Dates: September 17, 2014

To amend Article 10 of Act No. 15 of April 14, 1931, as amended, known as the “Organic Law of the Department of Labor and Human Resources”, to include the measurement of food safety in the surveys carried out by the Bureau of Statistics; and for other related purposes.

Date: March 5, 2014

To order the Government Commission and the Commission on Socio-Economic Development and Planning of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to conduct an exhaustive investigation into the collection and methodology used by the agencies of the Executive Branch in relation to statistical information of public interest, with special emphasis on the efforts and duties of the Planning Board and the Statistics Institute; to examine the methods of updating and reliability of the statistics collected by governmental entities; and evaluate the resources available for State statistical management and the legal framework that affects it, in order to identify needs, and to know, if necessary, to make any adjustments or amendments that promote the relevance, objectivity and correctness of information based on statistical data; and for other related purposes.

Date: February 24, 2017

To add a paragraph (l) to Article 8 of Act No. 209-2003, as amended, known as the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act, for the purpose of providing that the Board of Directors shall have as part of its duties and powers the authority to adopt 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; and for other purposes.