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H.R. 727: Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Process Act

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H.R. 727: Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Process Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-04 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indians, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indians, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Process Act

Plain summary

Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Process Act Authorizes the State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico to provide for a vote on Puerto Rico's admission into the Union as a state within one year of this Act's enactment. Requires the governor of Puerto Rico to transmit the results of such vote to the President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate within 10 days after the certification of the vote by the Commission. Directs the President, if a majority of the votes cast are for Puerto Rico's admission as a state: (1) within 30 calendar days of receipt of the certified results, to issue a proclamation to begin the transition process that will culminate in Puerto Rico's admission as a state effective January 1, 2021; and (2) within 90 calendar days of such receipt, to appoint a Commission on the Equal Application of Federal Law to Puerto Rico, which shall survey U.S. laws and submit recommendations to Congress by July 1, 2018, as to how laws that do not apply, or that apply differently, to the territory should be amended or repealed to treat Puerto Rico equally. Requires Puerto Rico to carry out necessary actions by January 1, 2020, to enable it to hold elections for federal office in November 2020, including the election to the 117th Congress of two U.S. Senators and the number of Representatives to which it would have been entitled for the 116th Congress if it had been a state during such Congress. Provides for a temporary increase in the membership of the House of Representatives initially and a permanent increase effective with the taking effect of the first reapportionment occurring after the regular decennial census conducted for 2020. Requires the President, following a transition process, to issue a proclamation declaring that Puerto Rico is admitted to the Union on an equal footing with the other states, effective January 1, 2021. Sets forth provisions regarding the continuity of government and the continuity of laws of Puerto Rico.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Process Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large] · 110 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Jim Costa (D-CA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Andy Harris (R-MD), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John B. Larson (D-CT), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) and 50 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr727 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114