US HB2000 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 120-11-1)
Status: Introduced on May 15 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-05-15 - Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Pending: House Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

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Title

Puerto Rico Status Resolution Act

Sponsors

Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]Rep. John Carney [D-DE]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]
Rep. Joe Garcia [D-FL]Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]Rep. Peter King [R-NY]Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]Rep. John Larson [D-CT]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. John Mica [R-FL]Rep. George Miller [D-CA]Rep. James Moran [D-VA]Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. William Owens [D-NY]Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

History

DateChamberAction
2013-05-15HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2013-05-15HouseSponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2611-2612)

Same As/Similar To

SB2020 (Related) 2014-02-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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