[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5305 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5305

 To amend title 11 of the United States Code to treat Puerto Rico as a 
     State for purposes of chapter 9 of such title relating to the 
                 adjustment of debts of municipalities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2014

Mr. Pierluisi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 11 of the United States Code to treat Puerto Rico as a 
     State for purposes of chapter 9 of such title relating to the 
                 adjustment of debts of municipalities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act 
of 2014''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 101(52) of title 11, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows:
            ``(52) The term `State' includes Puerto Rico and, except 
        for the purpose of defining who may be a debtor under chapter 9 
        of this title, includes the District of Columbia.''.
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