[JURIST] Puerto Rican legislators supporting US statehood said Monday they would try to push through a bill clarifying the territory's relations with the US over a veto by Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila. The bill, vetoed by Vila on Sunday, calls for a referendum by Puerto Ricans on whether to request that the US government honor any future decisions on whether to seek statehood. The legislation is backed by the pro-union New Progressive Party [official website in Spanish], which has majorities in both the House and Senate, but lacks the two-thirds needed to override a veto. Acevedo Vila's Popular Democratic Party supports maintaining Puerto Rico's commonwealth status. Although PDP legislators supported the bill in initial voting, most are expected to back the governor's veto in any override attempt. Previous referendums on statehood in 1993 and 1998 have been narrowly defeated. AP has more.