Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102

§731b Organization of a Government Pursuant to a Constitution

Title 48 › CHAPTER 4 — PUERTO RICO › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 731b

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Sections 731b–731e form a compact recognizing consent and let Puerto Ricans organize government under their own constitution.

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Title 48, §731b

Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Fully recognizing the principle of government by consent, sections 731b to 731e of this title are now adopted in the nature of a compact so that the people of Puerto Rico may organize a government pursuant to a constitution of their own adoption.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Repeals

Act July 3, 1950, ch. 446, § 6, 64 Stat. 320, provided that: “All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this Act [enacting sections 731b to 731e of this title] are hereby repealed.”

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Citation

48 U.S.C. § 731b

Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102