To recognize Puerto Rico's sovereign nationhood under either independence or free association and to provide for a transition process, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 900.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GUTIERREZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 21, February 7, 2017, Page H1084):
  U.S. Constitution, Article IV Section 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  39 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 900, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/900

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b4df2c4c6bcb6b3edd0b07e06ad8867a6d378602663eae11da9b29e4e52ccd4c

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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