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Article Two of the Constitution of Puerto Rico—titled as the Bill of Rights (Spanish: Carta de Derecho)— lists the most important rights held by the citizens of Puerto Rico. The Bill of Rights was mandated by Pub. L. 81–600 which provided for the people of Puerto Rico to adopt a constitution of their own which had to include a bill of rights.
The second was the inclusion of a Bill of Rights. The Constitution of Puerto Rico renamed the body politic until then known as the "People of Puerto Rico", and henceforth known as the "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico" (Estado Libre Asociado).
Puerto Ricans are also covered by a group of "fundamental civil rights" but, because Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory, they are not covered by the full Bill of Rights. All residents must pay federal taxes but, for a variety of reasons, only some pay federal income taxes. [53] [a]
It also created the Senate of Puerto Rico, established a bill of rights, and authorized the election of a Resident Commissioner (previously appointed by the President) to a four-year term. The act also exempted Puerto Rican bonds from federal, state, and local taxes regardless of where the bondholder resides. [b]
Puerto Ricans could move a step closer to a referendum on whether the island should become a U.S. state, an independent country or have another type of government when the House of Representatives ...
When the bill was debated in Congress under the Biden administration, Power 4 Puerto Rico urged lawmakers to specify whether Spanish would remain as the main language, arguing it is an integral ...
Members of Congress sponsoring competing bills on resolving Puerto Rico’s territorial status and its relationship to the U.S. agreed on one bill combining both.
Passage of this referendum would have constituted a claim for the government of Puerto Rico to establish these rights in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico constitution and petition the President and Congress for these rights, but it was rejected by the people of Puerto Rico on a vote of 660,264 (53%) against to 559,259 (44.9%) in favor. [11]