---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 731b"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
number: "731b"
heading: "Organization of a government pursuant to a constitution"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/731b"
units:
  - "Chapter 4 — Puerto Rico"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §731b. Organization of a government pursuant to a constitution


Fully recognizing the principle of government by consent, sections 731b to [731e](/usc/48/731e.md) of this title are now adopted in the nature of a compact so that the people of Puerto Rico may organize a government pursuant to a constitution of their own adoption.


## Source credit

(July 3, 1950, ch. 446, § 1, 64 Stat. 319.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act which comprises this chapter.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Repeals

Act July 3, 1950, ch. 446, § 6, 64 Stat. 320, provided that: “All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this Act [enacting sections 731b to 731e of this title] are hereby repealed.”