HR 2000 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Puerto Rico Status Resolution Act

Introduced May 15, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Pedro R. Pierluisi D-PR

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 15, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 15, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Puerto Rico Status Resolution Act - Authorizes the State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico to provide for a ratification vote on the admission of Puerto Rico as a state of the United States on an equal footing with the several states in all respects. Requires (if a majority of votes cast in the ratification vote are for the admission of Puerto Rico as a state): (1) the President to submit to Congress legislation to admit Puerto Rico as a state, and (2) Congress to act, through legislation, to admit Puerto Rico as a state.

Cosponsors 131

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2013 to May 21, 2014, with 33 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ILAaron SchockOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-FLAlan GraysonOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalMay 15, 2013
R-AKDon YoungOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-ASEni F. H. FaleomavaegaOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalMay 15, 2013
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 15, 2013Introduced in House
  2. May 15, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  3. May 15, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2611-2612)

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2020Puerto Rico Status Resolution ActRelated billFeb 12, 2014

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  1. May 15, 2013Introduced in House

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