HRES 1519 United States House · 117th Congress

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8393) 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.

HRES 1519 is a procedural resolution (not a policy bill) that sets rules for the House of Representatives to debate and vote on H.R. 8393. It waives objections to considering H.R. 8393, which would allow Puerto Rico's residents to choose a permanent non-territorial political status (like statehood or independence) and establish a transition process. The resolution specifies one hour of debate equally divided between committee leaders and requires the bill to be considered as amended without further changes. It directly affects the legislative process for Puerto Rico's status bill but does not alter Puerto Rico's current status or the substance of H.R. 8393.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2022
Committee Review
Dec 2022
House Passage
Dec 2022
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Dec 14, 2022 Last action Dec 15, 2022
Floor votes · House Dec 15, 2022

How they voted

217201
Passed · 12 other
Total votes 430
Dec 15, 2022
D Democratic217
217 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican213
201 Nay 12
94% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Dec 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 201 (Roll no. 527).
lower
Dec 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 117-643, by Mr. McGovern.
lower
Dec 14, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
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Photo of James P. McGovern
James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
MA
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