P. of S. No. 573

Memorials
IEPR
04 March 2026

Date: October 15, 2013

To amend Articles 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11 and 58 of Law 246? 2011, known as the “Child Safety, Welfare and Protection Act”, with the purpose of adding “human trafficking” in any of its forms as one of the forms of child abuse contemplated as public policy in this law; adding “human trafficking” as one of the definitions of child sexual abuse; including “human trafficking” as part of the definition of mistreatment and institutional abuse; defining the conduct or concept of “human trafficking”; including prevention against human trafficking as an obligation of both the family as of the State; include human trafficking as one of the instances in which the Department of Justice and the Puerto Rico Police must carry out joint investigations when cases of abuse are referred to or presented; include cases of human trafficking in the Central Register of Protection Cases; include, within the responsibilities of the Department of the Family...

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Date: December 12, 2013

To order the Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Education to vigorously implement the provisions of Articles 1.03 and 3.10 of Act No. 149? 1999, as amended, known as the “Organic Law of the Puerto Rico Department of Education”, and to review the agency's internal regulations and protocols on compulsory school attendance; to make it mandatory to intervene with students who leave schools during regular class hours, to open an administrative investigation into the intervened student, to refer to the relevant agencies; and for other related purposes.

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To amend Article 21 of Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the PR Institute of Statistics Act, to provide that the Governor will include in the model budget the calculations for the current expenses of the IEPR, without reviewing them, to guarantee its fiscal stability in harmony with autonomy.

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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.