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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 727 (Introduced in House) — To set forth the process for Puerto Rico to be admitted as a State of the Union. · Sec. 9

Sec. 9. Effect on membership of House of Representatives

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During the period described in paragraph
(1)of section 6(d)— the membership of the House of Representatives shall be increased by the number of Members to which Puerto Rico is entitled during such period; and each such Representative shall be in addition to the membership of the House of Representatives as now prescribed by law. The temporary increase in the membership of the House of Representatives provided under paragraph
(1)shall not, during the period described in paragraph
(1)of section 6(d)— operate to either increase or decrease the permanent membership of the House of Representatives as prescribed in the Act of August 8, 1911 ( 2 U.S.C. 2 ); or affect the basis of reapportionment established by the Act of June 28, 1929, as amended ( 2 U.S.C. 2a ), for the Eighty Second Congress and each Congress thereafter. Effective with respect to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress and each succeeding Congress, the House of Representatives shall be composed of a number of Members equal to the sum of 435 plus the number by which the membership of the House was increased under subsection (a). Section 22(a) of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress , approved June 28, 1929 ( 2 U.S.C. 2a(a) ), is amended by striking the then existing number of Representatives and inserting the number of Representatives established with respect to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress . The amendment made by subparagraph
(A)shall apply with respect to the regular decennial census conducted for 2020 and each subsequent regular decennial census.
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