Establishment of the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status
Headline: Establishes Task Force to Study Puerto Rico's Political Status
What it does: Agencies must form a task force to develop and advise on options for Puerto Rico's future status and support public education and voting on those options.
- Creates a federal task force to study and recommend Puerto Rico status options.
- Provides funding transfer for public education and a public vote on options.
- Requires regular reporting to the President, first report due May 1, 2001.
Summary
This order establishes the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status to study and advise on options for the island's political future. The task force will be made of designees from Cabinet members and co-chairs from an interagency group, and it will be co-chaired by the Attorney General's designee.
The task force must provide recommendations to the President and Congress, help transfer funding to Puerto Rico's Elections Commission for public education and a vote on options, and report on progress by May 1, 2001 and annually thereafter.
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