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H. Rept. 117-642 1 (2022-12-14)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxafan0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . 117TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-642 PUERTO RICO STATUS ACT DECEMBER 14, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following R E P O R T together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 8393] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 8393) to enable the people of Puerto Rico to choose a per- manent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status for Puerto Rico and to provide for a transition to and the implementa- tion of that permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Puerto Rico Status Act. SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 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. 39-006