Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) signed on to the Puerto Rico Status Act this week, The Hill has learned, becoming the 100th sponsor of the bill.

The legislation would authorize a federally sponsored plebiscite for Puerto Ricans to resolve its political status, with a choice of independence, statehood, or sovereignty in free association with the United States. Companion legislation in the Senate has support from 27 senators.

Mills’s addition to the legislation comes as the island territory has been thrust into the center of controversy in the height of election season after........

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