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| 7 | 7 | | LLS NO. R25-0794.01 Jessica Chapman x4636 |
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| 8 | 8 | | HJR25-1018 |
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| 9 | 9 | | House Committees Senate Committees |
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| 10 | 10 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 25-1018 |
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| 11 | 11 | | C |
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| 12 | 12 | | ONCERNING RECOGNITION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LATINA AND101 |
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| 13 | 13 | | L |
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| 14 | 14 | | ATINO VETERANS.102 |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, A diverse group with shared history and culture that1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | identifies as Latina/o, Hispanic, and Chicana/o, among other shared2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | identities, including many faiths, orientations, and all gender identities3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | has fought in support of the United States and the cause of freedom in4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | every American conflict since the American Revolution; and5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, During the Revolutionary War, Colonel Bernardo de6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Galvez, the Spanish governor of the Louisiana territories, and his men7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | helped General George Washington and the Continental Army defeat the8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | British forces advancing into the then-southwestern U.S. territories; and9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, In the 150 years following the American Revolution,10 |
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| 31 | 25 | | HOUSE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 32 | 26 | | Martinez and Barron, Camacho, Carter, Armagost, Bacon, Boesenecker, Bottoms, |
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| 33 | 27 | | Bradfield, Bradley, Brown, Caldwell, Clifford, Duran, Espenoza, Feret, Froelich, Garcia |
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| 34 | 28 | | Sander, Gonzalez R., Hamrick, Hartsook, Jackson, Johnson, Joseph, Keltie, Lieder, Lukens, |
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| 35 | 29 | | Mabrey, Mauro, McCluskie, McCormick, Paschal, Pugliese, Richardson, Ricks, Rydin, |
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| 36 | 30 | | Smith, Soper, Stewart K., Stewart R., Story, Taggart, Titone, Valdez, Velasco, Weinberg, |
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| 40 | | - | Rodriguez and Gonzales J., Amabile, Baisley, Ball, Bridges, Bright, Carson, Catlin, |
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| 41 | | - | Coleman, Cutter, Danielson, Daugherty, Exum, Hinrichsen, Jaquez Lewis, Jodeh, Kipp, |
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| 42 | | - | Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Liston, Lundeen, Marchman, Michaelson Jenet, Pelton B., Pelton R., |
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| 43 | | - | Rich, Roberts, Simpson, Snyder, Sullivan, Weissman, Winter F. |
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| 33 | + | Rodriguez and Gonzales J., |
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| 44 | 34 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 45 | 35 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. |
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| 46 | 36 | | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. Latina/o service members fought with distinction in support of the United1 |
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| 47 | 37 | | States in conflicts including the Spanish-American War and World War2 |
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| 48 | 38 | | I. During World War II, Latina/o contributions in the Armed Forces3 |
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| 49 | 39 | | increased extraordinarily; and4 |
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| 50 | 40 | | WHEREAS, Nearly 500,000 Latina/o Americans, many of them5 |
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| 51 | 41 | | women and the children of immigrants, fought for the cause of freedom6 |
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| 52 | 42 | | in World War II, among them the 158th Regimental Combat Team,7 |
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| 53 | 43 | | nicknamed the "Bushmasters", and Company E of the 141st Infantry8 |
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| 54 | 44 | | Regiment, which consisted entirely of Mexican-American soldiers; and9 |
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| 55 | 45 | | WHEREAS, In 1948, in the aftermath of World War II, Dr. Hector10 |
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| 56 | 46 | | Garcia founded the American GI Forum to ensure educational, medical,11 |
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| 57 | 47 | | housing, and other benefits and services for Latina/o veterans. Dr. Garcia12 |
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| 58 | 48 | | and the American GI Forum worked diligently to secure equal access to13 |
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| 59 | 49 | | benefits, and in 1984, Dr. Garcia was the first Mexican American to14 |
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| 60 | 50 | | receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom; and15 |
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| 61 | 51 | | WHEREAS, In the Korean War, the Puerto Rican 65th Infantry16 |
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| 62 | 52 | | Regiment, also known as "the Borinqueneers", served with distinction and17 |
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| 63 | 53 | | valor; for their efforts, they were awarded two Presidential Unit Citations,18 |
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| 64 | 54 | | a Meritorious Unit Commendation, and two Republic of Korea19 |
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| 65 | 55 | | Presidential Unit Citations. In 2014, the unit was recognized with a20 |
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| 66 | 56 | | Congressional Gold Medal; and21 |
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| 67 | 57 | | WHEREAS, During the Vietnam War, more than 80,000 Latina/o22 |
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| 68 | 58 | | service members served, 22 of whom were awarded the Congressional23 |
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| 69 | 59 | | Medal of Honor; Latinas/os have also served the United States in the24 |
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| 70 | 60 | | Global War on Terrorism, Gulf Wars, and elsewhere; and25 |
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| 71 | 61 | | WHEREAS, In total, 59 Hispanic or Latina/o veterans have been26 |
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| 72 | 62 | | awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for service in the United27 |
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| 73 | 63 | | States Armed Forces; the medal is the country's highest award for military28 |
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| 74 | 64 | | valor; and29 |
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| 75 | 65 | | WHEREAS, Today, more than 200,000 Latinas/os are active duty30 |
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| 76 | 66 | | members of the Armed Forces, and more than 1.5 million Latina/o31 |
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| 77 | 67 | | veterans call the United States, including Colorado, home; now, therefore, 32 |
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| 78 | 68 | | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fifth33 |
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| 79 | 69 | | General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:34 |
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