Sec. 704. Rules for elections for Federal offices
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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, not later than January 1, 2020, Puerto Rico shall carry out such actions as may be necessary to enable Puerto Rico to hold elections for Federal office in November 2020 in accordance with this section. With respect to the election for the office of President and Vice President held in November 2020— Puerto Rico shall be considered a State for purposes of chapter 21 of title 3, United States Code; the electors of Puerto Rico shall be considered electors of a State for purposes of such chapter; and for purposes of section 3 of such title, the number of electors from Puerto Rico shall be equal to the number of Senators and Representatives to which Puerto Rico is entitled during the 117th Congress, as determined in accordance with subsections
(c)and (d). The regularly scheduled general elections for Federal office held in Puerto Rico during November 2020 shall include the election of 2 Senators, each of whom shall first take office on the first day of the 117th Congress. In the election of Senators from Puerto Rico pursuant to paragraph (1), the 2 Senate offices shall be separately identified and designated, and no person may be a candidate for both offices. No such identification or designation of either of the offices shall refer to, or be taken to refer to, the terms of such offices, or in any way impair the privilege of the Senate to determine the class to which each of the Senators elected shall be assigned. Effective on the first day of the 117th Congress, and until the taking effect of the first reapportionment occurring after the regular decennial census conducted for 2020, Puerto Rico shall be entitled to the number of Representatives to which Puerto Rico would have been entitled for the 116th Congress if Puerto Rico had been a State during such Congress, as shown in the statement transmitted by the President to Congress under paragraph (2). Not later than July 1, 2019, the President shall submit to Congress a statement of the number of Representatives to which Puerto Rico would have been entitled for the 116th Congress if Puerto Rico had been a State during such Congress, in the same manner as provided under section 22(a) of the Act of June 28, 1929 ( 2 U.S.C. 2a(a) ). Not later than 15 calendar days after receiving the statement of the President under subparagraph (A), the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in accordance with section 22(b) of such Act ( 2 U.S.C. 2a(b) ), shall transmit to the Governor of Puerto Rico and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a certificate of the number of Representatives to which Puerto Rico is entitled during the period described in paragraph (1). Effective on the date on which a Representative from Puerto Rico first takes office in accordance with this subsection, the Office of the Resident Commissioner to the United States, as described in section 36 of the Act of March 2, 1917 ( 48 U.S.C. 891 et seq. ), is terminated. Puerto Rico may hold primary elections for the offices described in this section at such time and in such manner as Puerto Rico may provide, so long as such elections are held in the manner required by the laws applicable to elections for Federal office.
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