Para ordenar a la Comisión de Transportación e Infraestructura de la Cámara de Representantes de Puerto Rico, realizar un estudio en torno a la viabilidad de crear el “Museo Histórico de Aeropuertos de Puerto Rico’’, el cual contará con información histórica, fotográfica y documental sobre la infraestructura aeroportuaria en Puerto Rico, a través de la Isla incluyendo aeropuertos en operación y aquellos que cesaron operaciones hace décadas; y para otros fines relacionados.

2025-2028 Session

Directs PR House Transportation to study feasibility of creating the Museo Histórico de Aeropuertos de Puerto Rico, outlining governance, collections, location, funding; non-binding.

Referido a Comisión(es)

Summary — RC 430

Title (Spanish): Para ordenar a la Comisión de Transportación e Infraestructura de la Cámara de Representantes de Puerto Rico, realizar un estudio en torno a la viabilidad de crear el “Museo Histórico de Aeropuertos de Puerto Rico’’, el cual contará con información histórica, fotográfica y documental sobre la infraestructura aeroportuaria en Puerto Rico, a través de la Isla incluyendo aeropuertos en operación y aquellos que cesaron operaciones hace décadas; y para otros fines relacionados.

Classification: Resolution
Introduced: September 11, 2025
Current status: Passed the House (approved unanimously with committee amendments on October 23, 2025); referred to committee(s) for follow-up

Purpose and intent

RC 430 directs the Puerto Rico House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to conduct a feasibility study on creating a “Museo Histórico de Aeropuertos de Puerto Rico.” The museum would assemble and exhibit historical, photographic and documentary material about the island’s airport infrastructure, covering both currently operating airports and facilities that ceased operation decades ago. The resolution seeks to evaluate whether such a museum is feasible and to identify related considerations and next steps.

Key provisions

Orders the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to carry out a study assessing the viability of establishing the museum.

Specifies the museum’s scope: historical, photographic, and documentary records of Puerto Rico’s airport infrastructure across the island, including defunct airports.

Authorizes the Committee to develop findings and recommendations (the text references “otros fines relacionados” — i.e., related purposes), which may include proposals on governance, collections, location, partnership opportunities, funding mechanisms, and public programming (to be defined by the Committee in the study).

Who would be affected

Legislative: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (responsible for conducting the study).

Government agencies and entities likely to participate or be consulted: agencies holding aviation/transportation records (e.g., ports/airports authorities), cultural institutions, municipalities, historical societies, and the aviation community.

Potential public beneficiaries: educators, researchers, cultural tourists, and communities with historical airport sites.

Procedural and timeline notes

Introduced and referred to committee: September 11, 2025.

Committee activity: first committee report rendered with amendments (October 20, 2025); report entered and sent to House Calendars.

Floor action: placed on Special Orders calendar and approved by the House unanimously with report amendments (October 23, 2025). Final approval text in the House recorded on the same date.

Next steps (typical for this type of resolution): the Committee completes the study and issues a report with findings and recommendations. Implementation of an actual museum (site selection, funding, legal creation) would require further legislation, executive action, or appropriations.

Potential impacts and considerations

Cultural and educational preservation of Puerto Rico’s aviation history; potential to support heritage tourism.

Costs are not specified in the resolution; creation and operation of a museum would require separate funding and administrative decisions.

The study is non‑binding: it produces recommendations but does not itself create or fund the museum.