US Congress House Bill 727 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 96-14-1)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Indians, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Indians, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Process Act Authorizes the State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico to provide for a vote on Puerto Rico's admission into the Union as a state within one year of this Act's enactment. Requires the governor of Puerto Rico to transmit the results of such vote to the President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate within 10 days after the certification of the vote by the Commission. Directs the President, if a majority of the votes cast are for Puerto Rico's admission as a state: (1) within 30 calendar days of receipt of the certified results, to issue a proclamation to begin the transition process that will culminate in Puerto Rico's admission as a state effective January 1, 2021; and (2) within 90 calendar days of such receipt, to appoint a Commission on the Equal Application of Federal Law to Puerto Rico, which shall survey U.S. laws and submit recommendations to Congress by July 1, 2018, as to how laws that do not apply, or that apply differently, to the territory should be amended or repealed to treat Puerto Rico equally. Requires Puerto Rico to carry out necessary actions by January 1, 2020, to enable it to hold elections for federal office in November 2020, including the election to the 117th Congress of two U.S. Senators and the number of Representatives to which it would have been entitled for the 116th Congress if it had been a state during such Congress. Provides for a temporary increase in the membership of the House of Representatives initially and a permanent increase effective with the taking effect of the first reapportionment occurring after the regular decennial census conducted for 2020. Requires the President, following a transition process, to issue a proclamation declaring that Puerto Rico is admitted to the Union on an equal footing with the other states, effective January 1, 2021. Sets forth provisions regarding the continuity of government and the continuity of laws of Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Process Act

Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]
Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Gwen Graham [D-FL]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Indians, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
2015-02-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-02-04	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H760)
2015-02-04	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/727/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr727/BILLS-114hr727ih.pdf