I 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 Amer- ican Samoa. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 25, 2019 Mr. SERRANO (for himself, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. SOTO, and Ms. PLASKETT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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 Common- wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civil Rights Commis- 4 sion Territorial Equality Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:18 Aug 14, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4068.IH H4068 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 4068 IH SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES FOR 1 PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE 2 UNITED STATES, GUAM, THE COMMON- 3 WEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA IS- 4 LANDS, AND AMERICAN SAMOA. 5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The 2d sentence of section 6 3(d) of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 7 U.S.C. 1975a(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘and the District 8 of Columbia’’ and all that follows before the period at the 9 end, and inserting ‘‘, the District of Columbia, Puerto 10 Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, the 11 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and 12 American Samoa composed of persons domiciled in that 13 State, District, or territory’’. 14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3(f) of the 15 Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 16 1975a(f)) is amended by— 17 (1) striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘Government’’ and in- 18 serting a comma; and 19 (2) inserting ‘‘Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands 20 of the United States, Guam, the Commonwealth of 21 the Northern Mariana Islands, or American 22 Samoa,’’ after ‘‘States,’’. 23 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 24 this section shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st fiscal 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:18 Aug 14, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4068.IH H4068 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 4068 IH year that begins after the date of the enactment of this 1 Act. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:18 Aug 14, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4068.IH H4068 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS