Bill Text: NJ AJR166 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Urges Congress to continue progress on National Museum of the American Latino.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2025-01-14 - Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence [AJR166 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2024-AJR166-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION

No. 166

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED APRIL 11, 2024

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ

District 33 (Hudson)

Assemblywoman  ALIXON COLLAZOS-GILL

District 27 (Essex and Passaic)

Assemblywoman  ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Speight, Bagolie, Morales, Ramirez and Assemblyman Sampson

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Urges Congress to continue progress on National Museum of the American Latino.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As amended by the Senate on December 19, 2024.

  

A Joint Resolution respectfully urging the United States Congress to continue progress on the National Museum of the American Latino.

 

Whereas, The legacy of Latinos is deeply rooted in the very fabric of the history, democracy, freedom, and economic opportunities of the United States; and

Whereas, Latinos have played an integral role in America's achievements and developments, with distinguished contributions in areas such as science, medicine, literature, art, education, the military, business, politics, athletics, film, and music; and

Whereas, Approximately 60 million American Latinos represent the largest ethnic minority in the United States and are projected to represent 25 percent of the nation's total population by 2060; and

Whereas, While there are national museums dedicated to African-Americans and Native Americans, there is ¹[no] not a¹ national museum ¹wholly¹ dedicated to American Latinos; and

Whereas, ¹In 2020,¹ Congress ¹[is urged to reinstate the 2008 commission to continue progress on the creation of a museum dedicated to American Latinos and advocate for its creation as part of the Smithsonian Institution with its location on the National Mall in Washington D.C.] , with overwhelming bipartisan support, passed the National Museum of the American Latino Act establishing within the Smithsonian Institution a museum to be known as the "National Museum of the American Latino," with the stated Congressional intent being for the museum to be located on, or near, the National Mall to the maximum extent practicable¹; and

Whereas, A National Museum of the American Latino will help foster greater recognition and appreciation for the contributions and experiences of Latinos in the United States as an essential part of our nation's history and culture; and

Whereas, A National Museum of the American Latino will provide a space to celebrate the rich culture of Latinos; now, therefore,

 

     Be It Resolved by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    ¹[This House] The State of New Jersey¹ respectfully urges the United States Congress to continue progress towards the creation of the National Museum of the American Latino.

     2.    Copies of this resolution, as filed with the Secretary of State, shall be transmitted by the Clerk of the General Assembly or the Secretary of the Senate to the President and Vice-President of the United States, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, and each member of Congress elected from this State.

 

     3.  This joint resolution shall take effect immediately.