On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. (EDT)the Committee on Natural Resources Office of Insular Affairs will hold a remote Full Committee Legislative Hearing on the following bills:
- H.R. 2070 (Rep. Nydia Velázquez), To recognize the right of the People of Puerto Rico to call a status convention through which the people would exercise their natural right to self-determination, and to establish a mechanism for congressional consideration of such decision, and for other purposes. Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021.
- H.R. 1522 (Rep. Darren Soto), To provide for the admission of the State of Puerto Rico into the Union. Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act.
Witness List
H.R. 1522, “Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act”
Rev. Carmen Cabrera
President, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Faith Council
Hatillo, PR
Dr. Christina Ponsa-Kraus
Professor of Constitutional Law, Columbia University
New York, NY
Prof. Andres L. Cordova
Professor of Property Law, Inter American University of Puerto Rico
H.R. 2070, “Puerto Rico Self- Determination Act of 2021”
The Hon. Luis Gutierrez
Former Representative, Illinois’s 4th District
Chicago, IL
Dr. Rafael Cox Alomar
Professor of Constitutional Law, University of the District of Columbia Washington, DC
Ms. Annette Martinez-Orabona
Director, Caribbean Institute of Human Rights
San Juan, PR
Neutral
Dr. Jose Caraballo-Cueto
Professor of Economics, University of Puerto Rico
Cayey, PR
