On May 9, 1990, during the 1st Session of the 101st Congress, Democrat Delegate Ron de Lugo of Virginia (D-VI) introduced H.R. 4765 in the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and Rules. This legislation authorized an island wide plebiscitary vote on multiple status options for Puerto Rico.
On September 17, 1998, during the 2nd Session of the 105th Congress, Democrat Representative Robert Torricelli of New Jersey (D-NJ) introduced S.Res. 279 in the House Committee on Natural Resources. This resolution expressed the Senate’s support of the right of U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico toe express their desires for the future political status of Puerto Rico.
On June 27, 2018, during the 2nd Session of the 115th Congress, Republican and New Progressive Party Resident Commissioner Jenifer González-Colón of Puerto Rico (R/PNP-PR) introduced H.R. 6246 in the House Committee on Natural Resources. This status bill enabled the admission of the territory of Puerto Rico into the Union as a state on an equal footing.
On April 12, 1983, during the 1st Session of the 98th Congress, Democrat Representative Roland V. Dellums of California (D-CA) introduced H.J.Res. 232 in the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. The resolution affirmed the right to self-determination and the decolonization of Puerto Rico.
On September 22, 1966, during the 2nd Session of the 89th Congress, Democrat Representative Leo W. O’Brien from New Yor (D-NY) introduced H.R. 17917 in the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. This status bill sought to provide the admission of Puerto Rico into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states.
On May 15, 1945, during the 1st Session of the 79th Congress, Democrat Senator Millard E. Tydings of Maryland (D-MD) introduced S. 1002 in the Senate Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs. This bill accompanied H.R. 3237 and was known as the Tydings-Piñero Bill. The bill called for a status plebiscite in Puerto Rico.
On March 23, 1959, during the 1st Session of the 86th Congress, Popular Democratic Party Resident Commissioner Antonio Fernós-Isern of Puerto Rico (D-PR) introduced H.R. 5926 in the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. This bill provided amendments to “compact” adopted between the United States and Puerto Rico under the terms of the Commonwealth Constitution of Puerto Rico.
During the 2nd Session of the 67th Congress, on January 19, 1922, Republican Representative Philip P. Campbell of Kansas (R-KS) introduced H.R.9995 in the House Committee on Insular Affairs. This was a status bill. S. 3137 was its companion bill in the Senate.
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During the 1st Session of the 78th Congress, on February 18, 1943, Republican Senator William Langer of North Dakota (R-ND) introduced S. 732 in the Senate Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs. This status bill called for the admission of Puerto Rico into the Union on an equal footing with the states.
On January 3, 1991, during the 1st Session of the 102nd Congress, Democrat Delegate Ron de Lugo from the U.S. Virgin Islands (D-USVI) introduced H.R. 316 in the House Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs and Rules. This legislation authorized an island wide plebiscitary vote on multiple status options for Puerto Rico.
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