Sec. 703. Transition process
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If a majority of the votes cast in the vote conducted pursuant to section 701 are for the admission of Puerto Rico into the United States as a State, the following shall apply: Within 30 calendar days of receipt of the certified results transmitted pursuant to section 702, the President shall issue a proclamation to begin the transition process that will culminate in Puerto Rico’s admission into the United States as a State effective by not later than the date that is 4 years after the date on which the vote under section 701 is certified by the State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico.
Within 90 calendar days of receipt of the certified results transmitted pursuant to section 702, the President shall appoint a commission, to be known as the Commission on the Equal Application of Federal Law to Puerto Rico (referred to in this paragraph as the Commission ). 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do not apply to the territory or apply differently to the territory than to the several States should be amended or repealed to treat Puerto Rico equally with the several States as of the date of the admission of Puerto Rico into the United States as a State.
The Commission shall consist of 5 persons, at least 2 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 subparagraph (D), the Commission shall terminate. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), other than section 14, shall apply to the Commission.