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                         DECEMBER 14, 2022 

 
                    RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 117-74 

               TEXT OF H.R. 8393, THE PUERTO RICO STATUS 
                                  ACT 

[Showing the text of H.R. 8393, as reported by the Committee on Natural Resources, with modifications.] 




1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 


2 This Act may be cited as the ``Puerto Rico Status 

3 Act''. 

4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

5           The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

     Sec. 1. Short title. 
     Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
     Sec. 3. Findings. 
     Sec. 4. Definitions. 
     Sec. 5. Plebiscite. 
     Sec. 6. Nonpartisan voter education campaign. 
     Sec. 7. Oversight. 
     Sec. 8. Funds for voter education; plebiscites. 
     Sec. 9. Bilingual voter educational materials and ballots. 
     Sec. 10. Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act. 
     Sec. 11. Severability. 

     TITLE I - TRANSITION AND IMPLEMENTATION - INDEPENDENCE 

     Sec. 101. Constitutional convention. 
     Sec. 102. Character of the constitution. 
     Sec. 103. Submission; ratification. 
     Sec. 104. Election of officers. 
     Sec. 105. Conforming amendments to existing law. 
     Sec. 106. Joint Transition Commission. 
     Sec. 107. Proclamations by President of the United States; Head of State of 
                    Puerto Rico. 
     Sec. 108. Legal and constitutional provisions. 
     Sec. 109. Judicial pronouncements. 
     Sec. 110. Citizenship and immigration laws after Puerto Rican independence. 
     Sec. 111. Individual rights to economic benefits and grants. 







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