PUERTO RICO DEMOCRACY ACT
Amendments
Enact (H.R. 2499), H3041, H3043, H3044, H3045, H3047, H3048, H3050, H3051 [29AP]
———consideration (H. Res. 1305), H3026 [29AP]
Articles and editorials
Puerto Rican Government Wants Bilingual Nation, H3038 [29AP]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (H.R. 2499): consideration (see H. Res. 1305), H3013 [28AP]
Letters
Require a certain level of English proficiency as a condition for Puerto Rican statehood: Mauro E. Mujica, U.S. English, Inc., H3038 [29AP]
Motions
Enact (H.R. 2499), H3057 [29AP]
———consideration (H. Res. 1305), H3028 [29AP]
Remarks in House
Enact (H.R. 2499), H2854, H2857 [26AP], H3018, H3029-H3059 [29AP], E727 [3MY], E735, E741 [4MY]
———consideration (H. Res. 1305), H3019-H3029 [29AP]
———motion to recommit, H3057, H3058 [29AP]
Puerto Rico: allow supporters of Commonwealth status quo the option of voting their preference during the second stage of the plebescite, H3042, H3043 [29AP]
———amend description of statehood on self-determination ballot to include recognition of English as official language and the assurance of the right to bear arms, H3057, H3058 [29AP]
———clarify authority of residents to conduct plebiscite relative to self-determination process, H3051, H3052 [29AP]
———eliminate first round vote in federally sanctioned self-determination process, add Commonwealth status as an option, and provide for a runoff if no option receives a majority vote, H3048-H3050 [29AP]
———expand eligibility to vote in the federally sanctioned self-determination process to U.S. citizens of Puerto Rican descent residing in any of the 50 States, H3047, H3048 [29AP], E741 [4MY]
———include ``none of the above'' as a choice on the ballot with regard to the status of Puerto Rico in a federally sanctioned self-determination process, H3043, H3044 [29AP]
———require a certain level of English proficiency as a condition for statehood, H3038 [29AP]
———require an official proposal from residents on political status question prior to any congressional consideration of self-determination, H3050-H3052 [29AP]
———require ballots for the federally sanctioned self-determination process be printed in Spanish, H3044, H3045 [29AP]
———require English to become official language, H3024 [29AP]
———retain requirement that ballots for the federally sanctioned self-determination process be printed in English as well as Spanish and apply any Federal government language requirements to Puerto Rico, H3046, H3047 [29AP], E741 [4MY]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 2499, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1305) (H. Rept. 111-468), H3013 [28AP]
Texts of
H. Res. 1305, consideration of H.R. 2499, provisions, H3019 [29AP]