United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1965 (116th)
Puerto Rico Admission Act
Introduced
28 March 2019
Last action
28 March 2019 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sponsors
Darren Soto, Jenniffer González-Colón, DON YOUNG, Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ], Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1], Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8], Donna Shalala, Albio Sires, Matt Cartwright, Seth Moulton, ALCEE HASTINGS, Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Sanford Bishop, PETER KING, Juan Vargas, Tony Cárdenas, Charlie Crist, Michael San Nicolas, Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44], COLLIN PETERSON, Michael Waltz, Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
3 January 2025
Summary
Puerto Rico Admission Act This bill establishes a process to enable the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico to be admitted into the Union as a state. Not later than 90 days after enactment of this bill, the President shall issue a proclamation announcing that Puerto Rico is admitted into the Union on equal footing with other states. All of the territory laws in force in Puerto Rico on the enactment date shall (1) continue in force and effect in the state, except as modified by this bill; and (2) be subject to repeal or amendment by the legislature and the governor of Puerto Rico.
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Timeline
28 March 2019
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
28 March 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
28 March 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 28 March 2019 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 28 March 2019
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 28 March 2019
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 28 March 2019
Sponsors
- Darren Soto · D · Sponsor
- Jenniffer González-Colón · R · Sponsor
- DON YOUNG · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] · D · Cosponsor
- Donna Shalala · D · Cosponsor
- Albio Sires · D · Cosponsor
- Matt Cartwright · D · Cosponsor
- Seth Moulton · D · Cosponsor
- ALCEE HASTINGS · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Sanford Bishop · D · Cosponsor
- PETER KING · R · Cosponsor
- Juan Vargas · D · Cosponsor
- Tony Cárdenas · D · Cosponsor
- Charlie Crist · D · Cosponsor
- Michael San Nicolas · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] · D · Cosponsor
- COLLIN PETERSON · D · Cosponsor
- Michael Waltz · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1965
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1965
- us · 116-hr-1965 · source updated 3 January 2025