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    "ocrText": "sovereign will and in common agreement with the United\nd. The United States will have responsibility for and authority\nStates. It underscores both the dominant Hispanic lan-\nwith respect to international relations and defense affecting the\nguage and tradition, and the determination to reaffirm,\nFree Associated State of Puerto Rico. The Free Associated State\nconsolidate and improve the relationship already estab-\nmay participate in international organizations and make educa-\nlished with the United States. These sentiments are sim-\ntional, cultural, health, sporting, professional, industrial, agricul-\nilarly expressed in the Preamble to the Constitution of\ntural, financial, commercial, scientific, or technical agreements\nPuerto Rico.\nwith other countries consistent with the functions of the United\nStates, as determined by the President of the United States and\nthe Governor of the Free Associated State on a case-by-case basis.\n2. Jurisdiction and Authority of the Free Associated State of\nPuerto Rico\na. The Free Associated State of Puerto Rico has jurisdiction\n2. Jurisdiction and Authority of the Free Associated\nover the population and Island of Puerto Rico, its territorial seas,\nState of Puerto Rico\nand the population, islands and territorial seas adjacent to Puerto\nMuch confusion has been generated by the geograph-\nRico.\nical description of Puerto Rico as it appears in section 1 of\nb. The right of the Free Associated State of Puerto Rico to\nthe Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act which states that\ngovern itself is hereby recognized, as well as the right to exercise\n\"\nthe provisions of this Act shall apply to the Island of\nall the necessary powers and authority to govern the people of\nPuerto Rico and the adjacent islands belonging to the\nPuerto Rico according to its own Constitution and laws, to\nUnited States and waters of those islands\n\" This\nrepresent them, and to make a compact with the United States as\ndescription presumably was intended merely to delineate\nto the nature of its present and future political relations.\nthe geographical jurisdiction over which the United States\nc. In the exercise of their power of self-government, the people\nexercised authority. However, its inclusion in the 1950-52\nof Puerto Rico now propose:\nlegislation and compact, and its perpetuation until this\nday, has provided one of the most telling rhetorical\n1. To agree with the United States upon the norms,\narguments raised by opponents of Commonwealth and of\nprovisions, and procedures set forth in this Compact;\nthe United States in endeavoring to prove that Puerto Rico\n2. To agree upon the exercise by the United States of the\nis still a colony \"belonging to\" a colonialist United States.\npowers and attributes specified in this Compact;\nPassage of time, together with the overwhelming change in\n3. To reserve all other powers and attributes of their\nthe world political map, have permitted the originally\npolitical life to the Free Associated State of Puerto Rico or to\nbenign geographical description to be transformed, by\nthe people of Puerto Rico;\nsome, into a concept which is the antithesis of the realities.\n4. To recognize the Supreme Court of the United States as\nThe proposed definition of the jurisdictional scope of\nthe final judge of the meaning and application of the Consti-\nthe Free Associated State simply and directly states the\ntution and laws of the United States as well as of this\nCompact, including the decision whether the laws of the\nhistorical reality and establishes Puerto Rican jurisdiction\nUnited States or the laws of Puerto Rico conform to this\nover the seas adjacent to the Island in conformity with the\ninternational law of the sea. The record is clear that the\nCompact and the Constitution and the applicable laws of the\nUnited States.\neffect of the Advisory Group's proposal is not to freeze\nPuerto Rican jurisdiction in terms of present international\n12\n13"
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