Civil Rights Commission Territorial Equality Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4068
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2019-07-25
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Advisory bodies

American Samoa

Caribbean area

Commission on Civil Rights

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

U.S. territories and protectorates

Virgin Islands
Latest action: action_date: 2019-08-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Civil Rights Commission Territorial Equality Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Commission on Civil Rights to establish at least one advisory committee in each of the following territories, composed of persons domiciled in such territories: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4068 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 25, 2019 Mr. Serrano (for himself, Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico , Mr. San Nicolas , Mr. Sablan , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Velázquez , Mrs. Radewagen , Mr. Soto , and Ms. Plaskett ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require the United States Commission on Civil Rights to establish advisory committees for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Civil Rights Commission Territorial Equality Act of 2019 . 2. Establishment of advisory committees for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa (a) Establishment The 2d sentence of section 3(d) of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 ( 42 U.S.C. 1975a(d) ) is amended by striking and the District of Columbia and all that follows before the period at the end, and inserting , the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa composed of persons domiciled in that State, District, or territory . (b) Conforming amendment Section 3(f) of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 ( 42 U.S.C. 1975a(f) ) is amended by— (1) striking or after Government and inserting a comma; and (2) inserting Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa, after States, . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.