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SESSION H. R. 856 the Treaty of Paris

Resolution 1541

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Puerto Rican American republican Spanish Statehood

Congress United Senate House SEC the House of Representatives House of Representatives CONGRESSIONAL Nation Commonwealth The Committee on Rules the United Nations the Federal Government State the Government of Puerto Rico United Nations the State Elections Commission Committee Article IV the Territorial Clause IB Union Calendar No. State of Puerto Rico the Committee of the Whole House the Committee of the Whole House Federal United 7 States Executive Branch Interagency United 9 States the Puerto Rico Federal Popular Democratic Party XV the General Assembly Working Group the Commonwealth of Puerto 12 Rico the State of Puerto Rico House of Representa- United States House Court GENERAL.—If the State of the Union Representatives the United States Supreme Court the 105th Congress ‘‘ Ms. NORTON the Committee on Resources

MILLER PALLONE MARTINEZ TORRES FATTAH JOHN JACKSON-LEE DAVIS MCCOLLUM KIM SAXTON ORTIZ FAZIO GALLEGLY HASTERT HASTINGS SKEEN SNYDER GILCHREST UNDERWOOD CLYBURN FORBES BARCIA RAHALL SLAUGHTER BLUMENAUER STUMP GINGRICH CALVERT GEPHARDT RADANOVICH CHRISTIAN-GREEN ENGLISH DEFAZIO GILMAN LEWIS PELOSI KILDEE DICKEY FARR GREEN George Bush MARKEY ROTH- PAYNE Harris MCNULTY VENTO PASTOR JONES

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