{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-8393","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 8393","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Puerto Rico Status Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To enable the people of Puerto Rico to choose a permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status for Puerto Rico and to provide for a transition to and the implementation of that permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To enable the people of Puerto Rico to choose a permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status for Puerto Rico and to provide for a transition to and the implementation of that permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Puerto Rico Status Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Puerto Rico Status Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to 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the plebiscite."}],"words":127},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Provides for plebiscites in Puerto Rico on a choice among independence, sovereignty in free association with the United States, and statehood, and sets out transition and implementation steps for each option.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8393/text/eh#toc-HFB59304A9E644224AAFF9B0B4C1C439D"},{"label":"Title I","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8393/text/eh#toc-H13EAD059CAA1402F9ADFB47CD03C172F"},{"label":"Title II","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8393/text/eh#toc-H96812293E18842368FEDD521845F1982"},{"label":"Title III","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8393/text/eh#toc-H62D3C797FE8C4FC9AEBFD0F2B1319FBB"}]},"core_areas":["Puerto Rico status plebiscites and runoff","Voter education and Attorney General review of ballot materials","Transition to independence","Transition 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review.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8393/text/eh#toc-HF5A89E6D63834A4BBDB5E6D669F3C6B4"}},{"text":"Requires a constitutional convention, a ratification vote on its Constitution, and a presidential proclamation withdrawing United States sovereignty and recognizing independence if independence is chosen.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 107","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8393/text/eh#toc-H6B816BCE4AEB44A9845DF94AED1EF2D6"}},{"text":"Establishes a Bilateral Negotiating Commission of 5 members chosen by Puerto Rico's convention and 5 designated by the President to negotiate Articles of Free Association if that option receives a majority.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 210","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8393/text/eh#toc-H51EBF21A49E84279A0BD216C861E3EE4"}},{"text":"Requires the President to issue a proclamation declaring the date of admission of Puerto Rico as a State, not later than one year after the effective date of the plebiscite results, if statehood receives a majority.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 301","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8393/text/eh#toc-HD142BC2D9B9E4E4FA06AE8419D59DA83"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 10","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8393/text/eh#toc-HCF614CB01F624BDD946DA47391C6D004"},"heading":"Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act","effect":"Upon admission as a State or when the new nation's government takes office, the federal law on Puerto Rico oversight, management and economic stability stops applying, its oversight board is terminated, and the board's funds and property are transferred to Puerto Rico.","amount":null,"quote":"shall no longer apply to the State of Puerto Rico or the nation of Puerto Rico, as the case may be."}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-12-15","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8393/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8393","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8393/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-8393.png","v":"9c3852f332b7","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8393, 117th Congress: Puerto Rico Status Act. House: 233 Yea, 191 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 15 Dec 2022."}}