Sec. 4. Admission to Union as State
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In accordance with applicable laws of Puerto Rico, a political status plebiscite shall be conducted in conjunction with the local general election scheduled for November 2020. The ballot for the plebiscite conducted under subsection
(a)shall present voters with the question: Do you approve Puerto Rico’s admission as a State of the Union on equal footing with all other States? Yes___ No ___. . If statehood is approved by a majority of the votes cast in the plebiscite conducted under subsection (a), the President of the State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico shall certify the results of the plebiscite and shall transmit the certified results of the plebiscite to the Governor within 3 days. Not later than 10 days after the date of certification, the Governor shall declare the results of the plebiscite and transmit the certified results of the plebiscite to the President of the United States, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The declaration by the Governor in subsection
(c)shall designate and announce the dates and other requirements for primary and general elections under applicable Federal and local law for representation in the Senate and the House of Representatives in accordance with the following: In the first election of Senators, the two senatorial offices shall be separately identified and designated, and no person may be a candidate for both offices. Nothing in this section shall impair the privilege of the Senate to determine the class and term to which each of the Senators-elect shall be assigned. In the first election of a Representative, Puerto Rico shall be entitled to one Representative upon its admission into the Union as a State. In the next election for the United States House of Representatives, Puerto Rico shall be entitled to the same number of Representatives as the State whose most recent Census population was closest to, but less than, that of Puerto Rico, and such Representatives shall be in addition to the membership of the House of Representatives as now prescribed by law: Provided , that any increase in the membership shall not operate to either increase or decrease the permanent membership of the House of Representatives as prescribed in the Act of August 8, 1911 (37 Stat. 13), nor shall such temporary increase affect the basis of apportionment established by the Act of November 15, 1941 (55 Stat. 761; 2 U.S.C. 2a ), for the Eighty-third Congress and each Congress thereafter, unless Congress acts to increase the total number of the House of Representatives. Thereafter, the State of Puerto Rico shall be entitled to such number of Representatives as provided for by applicable law based on the next reapportionment. The President of the State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico shall certify the results of such primary and general elections, and shall transmit the results of each election to the Governor within 3 days following such primary and general elections. Within 10 days of the date of each certification, the Governor shall declare the results of the primary and general elections, and transmit the results of each election to the President of the United States, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Upon receipt of the Governor’s declaration pursuant to subsection (c), the President of the United States shall issue a proclamation declaring certified results of the plebiscite and the date Puerto Rico is admitted as a State of the Union on an equal footing with all other States, which date must follow the certification of results of the general elections required by this Act, but not later than 30 months from the date on which the aforementioned plebiscite results were certified. Upon issuance of the proclamation by the President, Puerto Rico shall be deemed admitted into the Union as a State. During the period between the day on which voters have approved statehood, and the date of admission as a State of the Union, the Constitution and laws of the United States shall apply to Puerto Rico as it applied to the 32 incorporated territories that became States prior to admission to the Union. If statehood is not approved by a majority of the votes cast in the plebiscite conducted under subsection (a), the provisions of this Act shall cease to be effective.
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