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During the 1st Session of the 66th Congress, on July 10, 1919, Republican Representative Leonidas C. Dyer of Missouri (R-MO) introduced H.J.Res.144 in the House Committee on Insular Affairs. This resolution provided for an advisory plebiscite to resolve Puerto Rico’s political status.
HJ.Ress.144 Bill
N/A
Representative Leonidas C. Dyer (R-Missouri)
Resolution
Introduced in House
During the 1st Session of the 76th Congress, on July 11, 1939, Democrat Senator Edward R. Burke of Nebraska (D-NE) introduced S. 2780 in the Senate Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs. This bill accompanied H.R. 6986 in the House. This was a status bill calling for the admission of Puerto Rico into the Union on an equal footing with the states.
S.2780 Bill
N/A
Senator Edward R. Burke (D-Nebraska)
Status Legislation
Introduced in Senate
On October 26, 1989, during the 1st Session of the 101st Congress, Republican Representative Robert J. Lagomarsino (R-CA) introduced H.R. 3536 in the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. This legislation authorized an island wide plebiscitary vote on multiple status options for Puerto Rico.
HR.3536 Bill
Puerto Rico Status Referendum Act
Representative Robert J. Lagomarsino (R-California)
Plebiscitary Legislation
Introduced in the House
On February 27, 1997, during the 1st Session of the 105th Congress, Republican Representative Don E. Young of Alaska (R-AK) introduced H.R. 856 in the House Committee on Rules. This plebiscitary legislation provided for a status plebiscite that would lead to the full self-government of Puerto Rico under one of multiple status options.
HR.856 Bill
United States Puerto Rico Political Status Act
Representative Don E. Young (R-Alaska)
Plebiscitary Legislation
Passed in House/Introduced in Senate
On January 4, 2017, during the 1st Session of the 115th Congress, Republican and New Progressive Party Resident Commissioner Jenifer González-Colón of Puerto Rico (R/PNP-PR) introduced H.R. 260 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.
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HR.260 Bill
Puerto Rico Admission Act
Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R/PNP-Puerto Rico)
Status Legislation
Introduced in House
On January 31, 1985, during the 1st Session of the 99th Congress, Democrat Representative Roland V. Dellums of California (D-CA) introduced H.J.Res. 120 in the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. The resolution affirmed the right to self-determination and the decolonization of Puerto Rico.
H.J.Res.120 Bill
N/A
Representative Ronald V. Dellums (D-California)
Status Legislation
Introduced in House
On May 4, 1967, during the 1st Session of the 90th Congress, Republican Representative John P. Saylor of Pennsylvania (R-PA) introduced H.R. 9691 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.
HR.9691 Bill
N/A
Representative John Phillips Saylor (R-Pennsylvania)
Status Legislation
Introduced in House
On October 15, 1945, during the 1st Session of the 79th Congress, Republican Senator William Langer of North Dakota (R-ND) introduced S. 1485 in the Senate Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs. The status bill enabled Puerto Rican electors to form a territorial constitution and subsequent statehood.
S. 1485 Bill
N/A
Senator William Langer (R-North Dakota)
Status Legislation
Introduced in Senate
On May 7, 1959, during the 1st Session of the 86th Congress, Democrat Representative Victor L’Episcopo Anfuso of New York (D-NY) introduced H.R. 7003 in the House from the Committee of Interior and Insular Affairs. This bill provided for a local referendum in Puerto Rico on the admission of the islands into the Union as a state.
HR. 7003 Bill
N/A
Representative Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso (D-New York)
Referendum Legislation
Introduced in the House
During the 2nd Session of the 67th Congress, on January 16, 1922, Republican Representative John I. Nolan of California (R-CA) introduced H.R.9934 in the House Committee on Insular Affairs. This was a status bill.
HR.9934 Bill
N/A
Representative John I. Nolan (R-California)
Status Legislation
Introduced in House
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