PUERTO RICO, COMMONWEALTH OF

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: improve administration of TRICARE program in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 254), H150 [10JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: obtain and direct placement in Capitol or on Capitol Grounds of statue to honor Roberto Clemente (see H.R. 4065), H2883 [13JN]

Clemente, Roberto: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 6751), H6940 [13DE]

——— tribute (see H. Res. 242), H1327 [22MR]

Community development: designate all of Puerto Rico as opportunity zone (see H.R. 378), H242 [17JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish renewable energy grant program for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands and conduct GAO study on renewable energy efficiency in such territories (see H.R. 5191), H4181 [11AU]

——— transition Puerto Rico to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 949), S910 [22MR] (see H.R. 253), H150 [10JA]

Dept. of Defense: compensate certain residents of Vieques island for use of such island for military readiness (see S. 1386), S1440 [1MY] (see H.R. 379), H242 [17JA]

Dept. of Education: provide that children that have relocated from Puerto Rico to States are fully considered for purposes of State allotments under English language acquisition grants (see S. 2467), S3521 [25JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: designate Air and Marine Operations Marine Unit of U.S. Customs and Border Protection as ‘‘Michel O. Maceda Marine Unit’’ (see S. 3181), S5315 [1NO] (see H.R. 5302), H4210 [29AU]

Dept. of the Interior: provide for study of Puerto Rico National Scenic Trail (see H.R. 4218), H2990 [20JN]

Dept. of Transportation: provide Puerto Rico same exceptions as Alaska relative to foreign air cargo carriers leaving and collecting cargo on their way to or from another U.S. destination (see H.R. 375), H242 [17JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand Veterans Healing Veterans Medical Access and Scholarship Program to include medical students in predominantly Hispanic-serving medical schools (see H.R. 602), H489 [27JA]

Disasters: extend provision of assistance for critical services relative to certain disasters (see H.R. 1027), H838 [14FE]

Economy: authorize legislature and require Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico to take into consideration reports prepared by relevant Budget Office (see H.R. 4853), H3948 [25JY]

Electric power: report on progress toward rebuilding electric grid and detail efforts Federal Government is undertaking to expedite such rebuilding (see H.R. 3878), H2763 [6JN]

Financial oversight board: modify conditions for termination (see H.R. 4947), H4030 [26JY]

GAO: require study on consolidation of certain grant programs currently available to insular areas and suitability of such consolidation for Puerto Rico (see H.R. 3390), H2377 [16MY]

Medicare: eliminate late enrollment penalties under part B for individuals residing in Puerto Rico if such individuals enroll within 5 years of becoming entitled to benefits under part A (see H.R. 4027), H2807 [12JN]

——— make premium and cost-sharing subsidies available to low-income part D beneficiaries residing in Puerto Rico or other U.S. territories (see H.R. 4028), H2807 [12JN]

Motor vehicles: grant eligibility to issue commercial driver’s licenses (see H.R. 919), H823 [9FE]

National Park Service: establish Fort San Gerónimo del Boquerón as affiliated area of National Park System (see H.R. 359), H237 [13JA]

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority: recognize need for sustainable, economically viable, and fair debt restructuring plan (see S. Con. Res. 12), S2360 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 55), H3159 [30JN]

Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA): include certain ethics provisions to provide for disqualification of certain advisors to Financial Oversight and Management Board (see S. 922), S909 [22MR] (see H.R. 1702), H1325 [22MR]

SBA: extend period during which credit for contracting with Puerto Rico businesses and covered territory businesses are double counted (see H.R. 5063), H4141 [27JY]

Ships and vessels: exempt certain noncontiguous trade from coastwise laws (see H.R. 2586), H1724 [13AP]

SSI: extend to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (see H.R. 256), H150 [10JA]

Statistics: improve collection and publication (see H.R. 258), H150 [10JA]

Supreme Court: condemn decisions in Insular Cases and territorial incorporation doctrine based on racial stereotypes and non-democratic principles (see H. Res. 314), H1909 [20AP]

Taxation: allow accelerated depreciation of certain qualified film and television and live theatrical productions in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 376), H242 [17JA]

——— allow certain credits and deductions to be taken as refundable tax credit by Puerto Rico businesses or residents and extend such credits and deductions to U.S. possessions (see H.R. 4026), H2807 [12JN]

——— make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for earned income tax credit (see H.R. 257), H150 [10JA]

——— repeal limitation on cover over of certain distilled spirits taxes to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (see S. 1477), S1566 [9MY] (see H.R. 3146), H2170 [9MY]

——— repeal limitation on cover over of distilled spirits taxes to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (see H.R. 1028), H838 [14FE]

——— treat Puerto Rico as part of U.S. for purposes of determining whether property qualifies for treatment as like-kind exchange (see H.R. 462), H276 [24JA]

Territories: enable people of Puerto Rico to choose permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status and provide for transition to and implementation of such status (see S. 3231), S5360 [6NO] (see H.R. 2757), H1907 [20AP]

——— enable people of Puerto Rico to determine political status among options of independence, sovereignty in free association with U.S., statehood, or remaining as Commonwealth (see S. 2944), S4720 [27SE]

——— modify certain requirements to encourage disaster recovery of Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (see H.R. 601), H489 [27JA]

Cloture motions

Mendez-Miro, Gina R.: nomination to be district judge, S251 [7FE], S345 [13FE]

Oaths of office

Gonzalez-Colon, Jenniffer: House of Representatives, H143 [10JA]

Remarks in House

American Legion Dept. of Puerto Rico: anniversary, E543 [12JN]

Dept. of Defense: execute environmental cleaning efforts on island of Culebra, H3474 [12JY]

Food sovereignty: increase efforts to achieve, H4043 [27JY]

Lone Eagle Honor Flight (organization): tribute, E378 [28AP]

National Park Service: establish Fort San Gerónimo del Boquerón as affiliated area of National Park System (H.R. 359), H5414–H5416 [6NO]

National Police Week: observance, H2387 [17MY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, E850 [14SE]

Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act: anniversary of legislation granting U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans, H991 [1MR]

Statehood: tribute to youth leaders’ visit to Washington, DC, to advocate for Puerto Rico statehood, E845 [14SE]

States: enable admission as State, H991 [1MR]

Taxation: repeal legislation which allows U.S. citizens to avoid Federal tax through residency, H6133 [5DE], H6727 [7DE]

U.N. Special Commission on Decolonization: reject resolution calling for independence for Puerto Rico rather than statehood, H3131 [23JN]

Remarks in Senate

Mendez-Miro, Gina R.: confirmation as district judge, S382 [14FE]

——— nomination to be district judge, S251 [7FE], S333, S339 [13FE], S371 [14FE]

Reports filed

Fort San Gerónimo Preservation Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 359) (H. Rept. 118–263), H5403 [3NO]

Nomination of Gina R. Mendez-Miro To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S228 [2FE]

Texts of

H.R. 359, Fort San Gerónimo Preservation Act, H5414 [6NO]

S. Con. Res. 12, recognize need for sustainable, economically viable, and fair debt restructuring plan for Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, S2367 [12JY]