Date: January 23, 2015

To establish the “Annual Information Science and Technology Fair Program” attached to the University of Puerto Rico in collaboration with the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico and the Trust for Science, Technology and Research; with the purpose of establishing self-management and the retention of talented Puerto Rican young people through “Starups; developers of software and mobile applications”; establish an incentive plan for selected graduates from accredited universities; create a special fund and establish its distribution; and for other related purposes .

To amend Articles 2, 3, 9, 10 and 36 of Act No. 24 of April 1931, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Demographic Registration Act”, in order to include in the Death Certificate the identification of natural disasters as a contributing factor to death; and to order the Demographic Registration and Vital Statistics Division of the Department of Health to send the report every six months with vital statistics to the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute and for other related purposes.

Date: February 24, 2017

To amend Article 21 of Act No. 209-2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Statistics Institute Act”, to provide that the Governor will include in the model budget the calculations for the current expenses of that Institute, without reviewing them, to guarantee its fiscal stability, in harmony with the autonomy granted to him by law; and to establish the validity of the Act.