Sec. 5. Transition process
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If a majority of the votes cast in the vote conducted pursuant to section 3 are for Puerto Rico’s admission into the Union as a State— Within 30 calendar days of receipt of the certified results transmitted pursuant to section 4, the President shall issue a proclamation to begin the transition process that will culminate in Puerto Rico’s admission into the Union as a State effective January 1, 2021. Within 90 calendar days of receipt of the certified results transmitted pursuant to section 4, the President shall appoint a Commission on the Equal Application of Federal Law to Puerto Rico.
The Commission shall survey the laws of the United States and make recommendations to Congress as to how laws that do not apply to the territory or apply differently to the territory than to the several States should be amended or repealed to treat Puerto Rico equally with the several States as of the date of the admission of Puerto Rico into the Union as a State. The Commission shall consist of five persons, at least two of whom shall be residents of Puerto Rico. The Commission shall issue a final report to the President of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate by July 1, 2018.
Upon issuing the final report under paragraph (3), the Commission shall terminate. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), other than section 14, shall apply to the Commission.