Category: Congress
González-Colón bill to designate Fort San Gerónimo in Puerto Rico as an affiliated area of the National Park System approved in committee
The United States House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources unanimously passed HR...
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Puerto Rico pursues SNAP benefits in Congress
Despite widespread food insecurity in Puerto Rico, the United States government currently denies...
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Plaskett introduces legislation to adopt the Revised Organic Act and its amendments as the US Virgin Islands Constitution
United States Virgin Islands Delegate Stacey E. Plaskett (D) has introduced legislation to adopt...
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Puerto Rico Status Act reintroduced in the US House of Representatives
As last year’s legislative session in Congress concluded shortly after the midterm elections, the...
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Congress looks to revive SNAP, fight food insecurity in Puerto Rico
Forty-two years after Puerto Rico lost access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)...
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The media couldn’t stop calling the Puerto Rico Status Act by the wrong name
The Puerto Rico Status Act, HR 8393, was a proposed legislative act that would provide for the...
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Puerto Rico, USVI look to Washington to stop narcotics trafficking
Resident Commissioner Jennifer González-Colón (NPP, R) of Puerto Rico and Delegate Stacey...
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Jenniffer González-Colón and Jill Tokuda introduce legislation in support of plantains, bananas and cacao
Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (NPP, R) of Puerto Rico and Representative Jill...
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These are the committees the territorial delegates will serve in during the 118th Congress
With the beginning of the 118th Congress, the territorial delegates and resident commissioner will...
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US House passes González-Colón bills to improve access and transparency of federal disaster assistance
The United States House of Representatives passed HR 255 and HR 259, two bipartisan bills...
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The history of Puerto Rico status legislation in Congress
On December 15, 2022, the House of Representatives passed the Puerto Rico Status Act by a vote of...
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Amata hails Palau, RMI MOU signings, urges details to be shared with Congress
American Samoa Delegate Uifa’atali Amata Coleman Radewagen (R) expressed her pleasure that United...
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