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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 8393 (Reported in House) — To enable the people of Puerto Rico to choose a permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status for... · Sec. 202

Sec. 202. Character of the constitution

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The constitutional Convention under section 201 shall formulate and draft a Constitution for Puerto Rico that guarantees the protection of fundamental human rights, including— due process and equal protection under the law; freedom of speech, press, assembly, association, and religion; the rights of the accused; any other economic, social, and cultural rights as the constitutional Convention may deem appropriate and necessary; and provisions to ensure that no individual born in the nation of Puerto Rico shall be stateless at birth.
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