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H.R. 1126: Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2021

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H.R. 1126: Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-18 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Committee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Committee Hearings Held. 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

Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2021

Plain summary

Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2021 This bill provides a framework to compensate certain residents of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, for the use of such island for military readiness. The bill sets forth provisions regarding award amounts for individuals and for claims by the municipality of Vieques. An individual claimant shall be awarded monetary compensation if the claimant contracted a chronic, life threatening, or physical or mental disease or illness, during or after the government used the island for military readiness.

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

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Official text

Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] · 2 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Trent Kelly (R-MS), Darren Soto (D-FL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr1126 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117