Two Government Development Bank board members are stepping down from their posts, saying, among other things, that the recently approved Puerto Rico Emergency Moratorium and Financial Rehabilitation has restricted the scope of their authority to make important decisions.
The House Committee on Natural Resources released H.R. 4900, the “Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act” (known as PROMESA), co-sponsored by Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI).
A broad group of public and private-sector representatives from Puerto Rico are bearing down on Washington lawmakers this week, when a draft of the bill proposing an oversight board for the island is expected to be released and discussed during a hearing Wednesday.