Date: November 9, 2022

To order the Integrated Development and Public Funds Oversight Commission of the Western Region of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico to conduct an investigation in relation to the population density in the municipalities of Mayagüez and San Germán, the birth rate compared to other decades and the emigration of people from these towns to other places in Puerto Rico or outside the island; in order to verify if there is depopulation, depopulation or any other phenomenon; if there is, identify governmental or legislative alternatives to prevent population loss in these towns and their communities; and for other related purposes.

Date: November 20, 2013

To add a new Article 3.6, renumber the current Articles 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11, such as Articles 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12, respectively, add a new subparagraph (5) to paragraph (C) of the re-enumerated Article 3.8 of Act No. 54 of August 15, 1989, as amended, known as the “Act for the Prevention and Intervention against Domestic Violence”, in order to establish that every person convicted by the provisions of this mandate, must have a mandatory program to complete reeducation and retraining for to enable their rehabilitation for gender-based violence, before the consummation of their sentence; to extend the above-mentioned requirement to condition access to the privilege of parole on the fact that the person convicted of this type of abuse has completed the mandatory program created by virtue of this statute; and for other related purposes.

To amend Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 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 Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico may request, accept and receive donations; establish that the sums collected by this concept may be used to defray the operating and operating expenses of the Institute and the statistical activities that the Institute determines; provide for the power of the Board of Directors of the Institute to approve the acquisition of equipment, materials and services whose value exceeds the amount of 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 Puerto Rico; constitute a work unit and allocate the necessary resources to, at the request of any person, private entity or government agency, or the Judicial Branch, to provide compensated services; clarify the obligations of government agencies regarding the sending 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 reviewing 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 outside consulting or advice; ordering the Institute to prepare the necessary forms for notification by government bodies, and for other related purposes.