The Foraker Act was established on April 12, 1900, known as the Organic Act, is a federal law of the United States, which established a civil, though limited authority in Puerto Rico, which recently became the property of the US as a consequence of the Spanish American War. An executive council was also appointed, consisting of five representatives elected from the Puerto Rican residents, while the others were from the higher positions of the cabinet appointed by the president. Section VII of this Act concerned citizenship, where only a partial citizenship was given to Puerto Ricans.