Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917

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United States federal law organic act

The Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 was a U.S. federal law that restructured the government of Puerto Rico and collectively granted U.S. citizenship to its residents.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Jones–Shafroth Act	6
Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 canonical	4
Jones–Shafroth Act (Puerto Rico)	1
Jones–Shafroth Act reorganizing the government of Puerto Rico	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ organic act ⓘ
affected	military obligations of Puerto Ricans ⓘ political status of Puerto Rico ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Merchant Marine Act of 1920 ⓘ surface form: Jones Act of 1917 Jones Law for Puerto Rico ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Puerto Rico ⓘ
codifiedIn	United States Statutes at Large ⓘ surface form: U.S. Statutes at Large
collectiveNaturalization	Puerto Ricans ⓘ
contextOfEnactment	World War I ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
created	House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ bicameral legislature of Puerto Rico ⓘ
dateEnacted	1917-03-02 ⓘ
definedStatusOf	citizenship of Puerto Ricans as U.S. citizens ⓘ
enabled	conscription of Puerto Ricans into U.S. armed forces ⓘ
established	bill of rights for Puerto Rico ⓘ
governanceFrameworkFor	civil government of Puerto Rico ⓘ
grantedCitizenshipTo	residents of Puerto Rico ⓘ
grantedCitizenshipType	United States citizenship ⓘ
grantedPoliticalRight	election of both houses of Puerto Rico’s legislature by popular vote ⓘ
hasLocationOfEffect	Caribbean ⓘ
includedProvision	Puerto Rican bill of rights ⓘ U.S. citizenship for Puerto Ricans ⓘ reorganization of Puerto Rican legislature ⓘ
languageOfText	English ⓘ
legalDomain	constitutional law ⓘ territorial law ⓘ
legalStatusOfPuertoRico	unincorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
limited	autonomy of Puerto Rico ⓘ
motivation	reform of Puerto Rico’s civil government ⓘ
namedAfter	John F. Shafroth ⓘ William Atkinson Jones ⓘ
partOf	United States territorial policy ⓘ history of Puerto Rico ⓘ
provided	Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ elected House of Representatives in Puerto Rico ⓘ elected Senate in Puerto Rico ⓘ
replaced	Foraker Act ⓘ
restructuredGovernmentOf	Puerto Rico ⓘ
retainedPowerFor	U.S. President to appoint Governor of Puerto Rico ⓘ U.S. President to appoint key Puerto Rican officials ⓘ
signedBy	Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
subjectTo	authority of U.S. Congress over Puerto Rico ⓘ
yearEnacted	1917 ⓘ