To state the need for action on statehood for Puerto Rico if the status wins a majority of the vote on the question in the territory's plebiscite on November 3.
USA116th CongressHRES-1113| House
| Updated: 9/15/2020
Darren Soto
Democratic Representative
Florida
Cosponsors (23)
Al Lawson (Democratic)Val Butler Demings (Democratic)Stephanie N. Murphy (Democratic)Don Young (Republican)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Anthony G. Brown (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)David E. Price (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)Ami Bera (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Lois Frankel (Democratic)Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (Republican)Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (Democratic)Jose E. Serrano (Democratic)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Charlie Crist (Democratic)Ed Perlmutter (Democratic)Jenniffer González-Colón (Republican)Donna E. Shalala (Democratic)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)Susan Wild (Democratic)
Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
This resolution declares that Congress and the President will have a duty to act in 2021 on the self-determination choice of the people of Puerto Rico if the territory's plebiscite chooses statehood. The resolution (1) recognizes that implementation legislation will need to include measures to phase-in the equal treatment of the territory and its residents in federal laws, and (2) states that such measures should implement equality for Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans as expeditiously as possible.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Government Operations and Politics
Caribbean areaCongressional districts and representationElections, voting, political campaign regulationPolitical representationPuerto RicoSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusU.S. territories and protectoratesVoting rights
To state the need for action on statehood for Puerto Rico if the status wins a majority of the vote on the question in the territory's plebiscite on November 3.
USA116th CongressHRES-1113| House
| Updated: 9/15/2020
This resolution declares that Congress and the President will have a duty to act in 2021 on the self-determination choice of the people of Puerto Rico if the territory's plebiscite chooses statehood. The resolution (1) recognizes that implementation legislation will need to include measures to phase-in the equal treatment of the territory and its residents in federal laws, and (2) states that such measures should implement equality for Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans as expeditiously as possible.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Darren Soto
Democratic Representative
Florida
Cosponsors (23)
Al Lawson (Democratic)Val Butler Demings (Democratic)Stephanie N. Murphy (Democratic)Don Young (Republican)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Anthony G. Brown (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)David E. Price (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)Ami Bera (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Lois Frankel (Democratic)Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (Republican)Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (Democratic)Jose E. Serrano (Democratic)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Charlie Crist (Democratic)Ed Perlmutter (Democratic)Jenniffer González-Colón (Republican)Donna E. Shalala (Democratic)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)Susan Wild (Democratic)
Natural Resources Committee
Government Operations and Politics
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Caribbean areaCongressional districts and representationElections, voting, political campaign regulationPolitical representationPuerto RicoSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusU.S. territories and protectoratesVoting rights