Bill HR.6986

During the 1st Session of the 76th Congress, on June 26, 1939, Democrat and Socialist member of the conservative Coalición, Resident Commissioner Santiago Iglesias of Puerto Rico (D/Coalición-PR) introduced H.R. 6986 in the House Committee on the Territories. This bill accompanied S.2780 in the Senate. This status bill called for the admission of Puerto Rico into the Union on an equal footing with the states.

76th Congress