Written Statement Submitted By The Franciscans International (FI) Recent and ongoing studies show that today, Vieques adults and children are Under United States law, puerto rico remains an unincorporated territory http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.2004.NGO.119.En?Open
James Anderson, US, Puerto Rico Relations Strained ongoing reexamination of puerto rico s complex ties to the United States. But the military has rarely felt entirely welcome in this us territory, http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43/065.html
Extractions: Article: 65418 NAVAL STATION ROOSEVELT ROADS, Puerto Rico (AP) Enraged by a bombing-range accident that killed a civilian guard, Puerto Rican leaders are demanding the U.S. Navy end live-fire exercises in their territory. The Navy says it needs the range on the small island of Vieques (vee-EH-kehs) because it is the only Atlantic training ground where U.S. military forces can simultaneously bomb, shell and stage amphibious landings. Many Puerto Ricans have long opposed bombardment on the island, whose civilian population is squeezed into a small strip running across the middle. The deadly accident April 19 reinforced the feelings of many that Washington considers them second-class U.S. citizens. In a rare show of unity, leaders of Puerto Rico's independence, statehood and U.S. commonwealth parties are urging Congress to stop the Navy's use of live ammunition at Vieques. Leaders of the small independence movement want the Navy out completely. The issue may be inflamed by the ongoing reexamination of Puerto Rico's complex ties to the United States. Last week, a Senate committee convened to study the inconclusive December referendum here in which statehood was narrowly rejected.
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Extractions: GMAT Related Discussions If you plan to take the GMAT® in the United States, U.S. Territories, Puerto Rico or Canada , you can register in the following ways: Register Online: To schedule a test appointment online in the United States, U.S. Territories, Puerto Rico or Canada, you can complete the required details online on the official GMAT registration website. Please note that test fee payments for online test appointments can only be made by credit card. So, you need to have a VISA, MasterCard, or American Express card to register online for the GMAT. Click here to register online for the GMAT Register by phone: To schedule your test appointment by phone in the United States, U.S. Territories, Puerto Rico, or Canada:
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Extractions: GMAT Related Discussions GMAT Test Centers - United States GMAT® is now a computer adaptive test and can be taken all round the year in almost all major US cities. To schedule an appointment to take GMAT in the United States, U.S. Territories, Puerto Rico, Canada, check out: GMAT Registration - United States, U.S. Territories, Puerto Rico, Canada To choose the most convenient location for you to take the GMAT in the United States, U.S. Territories, Puerto Rico, or Canada, download the the Test Center List from the link below. Click here to download the Test Center List (PDF Format) Important
Cyndi's List - Territories & Possessions (U.S.) Territories Possessions (us). Main Index Alphabetical Index Topical Index G Spot United States Adoption Registry for puerto rico http://www.cyndislist.com/territor.htm
Extractions: Congressional Economic Reports Will Take Many More Months Two major congressional economic reports concerning Puerto Rico are far from being completed and will take at least most of the year, a source involved with the studies confirmed Wednesday. The information backed up a statement by Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila ("commonwealth"/D) last week that the reports would not be ready until the fall. The reports are expected to form the basis for serious legislation on Puerto Rico economic issues. Serious legislation on the issues is not expected to be enacted into law before the reports are completed and considered by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Committee, Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Ranking Democrat Max Baucus (D-MT), requested the studies a year ago in rejecting the proposal of then Governor Sila Calderon and then Resident Commissioner Acevedo Vila for 85-100% exemptions from federal income taxes for profits that manufacturers based in the States received from subsidiaries in Puerto Rico organized as "foreign" corporations. The Committee opposed the proposal and its leaders had found material Calderon and Acevedo submitted in favor of the tax exemptions to be misleading.
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Puerto Rico - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (a)puerto rico is not ranked because it is a dependent territory of the United Spain was forced to cede puerto rico to the United States under the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico
Extractions: U.S. Code H.R. 1424 American Samoa Possession Tax Credit Act of 2003 H.R. 2522 Compact Impact Reconciliation Act H.R. 2716 Compact-Impact Reimbursement Act H.R. 3290 Fair Nutrition for American Citizens Act of 2003 S. 653 Medicare Puerto Rico Hospital Payment Parity Act of 2003 H.R. 3750 Pacific Insular Areas Rural Telemedicine Act S. 1658
United States Newspaper Program each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, puerto rico, and the us The puerto rico Newspaper Project is microfilming 1.5 million pages and http://www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html
Extractions: The United States Newspaper Program is a cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present. Funding is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities . Technical assistance is furnished by the Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Program Participants The USNP has supported projects in each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each project is conducted by a single organization within a state or territory, usually the state's largest newspaper repository. A project's staff inventories holdings in public libraries, county courthouses, newspaper offices, historical museums, college and university libraries, archives, and historical societies. Catalog records are entered into a national database maintained by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and accessible through more than 43,500 dedicated computer terminals worldwide. Microfilm copies of newspapers are generally available to researchers anywhere in the country through inter-library loan.
U.S. Department Of The Inteior: The Department Of Everything Else major portion of the land under United States jurisdiction was in territoriesrather than states. It lost responsibility for puerto rico after 1952, http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/utley-mackintosh/interior12.htm
Extractions: THE DEPARTMENT OF EVERYTHING ELSE Territorial Affairs Territorial Affairs During most of America's nationhood, a major portion of the land under United States jurisdiction was in territories rather than states. In 1873, when Congress transferred territorial oversight from the Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Interior, the governance of some 1,629,000 square miles became a department responsibility. By then the United States had reached its present continental dimensions encompassing nearly 3,611,000 square miles, so that the territories covered about 45 percent of the national domain. From them were formed the states of Colorado in 1876; Montana, Washington, and North and South Dakota in 1889; Wyoming and Idaho in 1890; Utah in 1896; Oklahoma in 1907; Arizona and New Mexico in 1912; and Alaska in 1959. In 1898 the United States acquired its first insular possessions, annexing the Hawaiian Islands and obtaining Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines from Spain following the Spanish-American War. America's Pacific presence was extended a year later with the addition of several of the Samoan Islands. Only Hawaii came under Interior at the outset; the State Department took primary responsibility for Puerto Rico, the War Department supervised the Philippines, and the Navy Department oversaw Guam and American Samoa. When the United States purchased the Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917, the Navy also took charge of that Caribbean possession.
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Publications The Puerto Rico Status Debate Why Congress? Why One hundred years ago, puerto rico became a part of the United States in citizens of puerto rico, as it did in the case of other us territories, http://www.lulac.org/advocacy/issues/puertorico/prdebate.html
Extractions: Eve The Puerto Rico Status Debate: Why Congress? Why Now? One hundred years ago, Puerto Rico became a part of the United States in settlement of the Spanish-American War. Nineteen years later, the United States granted U.S. citizenship to the Island's inhabitants. Using its authority under the "territorial" clause of the U.S. Constitution, Congress over time has extended a measure of local self-rule to the American citizens of Puerto Rico. The current structure of local government, commonly known as "Commonwealth" was enacted in 1952. A bill (H.R. 856) sponsored by House Resources Committee Chairman Don Young (R-AK) recently passed the House under which the voters of Puerto Rico would be asked to choose whether to continue the current status, or to begin a process that could lead either to statehood for Puerto Rico or independence. A companion bill has been introduced in the Senate by Senator Larry Craig (R-ID). On April 2, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will begin its consideration of this issue. MEANINGFUL SELF-DETERMINATION FOR PUERTO RICO MUST BE
NASDVA.ORG - PUERTO RICO outside of the territory of the United States and puerto rico shall When said students study in puerto rico in an educational center other than the http://www.nasdva.com/puertorico.html
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Amendments Hawaii, and us territories and commonwealths (see H. Con. Res. Considerationof HR 856, United Statespuerto rico Political Status Act Committee on http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?i105:I11033:i105TEASLEY.html
EPA - Environmental Education us Environmental Protection Agency s (EPA) Office of Environmental Education Web Pennsylvania, puerto rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/
Extractions: Environmental Education (EE) Recent Additions Contact Us Print Version Search: EPA Home Environmental Education EE Home Basic Information Where You Live What You Can Do ... Other EE Programs Environmental education (EE) increases public awareness and knowledge of environmental issues and challenges. Through EE, people gain an understanding of how their individual actions affect the environment, acquire skills that they can use to weigh various sides of issues, and become better equipped to make informed decisions. EE also gives people a deeper understanding of the environment, inspiring them to take personal responsibility for its preservation and restoration. EE Grants Program Teachers Researchers and Scientists Teaching Aids Community Service Projects and more Technical Documents Research Funding and more News Apply now for a President's Environmental Youth Award . The PEYA program recognizes young people across the U.S. for projects that demonstrate their commitment to the environment. The deadline for submitting an application is October 31, 2005.
NOAA Releases First National Study Of U.S. Coral Reefs 11 federal agencies and governors of seven states, territories and commonwealths . Working with public and private partners in puerto rico and the us http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2002/sep02/noaa02125.html
Extractions: Led by , the 265-page report, The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States , was developed by 38 coral reef experts and 79 expert contributors. Prepared under the auspices of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, the report establishes a baseline that will now be used for biennial reports on the health of U.S. coral reefs . NOAA has also released A National Coral Reef Strategy , a report to Congress outlining specific action to address 13 major goals, including continuing mapping and monitoring, to safeguard reefs. The reports will be highlighted when the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force meets on October 2-3, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Co-chaired by the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior , the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force
Wind Energy Resource Atlas Of The United States This atlas estimates wind energy resource for the United States and its (a1) us Territories considered are puerto rico, three us Virgin Islands (St. http://rredc.nrel.gov/wind/pubs/atlas/chp1.html
Extractions: Table of Contents Acknowledgements This atlas estimates wind energy resource for the United States and its territories, . and indicates general areas where a high wind resource may exist. This information is valuable to wind energy developers and potential wind energy users because it allows them to choose a general area of estimated high wind resource for more detailed examination. A siting document, such as that written by Hiester and Pennell (1981) , can assist a potential user in going from wind resource assessment to site selection. The national wind resource assessment was one of the initial goals of the Federal Wind Energy Program. Early research in wind characteristics included the development and application of techniques for estimating the magnitude and distribution of wind resource over a selected area. In 1979 and 1980, the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) used these resource assessment techniques in preparing twelve regional wind energy atlases covering the United States and its territories ( Map A-l and Table A-l ). The atlases depicted annual and seasonal average wind resource on a regional and state level. They also included the wind resource's certainty rating and the areal distribution (percentage land area suitable for wind energy development) based on variations in land-surface form. In addition, summary national wind resource maps were produced (
