Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102

§745a Public Improvement Bonds Sold to United States or Agency Thereof Excluded From Public Indebtedness

Title 48 › CHAPTER 4 — PUERTO RICO › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 745a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Bonds sold to the U.S. by Puerto Rico or its municipalities and paid only from a public project's revenues (including agreed transfers) are not the issuer's public debt.

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Title 48, §745a

Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Bonds or other obligations of Puerto Rico or any municipal government therein, payable solely from revenues derived from any public improvement or undertaking (which revenues may include transfers by agreement or otherwise from the regular funds of the issuer in respect of the use by it of the facilities afforded by such improvement or undertaking), and issued and sold to the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, shall not be considered public indebtedness of the issuer within the meaning of section 745 of this title.

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Editorial Notes

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

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Citation

48 U.S.C. § 745a

Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102