Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act

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United States federal statute organic act territorial law

The Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act is a U.S. federal statute that defines and governs the political and legal relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States, including the island’s status, powers, and obligations under U.S. sovereignty.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ organic act ⓘ territorial law ⓘ
appliesTo	Puerto Rico ⓘ citizenship and civil rights of residents of Puerto Rico ⓘ economic and fiscal relations between Puerto Rico and the United States ⓘ federal-territorial fiscal arrangements with Puerto Rico ⓘ political powers of the Government of Puerto Rico ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defines	status of Puerto Rico under U.S. sovereignty ⓘ
governs	allocation of powers between the United States and Puerto Rico ⓘ application of certain federal laws in Puerto Rico ⓘ rights and obligations of Puerto Rico as a U.S. territory ⓘ scope of U.S. sovereignty over Puerto Rico ⓘ
hasConsequence	Puerto Rico lacks voting representation in the U.S. Congress ⓘ Puerto Rico remains under the Territorial Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ federal law applies in Puerto Rico subject to specific statutory provisions ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasPurpose	to codify federal relations with Puerto Rico after adoption of the Puerto Rico Constitution ⓘ to define the political relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States ⓘ
hasTopic	U.S. territories ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ federalism ⓘ public law ⓘ territorial status ⓘ
isBasisFor	federal policy toward Puerto Rico ⓘ interpretation of Puerto Rico’s political status by U.S. courts ⓘ many federal court decisions on Puerto Rico’s autonomy ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States Congress ⓘ
legalEffect	defines extent of federal jurisdiction in Puerto Rico ⓘ preserves plenary power of U.S. Congress over Puerto Rico ⓘ recognizes local self-government in Puerto Rico subject to U.S. sovereignty ⓘ
legalStatus	governs political and legal relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States ⓘ
partOf	United States territorial law ⓘ United States–Puerto Rico relations ⓘ
regulates	distribution of legislative authority between Congress and Puerto Rico ⓘ international representation of Puerto Rico under U.S. sovereignty ⓘ obligations of Puerto Rico under U.S. sovereignty ⓘ powers of the government of Puerto Rico under U.S. law ⓘ relations between the federal government and the Government of Puerto Rico ⓘ
relatedLegislation	Foraker Act ⓘ Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 ⓘ surface form: Jones–Shafroth Act Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act ⓘ
relatesTo	Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Puerto Rico Constitution federal supremacy in Puerto Rico ⓘ self-government of Puerto Rico ⓘ status of Puerto Rico as an unincorporated territory ⓘ
subjectOf	federal-territorial relations ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Public Law 600 of the United States → amends → Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Public Law 600

Government of Puerto Rico → establishedBy → Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act ⓘ

Public Law 600 of the United States → relatedTo → Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Public Law 600