Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007
- Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007
The Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007 (USBill|110|H.R.|900), introduced in the United States House of Representatives on February 7, 2007 by José Serrano (D-New York), is a bill that would provide for referendums to be held in Puerto Rico to determine the island's ultimate political status.
The bill would provide for a referendum to be held no later than December 31, 2009. The referendum would give Puerto Ricans the choice between the options of retaining their present political status, or choosing a new status. If the former option were to win, the referendum would be held again every 8 years. If the latter option were to win, a separate referendum would be held no later than December 31, 2011. In this referendum, Puerto Ricans would be given the option of being admitted as a US State "on equal footing with the other states," or becoming a "sovereign nation, either fully independent from or in free association with the United States." Were Puerto Ricans to choose statehood, independence, or free association, US Congress would have 6 months to act on the desire of the Puerto Rican people.
The act passed committee on 25 October 2007. [cite news |url= http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-4133--21-21--.html |work= Caribbean Net News |title= Puerto Rico political status bill passes congressional committee |date= October 25, 2007 |first= Susan |last= Mann |accessdate= 2008-02-19]
The act has enjoyed bi-partisan support in the House of Representatives, with 129 co-sponsors as of October 2007. [cite web |url= http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:H.R.900: |title= H.R.900 |work= Library of Congress |date= October 23, 2007 |accessdate= 2008-02-19] It has been introduced in the U.S. Senate as S 1936 with bi-partisan support on August 2, 2007 by Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) with 14 co-sponsors. [ [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1936 S. 1936: Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007 (GovTrack.us) ] ]
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* [http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_900.html#usercomments WashingtonWatch.com]
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