R. C. of S. 409 - Committee on Governance of the House of Representatives - Document

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IEPR
17 December 2025

Date: December 3, 2019

To order the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute to carry out a formal census, with all the necessary research and scientific guidelines to help clarify the number of deaf people in the country, as well as their peculiarities and language used to communicate.

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