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H.R. 4901: Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act

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H.R. 4901: Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-10-29 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-10-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. 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 Act

Plain summary

Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act This bill (1) declares that Congress commits to deeming Puerto Rico to be a state of the United States if it chooses statehood; and (2) requires Puerto Rico to conduct a plebiscite, a vote of the people, on statehood in conjunction with the November 2020 election.

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Official text

Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15] · 60 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Darren Soto (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Don Bacon (R-NE), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Grace Meng (D-NY), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), André Carson (D-IN), Dina Titus (D-NV), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr4901 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116