Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§2192 Right of Puerto Rico to Determine Its Future Political Status
Title 48 › CHAPTER 20 — PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY › SUBCHAPTER IV — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 2192
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Protects Puerto Rico's right to choose its future political status and lets Puerto Rico hold the plebiscite authorized by Public Law 113–76.
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Title 48, §2192
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Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to restrict Puerto Rico’s right to determine its future political status, including by conducting the plebiscite as authorized by Public Law 113–76.
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This chapter, referred to in text, 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 under section 2101 of this title and Tables. Public Law 113–76, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 113–76, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 5, known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. Provisions relating to appropriations for a plebiscite on Puerto Rico’s future political status appear at 128 Stat. 61. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
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48 U.S.C. § 2192
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102