; (23) during a second referendum held in 1998— (A) the pro-statehood government— (i) drafted the ballot language for all status options; and (ii) identified each status option by number rather than by name; (B) in protest for what the pro-Commonwealth party considered to be an ill-defined Commonwealth option, the pro-Commonwealth party asked supporters to vote for none of the above ; and (C) the results of the referendum were that— (i) 50.3 percent of voters in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico voted for none of the above ; (ii) 46.5 percent of voters in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico voted for statehood; (iii) 2.5 percent of voters in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico voted for independence; and (iv) 0.3 percent of voters in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico voted for free association; (24) on May 29, 2009, pro-statehood Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi introduced a bill in the House of Representatives, H.R. 2499 (111th Congress), which provided for— (A) a 2-round vote on the status of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that provided for a first vote to continue to have its present form of political status or for a different political status ; and (B) if the different political status option received the most votes during the first vote, a second vote with the options of— (i) independence; (ii) sovereignty in association with the United States; and (iii) statehood; (25) an amendment to H.R. 2499 (111th Congress) was approved by the House of Representatives on April 29, 2010, to include the Commonwealth option on the second vote, with the proponent of the amendment stating that Puerto Ricans’ views should be given equal and fair consideration. ; (26) H.R. 2499 (111th Congress), as amended, was approved by the House of Representatives, but was not considered in the Senate; (27) in April 2011, the White House published a report of the Task Force on Puerto Rico Status that found that— (A) the permissible status options for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico include— (i) statehood; (ii) independence