                2005. In the past 4 months as we have recovered from 
                the coronavirus, we added 3.3 million jobs for Hispanic 
                Americans. It is my promise to

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                the Hispanic-American community and to all Americans 
                that my Administration will continue to do everything 
                in its power to rebuild the economy, ensure 
                opportunity, grow wages, and cut regulations so every 
                family can achieve their own American Dream.

                Hispanic Americans will play an incredible role in our 
                country's great years to come, and my Administration 
                proudly stands with them. Their steadfast commitment to 
                America's core values, their steadfast opposition to 
                socialism, and their innumerable contributions to our 
                prosperity enrich our Nation and add to our unmatched 
                culture and way of life.

                To honor the achievements of Hispanic Americans, the 
                Congress, by Public Law 100-402, as amended, has 
                authorized and requested the President to issue 
                annually a proclamation designating September 15 
                through October 15 as ``National Hispanic Heritage 
                Month.''

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim September 15 through 
                October 15, 2020, as National Hispanic Heritage Month. 
                I call on public officials, educators, librarians, and 
                all Americans to observe this month with appropriate 
                ceremonies, activities, and programs.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                fifth.
                
                
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