H.R. 260: Puerto Rico Admission Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-04 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-04 · official record
Who proposed it: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Puerto Rico Admission Act

Plain summary

Puerto Rico Admission Act This bill expresses U.S. policy that the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico may choose whether Puerto Rico will become a state or a nation through a plebiscite pursuant to provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. If the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico reaffirm the territory's choice of statehood through such a plebiscite: federal laws that do not apply to Puerto Rico or that apply differently to the territory than to the several states shall be amended or repealed to phase in the equal treatment of Puerto Rico with the several states by January 3, 2025, the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status shall submit a plan providing for such equal treatment to Congress and the President by 270 days after the enactment of this bill, Puerto Rico shall be considered a state for purposes of federal elections in November 2024, and Puerto Rico shall become a state and shall be admitted to the Union on equal footing with the other states on January 3, 2025.

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Puerto Rico Admission Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] · 1 cosponsors

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Darren Soto (D-FL)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr260.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr260 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115