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Expressing the sense that there should be established a "National Garifuna Immigrant Heritage Month" in April to celebrate the great contributions of Americans of Garifuna immigrant heritage in the…

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Expressing the sense that there should be established a "National Garifuna Immigrant Heritage Month" in April to celebrate the great contributions of Americans of Garifuna immigrant heritage in the United States who have enriched the history of the Nation.

Introduced: April 28, 2023 Introduced by: Torres, Ritchie Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Apr 28, 2023
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This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a National Garifuna Immigrant Heritage Month should be established to celebrate the significant contributions of Americans of recent Garifuna immigrant heritage to the history of the United States.

The Garifuna people are a people of mixed free African and indigenous American ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language, and Vincentian Creole.

What's happening now April 28, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

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Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Apr 28, 2023
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Apr 28, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 344: Expressing the sense that there should be established a "National Garifuna Immigrant Heritage Month" in April to celebrate the great contributions of Americans of Garifuna immigrant heritage in the United States who have enriched the history of the Nation.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-344/
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"H. Res. 344: Expressing the sense that there should be established a "National Garifuna Immigrant Heritage Month" in April to celebrate the great contributions of Americans of Garifuna immigrant heritage in the United States who have enriched the history of the Nation.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-344/.
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H. Res. 344, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-344/.
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[H. Res. 344: Expressing the sense that there should be established a "National Garifuna Immigrant Heritage Month" in April to celebrate the great contributions of Americans of Garifuna immigrant heritage in the United States who have enriched the history of the Nation.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-344/)
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