3.0.0 6246 2023-01-11T13:42:17Z 2023-01-11T13:42:17Z House HR 2018-06-27 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 27, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico:H.R. 6246.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution``New States may be admitted by the Congress into thisUnion; but no new State shall be formed or erected within theJurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed bythe Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States,without the Consent of the Legislatures of the Statesconcerned as well as of the Congress.''Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make allneedful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory orother Property belonging to the United States; and nothing inthis Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice anyClaims of the United States, or of any particular State.''[Page H5816]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii24 Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee Referred to 2018-07-09T19:04:32Z Referred to 2018-06-27T14:02:10Z 2018-07-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. 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Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] Val Demings D FL Butler 10 2018-08-24 False C001111 Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13] Charlie Crist D FL 13 2018-09-04 False P000599 Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] Bill Posey R FL 8 2018-09-04 False K000386 Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] John Katko R NY 24 2018-09-05 False P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 2018-09-06 False L000559 Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] JAMES LANGEVIN D RI R. 2 2018-11-09 False Government Operations and Politics Advisory bodies Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government studies and investigations Puerto Rico Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status State and local government operations U.S. territories and protectorates Government Operations and Politics 00 2018-06-27 Introduced in House 2019-08-30T18:59:18Z Puerto Rico Admission Act of 2018

This bill establishes a process to enable the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico to be admitted into the Union as a state.

]]> Puerto Rico Admission Act of 2018 Display Title Puerto Rico Admission Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced To enable the admission of the territory of Puerto Rico into the Union as a State, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Puerto Rico Admission Act of 2018 Introduced in House 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr6246ih/xml/BILLS-115hr6246ih.xml 2018-07-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6046) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.