APPENDIX VI
APPENDIX VI
nation should take into account the situation of the
territories as well as that of the
as
possible.
programs,
For
states,
those unfamiliar
insofar
with
federal
we believe that there should be some men-
tion that,
aside from loans,
there are few federal
grant programs dedicated to economic development per
se (Community Development Block Grants
Development
Action
Development
Grants
(CDBG), Urban
(UDAG),
Administration
and
(EDA)
Economic
grants).
Concerning these programs, Puerto Rico's allocations
have
been
equitable and respond
development plans.
record
in UDAGs,
Puerto
Rican
Also Puerto Rico has an enviable
which are competitive
among all municipalities,
V.
to
nationwide
large and small.
Political Status.
-1l.
We submit that although Puerto Rico now has the same
internal powers as a state, the word "commonwealth"
itself
means nothing when applied to Puerto
Since
Or
the Island possesses none of the
drawbacks of quasi-sovereignty or
On the contrary,
to
the
States
651
(See Harris vy.
"Commonwealth"
90002490
attributes
sovereignty.
Puerto Rico is completely subject
decisions of the Congress
(1980)).
Rico,
of
the
United
Santiago-Rosario 446 U.
Puerto
Rico
is
no
more
(in the sense of Canada within
83
S.
a
the