Sec. 402. Puerto Rico readiness for statehood; Presidential proclamation; admission into the Union of the United States
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On receipt of a certification of the plebiscite results of the Elections Commission pursuant to section 101(d) in which the statehood status option is favored, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the readiness of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for statehood, under which the Comptroller General of the United States shall examine— whether the majority of eligible voters that voted for statehood in the plebiscite reflects a sufficiently stable majority such that it is likely that the majority of the eligible votes would not revert to a minority of eligible voters in a future plebiscite; whether the proposed new State, with a per capita income of $13,318, according to the 2020 decennial census, has sufficient resources— to support the State government; to meet the restructured debt payment obligations, as set forth in the applicable plan of adjustment filed under section 312 of PROMESA ( 48 U.S.C. 2172 ); and to provide the applicable State share of the costs of the Federal Government, including demonstrating the capacity to comply with full payment of Federal taxes and other contributions in the same manner as existing States of the United States; and the impact on existing States of the United States and the United States as a whole of— the fact that the population of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico— is greater than the population of 29 other States; and is greater than the population of any State as of the date on which the State entered the Union of the United States; the fact that, of the 98.7 percent of the population of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that is Hispanic, a substantial proportion considers Puerto Rico to be a Spanish-speaking, Latino nation; and the fact that 43.4 percent of the population of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is below the poverty line, according to the 2020 decennial census.
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report describing the results of the study under paragraph (1). As soon as practicable after the date of submission of the study under paragraph (2), the Senate and the House of Representatives shall each hold a vote on the admission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a State of the Union of the United States.
On receipt of notice of a majority vote in the Senate and the House of Representatives in favor of the admission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a State of the Union of the United States under subsection (a)(3), the President shall issue a proclamation declaring the date on which the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is admitted as a State of the Union of the United States, subject to paragraph (2). The date referred to in paragraph
(1)shall be a date not later than 1 year after the date on which the President receives the notice under that paragraph. The President shall submit the Proclamation to— the Governor; the President pro tempore of the Senate; the Speaker of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. Subject to the provisions of this Act, on the admission date, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be a State of the United States and admitted into the Union of the United States on an equal footing with the other States in all respects. On admission into the Union of the United States under subparagraph (A), the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be known as the State of Puerto Rico . The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall remain unincorporated until the admission date.
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Sec. 402
Puerto Rico readiness for statehood; Presidential proclamation; admission into the Union of the United States
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