Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917

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The Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 was a U.S. federal law that restructured the government of Puerto Rico and collectively granted U.S. citizenship to its residents.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
organic act ⓘ
affected military obligations of Puerto Ricans ⓘ
political status of Puerto Rico ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jones Act of 1917 ⓘ
Jones Law for Puerto Rico ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Puerto Rico ⓘ
codifiedIn U.S. Statutes at Large ⓘ
collectiveNaturalization Puerto Ricans ⓘ
contextOfEnactment World War I ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
created House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
bicameral legislature of Puerto Rico ⓘ
dateEnacted 1917-03-02 ⓘ
definedStatusOf citizenship of Puerto Ricans as U.S. citizens ⓘ
enabled conscription of Puerto Ricans into U.S. armed forces ⓘ
established bill of rights for Puerto Rico ⓘ
governanceFrameworkFor civil government of Puerto Rico ⓘ
grantedCitizenshipTo residents of Puerto Rico ⓘ
grantedCitizenshipType United States citizenship ⓘ
grantedPoliticalRight election of both houses of Puerto Rico’s legislature by popular vote ⓘ
hasLocationOfEffect Caribbean ⓘ
includedProvision Puerto Rican bill of rights ⓘ
U.S. citizenship for Puerto Ricans ⓘ
reorganization of Puerto Rican legislature ⓘ
languageOfText English ⓘ
legalDomain constitutional law ⓘ
territorial law ⓘ
legalStatusOfPuertoRico unincorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
limited autonomy of Puerto Rico ⓘ
motivation reform of Puerto Rico’s civil government ⓘ
namedAfter John F. Shafroth ⓘ
William Atkinson Jones ⓘ
partOf United States territorial policy ⓘ
history of Puerto Rico ⓘ
provided Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
elected House of Representatives in Puerto Rico ⓘ
elected Senate in Puerto Rico ⓘ
replaced Foraker Act ⓘ
restructuredGovernmentOf Puerto Rico ⓘ
retainedPowerFor U.S. President to appoint Governor of Puerto Rico ⓘ
U.S. President to appoint key Puerto Rican officials ⓘ
signedBy Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
subjectTo authority of U.S. Congress over Puerto Rico ⓘ
yearEnacted 1917 ⓘ

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Puerto Ricans → citizenshipGrantedBy → Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 ⓘ
President of the Senate of Puerto Rico → createdBy → Jones–Shafroth Act ⓘ
linked to: Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917
Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act → relatedLegislation → Jones–Shafroth Act ⓘ
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Foraker Act → replacedBy → Jones–Shafroth Act ⓘ
linked to: Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917
Foraker Act → supersededBy → Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 ⓘ
United States–Puerto Rico relations → legalBasis → Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 ⓘ
Jones Law for Puerto Rico → officialName → Jones–Shafroth Act ⓘ
linked to: Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917
John F. Shafroth → sponsored → Jones–Shafroth Act ⓘ
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65th United States Congress → enacted → Jones–Shafroth Act ⓘ
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William Atkinson Jones → notableWork → Jones–Shafroth Act (Puerto Rico) ⓘ
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William Atkinson Jones → sponsored → Jones–Shafroth Act reorganizing the government of Puerto Rico ⓘ
linked to: Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917
Public Law 81-600 → amends → Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 ⓘ
Executive Council of Puerto Rico → dissolvedBy → Jones–Shafroth Act ⓘ
linked to: Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917
United States Congress over Puerto Rico → enacted → Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 ⓘ
Jones Act (Puerto Rico) of 1917 → alsoKnownAs → Jones–Shafroth Act ⓘ
linked to: Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917