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Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-110

§2101 Effective Date

Title 48 › CHAPTER 20 — PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY › § 2101

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The chapter starts on June 30, 2016, unless the rules below change that. Subchapter III applies to cases that begin under Subchapter III on or after June 30, 2016. Subchapters III and VI apply to debts, claims, and liens created before, on, or after that date (those terms are defined in section 101 of title 11).

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Title 48, §2101

Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter shall take effect on June 30, 2016.
(b)Subchapter III and Subchapter VI
(1)Subchapter III shall apply with respect to cases commenced under subchapter III on or after June 30, 2016.
(2)Subchapters III and VI shall apply with respect to debts, claims, and liens (as such terms are defined in section 101 of title 11) created before, on, or after such date.

Legislative History

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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 114–187, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 549, known as the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act and also as PROMESA, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out below and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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of 2022 Amendment Pub. L. 117–82, § 1, Jan. 20, 2022, 136 Stat. 3, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 2178 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Puerto Rico Recovery Accuracy in Disclosures Act of 2021’ or ‘PRRADA’.”

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Pub. L. 114–187, § 1(a), June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 549, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter, amending section 1469e and 1492a of this title, section 632 and 644 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, and section 206 of Title 29, Labor, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 632 of Title 15] may be cited as the ‘Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act’ or ‘PROMESA’.”

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Citation

48 U.S.C. § 2101

Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110