Civil Rights Commission Territorial Equality Act of 2019

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4068 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4068

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2019

 Mr. Serrano (for himself, Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Mr. San 
 Nicolas, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Radewagen, 
 Mr. Soto, and Ms. Plaskett) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Civil Rights Commission Territorial 
Equality Act of 2019''.

SEC. 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.
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