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AN ACT DECLARING THAT ALL CITIZENS OF PORTO RICO AND
CERTAIN NATIVES PERMANENTLY RESIDING IN SAID

ISLAND SHALL BE CITIZENS OF THE

UNITED STATES

MAY 7, 1912

Printed for the use of the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico

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CITIZENSHIP OF PORTO RICANS.

TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1912.

COMMITTEE ON PACIFIC ISLANDS AND PORTO RICO,

UNITED STATES SENATE,

Washington, D. C.

The committee met at 10 o'clock a. m. Present: Senators Clapp (acting chairman), Brandegee, Poindexter, Clarke, Fletcher, Watson, Kern, and Fall; also Hon. Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War; Col. Frank McIntyre and Col. French, of the Bureau of Insular Affairs.

The committee having under consideration the bill H. R. 20048, as follows:

[H. R. 20048, Sixty-second Congress, second session.]

AN ACT Declaring that all citizens of Porto Rico and certain natives permanently residing in said islands shall be citizens of the United States.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all citizens of Porto Rico, as defined by section 7 of the act of April 12, 1900, temporarily to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," and all natives of Porto Rico who were temporarily absent from that island on April 11, 1899, and have since returned and are permanently residing in that island and are not citizens of any foreign country, are hereby declared, and shall be deemed and held to be, citizens of the United States: Provided, That any person hereinbefore described may retain his present political status by making a declaration, under oath, of his decision to do so within six months of the taking effect of this act before the district court in the district in which he resides, the declaration to be in form as follows:

"I, being duly sworn, hereby declare my intention not to become a citizen of the United States as provided in the act of Congress conferring United States citizenship upon citizens of Porto Rico and certain natives permanently residing in said island."

In the case of any such person who may be absent from the island during said six months, the terms of this proviso may be availed of by transmitting a declaration, under oath, in the form herein provided within six months of the taking effect of this act, to the secretary of Porto Rico. Passed the House of Representatives March 4, 1912. Attest:

SOUTH TRIMBLE, Clerk.

STATEMENT OF HON. HENRY L. STIMSON, SECRETARY OF WAR.

The ACTING CHAIRMAN. Mr. Secretary, you may proceed. Secretary STIMSON. Mr. Chairman, I am very glad to have this opportunity to be here this morning. I think there will probably be present in a few moments a number of gentlemen, with whom I have been in conference, From Porto Rico.

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