# Cuando el Congreso tuvo que devolverle el nombre a Puerto Rico - Source Packet

Public Short: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/of9ml0jLyvw

## Receipt Spine

- Congress approved a joint resolution on May 17, 1932 changing the official federal designation from `Porto Rico` to `Puerto Rico`.
- The Senate report says the measure followed the will of the people of Porto Rico as expressed through a concurrent resolution adopted by the Puerto Rican Legislature in April 1930.
- That Puerto Rican resolution asked Congress to officially restore the island's true name, Puerto Rico, in place of Porto Rico, based on history, language, and traditions.
- National Archives context says U.S. records commonly used `Porto Rico` until the 1932 act formally changed the practice.

## Source Trail

- GovInfo / Statutes at Large, 47 Stat. 158, chapter 190, May 17, 1932: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-47/pdf/STATUTE-47-Pg158-2.pdf
- GovInfo / Senate Report, S. Rept. 72-196: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/SERIALSET-09487_00_00-101-0196-0000/pdf/SERIALSET-09487_00_00-101-0196-0000.pdf
- National Archives Puerto Rican records guide: https://www.archives.gov/files/philadelphia/puerto-rican-records-guide.pdf
- Local source/posting reference: `porto-rico-name-restored-source-lock-2026-09-28.md`
- Local source/posting reference: `porto-rico-name-restored-platform-schedule-receipt-2026-09-28.md`

## Guardrails

- Keep the public claim narrow: Congress changed the official federal designation from Porto Rico to Puerto Rico in 1932.
- Use the Senate report wording for `restore` because the quoted Puerto Rican resolution uses that framing.
- Do not imply the name issue was only spelling; frame it as law, records, language, and power.
- Do not say the U.S. renamed Puerto Rico by accident as a hard claim unless a stronger Treaty of Paris mistranslation trail is clipped directly.