Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to treat Puerto Rico as if it were a State for purposes of the election of the President and Vice President.

Bill: 114-hjres-105
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2016-12-02
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Caribbean area

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Puerto Rico

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2016-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-12-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> <b>Constitutional Amendment</b></p> <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to treat Puerto Rico as a state for purposes of the election of the President and the Vice President.</p>

tv_txt: IA 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 105 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 2, 2016 Mr. Grayson submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to treat Puerto Rico as if it were a State for purposes of the election of the President and Vice President.

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States:  — 1. The government of Puerto Rico shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature of Puerto Rico may elect, a number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which Puerto Rico would be entitled if it were a state; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the states, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a state; and they shall meet in Puerto Rico and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment, or as otherwise prescribed in this Constitution. 2. Section 1 of this article shall apply to an election only if, at the time of the election, Puerto Rico is not a State of the United States or an independent nation. 3. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. .