H.Amdt.622 - Amendment retains the requirement that all ballots used for authorized plebiscites include the full content of the ballot printed in English. Amendment also requires the Puerto Rico State Elections Commission to inform voters in all authorized plebiscites that if Puerto Rico retains its current status or is admitted as a State: (1) any official language requirements of the Federal Government shall apply to Puerto Rico to the same extent as throughout the United States; and (2) it is the Sense of Congress that the teaching of English be promoted in Puerto Rico in order for English-language proficiency to be achieved.
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Latest Action · April 29, 2010
On agreeing to the Burton (IN) amendment (A004) Agreed to by recorded vote: 301 - 100 (Roll no. 237).