Public Law 81-600

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United States federal statute organic act

Public Law 81-600 is the 1950 U.S. federal statute that authorized Puerto Rico to draft its own constitution and establish a degree of self-government under a commonwealth status.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Public Law 600	1
Public Law 81-600 canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ organic act ⓘ
amends	Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 ⓘ
appliesTo	residents of Puerto Rico ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Puerto Rico ⓘ
authorized	Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
classification	territorial organic legislation ⓘ
codifiedIn	48 U.S.C. § 731b et seq. ⓘ
congressNumber	81st United States Congress ⓘ
constitutionalRelationship	subordinate to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
enables	adoption of a republican form of government in Puerto Rico ⓘ
enactmentDate	1950-07-03 ⓘ
enactmentYear	1950 ⓘ
governingBodyAffected	Executive Branch of Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Executive Branch of the Government of Puerto Rico Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Judicial Branch of the Government of Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
grantedPowerTo	people of Puerto Rico ⓘ
historicalContext	post–World War II decolonization period ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	did not change Puerto Rico’s status as an unincorporated territory ⓘ recognized the principle of government by consent for Puerto Rico ⓘ reorganized the government of Puerto Rico under a local constitution ⓘ
legalStatusCreated	Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
maintains	continuing applicability of the U.S. Federal Relations Act to Puerto Rico ⓘ
publicLawNumber	81-600 ⓘ
purpose	to authorize the people of Puerto Rico to draft and adopt their own constitution ⓘ to establish a degree of self-government for Puerto Rico ⓘ to provide for the organization of a constitutional government by the people of Puerto Rico ⓘ
region	Caribbean ⓘ
relatedTo	Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act ⓘ Puerto Rico’s commonwealth status ⓘ
requires	approval of the Puerto Rico constitution by the President of the United States ⓘ approval of the Puerto Rico constitution by the U.S. Congress ⓘ referendum in Puerto Rico for acceptance ⓘ that the Puerto Rico constitution be consistent with the U.S. Constitution ⓘ that the Puerto Rico constitution include a bill of rights ⓘ
shortName	Public Law 600 of the United States ⓘ surface form: Public Law 600
signedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
sponsorChamber	United States Congress ⓘ
status	in force ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation	64 Stat. 319 ⓘ
subjectMatter	political status of Puerto Rico ⓘ self-government ⓘ territorial law ⓘ
typeOfAutonomy	internal self-government under U.S. sovereignty ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Public Law 600 of the United States → publicLawNumber → Public Law 81-600 ⓘ

subject surface form: Public Law 600

Public Law 600 of the United States → shortTitle → Public Law 81-600 ⓘ

subject surface form: Public Law 600

this entity surface form: Public Law 600