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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 2944 (Introduced in Senate) — To enable the people of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to determine the political status of the Commonwealth of Puer... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Puerto Rico Status Act The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Definitions. TITLE I—Plebiscites Sec. 101. Initial plebiscite; runoff plebiscite. Sec. 102. Nonpartisan voter education campaign. Sec. 103. Oversight. Sec. 104. Funds for voter education, plebiscites. TITLE II—Transition and implementation of independence status Sec. 201. Definitions. Sec. 202. Constitutional convention.
Sec. 203. Character of the constitution. Sec. 204. Submission; ratification. Sec. 205. Election of officers. Sec. 206. Conforming amendments to existing law. Sec. 207. Joint Transition Commission. Sec. 208. Proclamation by President. Sec. 209. Legal and constitutional provisions. Sec. 210. Judicial pronouncements. Sec. 211. Citizenship and immigration laws after Puerto Rican independence. Sec. 212. Individual rights to economic benefits and grants. TITLE III—Transition and implementation of sovereignty in free association with the United States option Sec. 301.
Definitions. Sec. 302. Constitutional convention. Sec. 303. Character of the constitution. Sec. 304. Submission; ratification. Sec. 305. Election of officers. Sec. 306. Conforming amendments to existing law. Sec. 307. Proclamation by President; head of state of the nation Puerto Rico. Sec. 308. Legal and constitutional provisions. Sec. 309. Judicial pronouncements. Sec. 310. Citizenship and immigration laws after sovereignty through free association. Sec. 311. Bilateral Negotiating Commission.
Sec. 312. Articles of free association approval, effective date, and termination. Sec. 313. Individual rights to economic benefits and grants. TITLE IV—Transition and implementation of statehood status Sec. 401. Definitions. Sec. 402. Puerto Rico readiness for statehood; Presidential proclamation; admission into the Union of the United States. Sec. 403. Conforming amendments to existing law. Sec. 404. Territory and boundaries. Sec. 405. Constitution. Sec. 406. Elections of Senators and Representatives; certification; jurisdiction.
Sec. 407. State title to land and property. Sec. 408. Continuity of laws, government, and obligations. Sec. 409. Judicial pronouncements. TITLE V—Transition and implementation of commonwealth status Sec. 501. Bilateral Negotiating Commission. Sec. 502. Approval; effective date. TITLE VI—Miscellaneous Sec. 601. Application of Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act. Sec. 602. Severability.
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