Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 1522 (Introduced in House) — To provide for the admission of the State of Puerto Rico into the Union. · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Constitution

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The constitution of the State of Puerto Rico shall always be republican in form and shall not be repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and the principles of the Declaration of Independence. The constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as approved by Public Law 82–447 and subsequently amended, is hereby found to be republican in form and in conformity with the Constitution of the United States and the principles of the Declaration of Independence, and is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed as the constitution of said State.

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