The Puerto Rico Bankers Association said Wednesday the government’s decision to include Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority in the Puerto Rico Emergency Moratorium and Financial Rehabilitation Act could jeopardize the closing this year of the consensual restructuring support agreement.
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.