Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2020
Latest action · Aug 25, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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.
- IntroducedAug 25, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2020
This bill recognizes the right of the Puerto Rican people to call a Status Convention through which the people would exercise their right to self-determination and establishes a mechanism for congressional consideration of such decision.
Specifically, the bill provides for public financing of delegate elections and establishes a Congressional Bilateral Negotiating Commission to provide advice and consultation to delegates of such convention.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 25, 2020 to Dec 21, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Aug 25, 2020 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Sep 16, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Oct 1, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Aug 25, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 25, 2020Introduced in House
- Aug 25, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 150, August 25, 2020, page H4306.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To recognize the right of the People of Puerto Rico to call a status convention through which the people would exercise their natural right to self-determination, and to establish a mechanism for congressional consideration of such decision, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Advisory bodies
- Caribbean area
- Congressional oversight
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Political representation
- Puerto Rico
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- State and local government operations
- U.S. territories and protectorates
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 25, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
