Legislation Title
1945 Bill To Provide for the Submission to the People of Puerto Rico of Alternative Forms of Political Status to the End That, by Mutual Agreement Between the People of Puerto Rico and the Government of the United States, a Permanent Political Status May Be Established in Puerto Rico Mutually Satisfactory to Both (H.R. 3237)
Date
1945
Bill/Law
H.R. 3237
Sponsor
Resident Commissioner Jesús T. Piñero (PPD-PR)
Sponsoring Political Party
Partido Popular Democrático (Popular Democratic Party)
Committee
House Committee on Insular Affairs (at the request of the Legislature of Puerto Rico)
Legal History
Introduced in the House
Legislation Type
Status Legislation (Plebiscite)
Citizenship Type
Independence: Right to retain U.S. Citizenship