HR 900 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007

Introduced Feb 7, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Jose E. Serrano D-NY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Apr 22, 2008 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 370.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 7, 2007
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007 - Directs the Puerto Rico State Elections Commission to conduct a plebiscite in Puerto Rico no later than December 31, 2009, giving voters the option to vote to continue Puerto Rico's present territorial status and relationship with the United States or to pursue a constitutionally-viable permanent non-territorial status.

Recognizes the authority of the people of Puerto Rico, if a majority of the ballots favor pursuing a non-territorial status, to: (1) call a Constitutional Convention for the purpose of proposing to the people of Puerto Rico a self-determination option which, if approved in a referendum, would be presented to Congress; or (2) conduct a plebiscite administered by the Commission to consider a self-determination option, with the results presented to Congress.

Prescribes the eligibility requirements for voting in the plebiscite. Requires the Commission to certify plebiscite results to the President and Congress.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to allocate certain funds for the self-determination process.

Cosponsors 129

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2007 to Sep 20, 2007; 82 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLAdam H. PutnamOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-WVAlan B. MollohanOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-WABrian BairdOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-MICandice S. MillerOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-LACharles W. Boustany, Jr.OriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-PACharles W. DentOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-FLConnie MackOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-INDan BurtonOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-ORDavid WuOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-OHDeborah PryceOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-CADennis A. CardozaOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-AKDon YoungOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-VAEric CantorOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-TXGene GreenOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-MSGene TaylorOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-TXHenry CuellarOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-SCHenry E. Brown, Jr.OriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-NCHoward CobleOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-CAHoward P. "Buck" McKeonOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-AZJeff FlakeOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-ILJerry WellerOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-CAJim CostaOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-PAJim GerlachOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-NJJim SaxtonOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-FLJohn L. MicaOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-NYJohn R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.OriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-CAJohn T. DoolittleOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-COJohn T. SalazarOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-CAKen CalvertOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-FLLincoln Diaz-BalartOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-CALoretta SanchezOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-PRLuis G. FortunoOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-TNMarsha BlackburnOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-DEMichael N. CastleOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-TXMichael T. McCaulOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-WVNick J. Rahall IIOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-PAPhil EnglishOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-FLRic KellerOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-AZRick RenziOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-WIRon KindOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-TXRon PaulOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-MORoy BluntOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-MDSteny H. HoyerOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-NMStevan PearceOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-TXTed PoeOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-MIThaddeus G. McCotterOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-VATom DavisOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-FLTom FeeneyOriginalFeb 7, 2007
R-MDWayne T. GilchrestOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalFeb 7, 2007
D-NYBrian HigginsFeb 16, 2007
R-ORGreg WaldenFeb 16, 2007
D-NYGregory W. MeeksFeb 16, 2007
R-FLGus M. BilirakisFeb 16, 2007
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Feb 16, 2007
R-PAJohn E. PetersonFeb 16, 2007
R-TXK. Michael ConawayFeb 16, 2007
R-TXKenny MarchantFeb 16, 2007
D-NYMichael A. ArcuriFeb 16, 2007
R-INMike PenceFeb 16, 2007
D-ALRobert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.Feb 16, 2007
R-UTChris CannonMar 30, 2007
D-CAFortney Pete StarkMar 30, 2007
R-NYVito FossellaMar 30, 2007
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerMay 16, 2007
R-CTChristopher ShaysMay 16, 2007
R-CAGeorge RadanovichJun 7, 2007
D-NVShelley BerkleyJun 7, 2007
D-ALArtur DavisJun 13, 2007
D-MDElijah E. CummingsJun 13, 2007
R-UTRob BishopJun 13, 2007
R-IDBill SaliJun 14, 2007
R-CAKevin McCarthyJun 20, 2007
D-COMark UdallJun 20, 2007
D-KSDennis MooreJun 21, 2007
D-NCHeath ShulerJul 11, 2007
R-OKMary FallinJul 11, 2007
R-TNDavid DavisJul 19, 2007
D-CASam FarrJul 24, 2007
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldJul 26, 2007
D-CAHoward L. BermanJul 26, 2007
D-OHMarcy KapturJul 26, 2007
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoJul 26, 2007
D-WANorman D. DicksJul 26, 2007
D-NYSteve IsraelJul 26, 2007
D-PATim HoldenJul 26, 2007
D-CATom LantosJul 26, 2007
D-METhomas H. AllenJul 31, 2007
D-NYNita M. LoweyAug 1, 2007
D-NCDavid E. PriceSep 4, 2007
D-CADiane E. WatsonSep 7, 2007
D-COEd PerlmutterSep 7, 2007
D-MNBetty McCollumSep 14, 2007
R-TXJohn R. CarterSep 19, 2007
R-ILPeter J. RoskamSep 19, 2007
D-CABarbara LeeSep 20, 2007
D-TXLloyd DoggettSep 20, 2007

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Feb 7, 2007Markup Oct 23, 2007Reported Apr 22, 2008
Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Feb 13, 2007Hearings Apr 25, 2007Discharged Oct 23, 2007

Actions 10

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 22, 2008Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-597.
  2. Apr 22, 2008Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 370.
  3. Oct 23, 2007Subcommittee on Insular Affairs Discharged.
  4. Oct 23, 2007Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  5. Oct 23, 2007Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E445Luis G. Fortuno R-PRMar 1, 2007

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

  1. Nov 1, 2007H.R. 900, Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 23, 2007</p>
  2. Nov 1, 2007H.R. 900, Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 23, 2007

Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 110-73CENSUS DATA: SPECIAL ISSUES RELATED TO U.S. TERRITORIES105 pagesOversight and Government Reform CommitteeMay 21, 2008
Serial No. 110-8H.R. 900, PUERTO RICO DEMOCRACY ACT OF 2007; AND H.R. 1230, PUERTO RICO SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 2007242 pagesNatural Resources CommitteeMar 22, 2007–Apr 25, 2007

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1936Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007Related billAug 2, 2007

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people of Puerto Rico.
Short Titles as Introduced
Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007
Short Titles as Reported to House
Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007

Subjects

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Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 22, 2008Reported in House
  2. Feb 7, 2007Introduced in House

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