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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 780 (Introduced in Senate) — To provide for the admission of the State of Puerto Rico into the Union. · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Admission

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Subject to the provisions of this Act, and upon issuance of the proclamation required by section 7(c), the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby declared to be a State of the United States of America, and as such shall be declared admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the other States in all respects.
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