Legislation Title
1951 Bill to Amend Section 5b of the Organic Act of Puerto Rico as Added by the Act of June 25, 1948 [(H.R. 2892) (§5e)]
Date
1951
Bill/Law
H.R. 2892 (§5e)
Sponsor
Resident Commissioner Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD-PR)
Sponsoring Political Party
Partido Popular Democratico (Popular Democratic Party)
Committee
House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Legal History
Introduced in the House
Legislation Type
Citizenship and Naturalization Statute [Amends 1917 Jones Act (§5e) and 1940 Nationality Act §404(b) & (c)]
Citizenship Type
Protects Puerto Ricans from automatic denaturalization