Legislation to address Puerto Rico's political status / Alvaro Campoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campoy, Alvaro, author.

Series:

Congressional Policies, Practices and Procedures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2022]

Summary:

Two pieces of key legislation have been introduced in Congress to resolve Puerto Rico's political status, H.R. 2070, Puerto Rico's Self-Determination Act of 2021, and H.R. 1522, Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act. This book discusses the legislation and re-examines the island's territory status.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Chapter 1

H.R. 1522, "Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act"

and H.R. 2070, "Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021," - Part 1(

Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1522, to Provide for the Admission of the State of Puerto Rico into the Union, "Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act"

and H.R. 2070, to Recognize the Right of the People of Puerto Rico to Call a Status Convention through Wh...

Statement of the Hon. Raúl M. Grijalva, a Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona

Prepared Statement of the Hon. Raúl M. Grijalva, Chair, Committee on Natural Resources

Statement of the Hon. Jenniffer González-Colón, a Resident Commissioner in Congress from the Territory of Puerto Rico

Prepared Statement of the Hon. Jenniffer González-Colón, Resident Commissioner in Congress from Puerto Rico

Statement of the Hon. Bruce Westerman, a Representative in Congress from the State of Arkansas

Prepared Statement of the Hon. Bruce Westerman, Ranking Member, Committee on Natural Resources

Statement of the Hon. Nydia Velázquez, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York

Statement of the Hon. Pedro R. Pierluisi, Governor of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Prepared Statement of the Hon. Pedro R. Pierluisi, Governor of Puerto Rico

Introduction

The Right to Vote as a Fundamental Human Right

Puerto Rico's History as a Territory of the United States

The Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act

The Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act Does Not Confer Additional Rights nor Does It Advance a Resolution to the Puerto Rico Status Question

Support for Statehood Has Never Been Greater and the Time to Act Is Now

Statement of Johanne Vélez-García, Vice President, Puerto Rico Democratic Party, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Prepared Statement of Ms. Johanne Vélez-Garćia, Vice Chair, Democratic Party of Puerto Rico

Statement of José Fuentes Agostini, Chair, Puerto Rico Statehood Council, Washington, DC

Prepared Statement of Hon. José Fuentes Agostini, Former Attorney General of Puerto Rico &amp

Chairman of the Puerto Rico Statehood Council

History &amp

Background

The "United States-Puerto Rico Political Status Act" &amp

the 1998 Plebiscite

President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Political Status

The "Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2010" &amp

the 2012 Plebiscite

PDP Proposes and Then Rejects a Status Convention

The 2.5 Million DOJ Appropriation &amp

the 2017 Plebiscite

The 2020 Plebiscite

Implications of Puerto Rico Statehood

The Perils of Political Forecasting

Economic Growth under Statehood

Inherent Limitations of Territorial Economics

Ticking Timebomb of Population Loss

History Shows that Statehood Stimulates Economic Growth

Statehood Would Respect and Strengthen Puerto Rican Culture

Preserving American Citizenship &amp

Puerto Rican Identity

Language

Population

Puerto Rican Participation in the U.S. Military

The Fallacy of the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021 (H.R. 2070)

Conclusion

Attachments

Explanatory Graphic Related to the 1998 "Enhanced Commonwealth" Platform as Published by the San Juan Star, 1998

1998 "Enhanced Commonwealth" Platform as Ratified by the Commonwealth (PDP) Party of Puerto Rico

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Summary of Results of Puerto Rico Plebiscites Held from 1967-1998

Political Status of Puerto Rico: Options forCongress

Appendix. Puerto Rico Status Votes in Plebiscites and Referenda, 1967-1998

Voter Turnout Certification-Plebiscite 2017.

Statement of Christina D. Ponsa-Kraus, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, New York, New York

Prepared Statement of Christina D. Ponsa-Kraus, Law Professor At Columbia University

Statement of the Hon. Rafael Hernández Montañez, Speaker, Puerto Rico House of Representatives, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Prepared Statement of the Hon. Rafael Hernéndez Montañez, Speaker, Puerto Rico House of Representatives

Statement of the Hon. Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá, Former Governor, Popular Democratic Party, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Prepared Statement of Governor Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá, Former Governor of the Popular Democratic Party

Statement of the Hon. María De Lourdes Santiago, Senator, Puerto Rico Independence Party, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Prepared Statement of María De Lourdes Santiago, Vice President and Senator, Puerto Rican Independence Party

Statement of the Hon. Manuel Natal-Albelo, President, Citizens Victory Movement, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Prepared Statement of Manuel Natal-Albelo, General Coordinator, Citizens Victory Movement

Submissions for the Record by Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Senado Estado Libre Asociado De Puerto Rico

Statement for the Record, Puerto Rico Young Republican Federation

Statement for the Record, José F. Aponte-Hernández, Former Speaker and Representative at Large, Puerto Rico House of Representatives, on H.R. 1522

Civil Rights Coalition for Puerto Rico Statehood

Puerto Rico Estadidad

Statement for the Record, Hon. Milagros G. López Campos, Municipal Legislator of Carolina, Puerto Rico

Statement for the Record, Gregorio Igartua, Domestic and International Legal Advice, LLC, on Puerto Rico's Territorial Status

Democratic Party of Puerto Rico

Submissions for the Record by Rep. Soto, Statement for the Record, Steny H. Hoyer, House Majority Leader.

Submissions for the Record by Rep. Velázquez, Status, Our People and Right to Vote, by Victoria Muñoz Mendoza and Héctor Luis Acevedo

[List of Documents Submitted for the Record Post-Hearing and Retained in the Committee's Official Files]

Submissions for the Record by Hon. Acevedo-Vilá

Submissions for the Record by José Fuentes

Submissions for the Record by Dr. Ponsa-Kraus

Submissions for the Record from People's Hearing on Puerto Rico Self-Determination

Submissions for the Record by VAMOS Puerto Rico

Miscellaneous Letters/Statements in Support of H.R. 1522

Individuals

Groups

Miscellaneous Letters/Statements in Support of H.R. 2070

Miscellaneous Letters to the Committee

Other Submissions for the Record

Chapter 2

and H.R. 2070, "Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021," - Part 2(

Prepared Statement of the Hon. Jenniffer González-Colón, a Resident Commissioner in Congress from the Territory of Puerto Rico

Statement of the Hon. Nydia M. Velázquez, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York

Statement of Luis Gutiérrez, Former Representative, Illinois' 4th District, Chicago, Illinois

Prepared Statement of Former Congressman Luis V. Gutiérrez on H.R. 2070 and H.R. 1522.

Statement of Rafael Cox Alomar, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC

Prepared Statement of Rafael Cox Alomar, Professor of Law, David A. Clarke School of Law, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC

Congress' Constitutional Power to Chart a Decolonizing Path for Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Presents a Unique Territorial Case-Study

Designing a Binding Procedural Mechanism Is of the Essence

Congress Ought Not Act upon the Results of the November 2020 Referendum

Non-Territory Status Options

Statement of Annette Martínez-Orabona, Director, Caribbean Institute of Human Rights, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Prepared Statement of Annette M. Martínez-Orabona, Adjunct Professor of International Public Law, Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, School of Law

The Right to Self-Determination, Decolonization and Acceptable Options for a Non-Territory Status

Questions Submitted for the Record to Annette Martínez-Orabona, Director, Caribbean Institute of Human Rights and Professor of Law, Inter American University of Puerto Rico

Questions Submitted by Representative Sablan

Statement of Carmen Cabrera, President, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Faith Council, Hatillo, Puerto Rico

Prepared Statement of Rev. Carmen G. Cabrera, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Puerto Rico Chapter

Questions Submitted for the Record to Carmen Cabrera, President, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Faith Council

Statement of Christina Ponsa-Kraus, Professor of Constitutional Law, Columbia University, New York, New York

Prepared Statement of Christina D. Ponsa-Kraus, Law Professor, Columbia University.

Testimony of Christina D. Ponsa-Kraus [Revised].

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ISBN:

1-68507-438-3