Date: August 2, 2023

P. de la C. 1448: To amend Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 8, 11, 13 and 21, add a new Article 22 and renumber Article 22 as Article 23 of Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, for the purpose of making technical amendments; providing that the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute may request, accept and receive donations; establish that the sums raised by this concept may be used to defray the operating and operating expenses of the Institute and the activities statistics determined by the Institute; provide for the power of the Board of Directors of the Institute to approve the acquisition of equipment, materials and services whose value exceeds one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars; provide that the Board of Directors shall have as part of its duties and powers the authority to adopt the ethical standards applicable to any person who works in the statistical units of government agencies or who advises, intervenes or collaborates with the Statistical Production Service of the Commonwealth of Port Rich; clarify the obligations of government agencies regarding the submission of statistical information to the Institute; provide that the Governor will include in the model budget the calculations for the current expenses of that Institute, without revising them, to guarantee its fiscal stability; create the Program of Academies and Workshops of the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico; establish a certification system for continuing education as a requirement for occupying and remaining in a position or position, or offering external consulting or advice; order to the Institute to prepare the necessary forms for notification by government agencies, and for other related purposes.

Fecha: 8 de abril de 2016Para enmendar el Artículo 7 de la Ley 209-2003, según enmendada, mejor conocida como “Ley del Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico”, a los fines de establecer que al vencimiento del nombramiento de cualquier miembro de la Junta de Directores del Instituto de Estadísticas, su sucesor deberá ser nombrado dentro de un período de sesenta (60) días y que el miembro incumbente podrá continuar en el desempeño de sus funciones hasta que su sucesor haya tomado posesión de su cargo.

Date: August 11, 2023

To amend Section 10 of Act No. 15 of April 1931, as amended, known as the “Organic Law of the Department of Labor and Human Resources”, for the purpose of ordering the Department of Labor and Human Resources of Puerto Rico to use, in the surveys conducted by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Labor and Human Resources, in the Population Census and in any other survey carried out for these purposes to measure food security, the Scale to Measure Food Security for Puerto Rico designed by the Graduate School of Public Health of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico; add a line to any survey carried out for the purpose of knowing how many women are heads of household; and for other related purposes.