(11) IMPLEMENTATION.—Upon receipt of the 
final Task Force Report under paragraph (8)(B), 
Congress shall ensure that, as appropriate, Federal 
laws that do not apply to Puerto Rico or apply dif-
ferently to the territory than to the several States 
are amended or repealed to phase-in the equal treat-
ment of Puerto Rico with the several States no later 
than January 1, 2021. Generally, as part of the 
transition process— 
(A) all Acts, or parts of Acts, in conflict 
with the provisions of this Act, whether passed 
by the Legislature of Puerto Rico or by Con-
gress, shall be repealed or amended to conform 
to the provisions of this Act; 
(B) Puerto Rico will cease to be an unin-
corporated territory of the United States and 
will become an incorporated territory of the 
United States until its final admission into the 
Union as a State no later than January 1, 
2021; and 
(C) with the exception of those parts that 
are not in conflict with this Act, the following 
shall be repealed: 
(i) The Puerto Rican Federal Rela-
tions Act of 1950 (Public Law 81–600). 
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(ii) The Act of July 3, 1950 (48 
U.S.C. 731b–731e). 
(iii) The Act of April 12, 1900 (Public 
Law 56–191). 
(iv) The Act of March 2, 1917 (Public 
Law 64–368). 
SEC. 6. ISSUANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION. 
Following the completion of the transition process set 
forth in section 5, the President of the United States shall 
issue a proclamation declaring that Puerto Rico is admit-
ted into the Union on an equal footing with the other 
States, effective no later than January 1, 2021. Upon 
issuance of the proclamation by the President, Puerto Rico 
shall cease to be an incorporated territory of the United 
States and be deemed admitted into the Union as a State. 
SEC. 7. STATE OF PUERTO RICO. 
Upon the admission of Puerto Rico into the Union 
as a State, the following apply: 
(1) TERRITORY.—The newly admitted State of 
Puerto Rico shall consist of all its islands, together 
with their appurtenant reefs and territorial waters in 
the seaward boundary, presently under the jurisdic-
tion of the territory of Puerto Rico. 
(2) CONTINUITY
OF
GOVERNMENT.—Persons 
holding executive, legislative, and judicial offices in 
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the Government of Puerto Rico shall continue to dis-
charge the duties of their respective offices con-
sistent with the United States Constitution and Fed-
eral law applicable to Puerto Rico, and the State of 
Puerto Rico’s laws and constitution. 
(3) CONTINUITY OF LAWS.— 
(A) TERRITORY LAW.—All of the territory 
laws in force in Puerto Rico shall continue in 
force and effect in the State, except as modified 
by this Act, and shall be subject to repeal or 
amendment by the legislature and the Governor 
of Puerto Rico. 
(B) FEDERAL LAW.—All of the laws of the 
United States shall have the same force and ef-
fect as on the date immediately prior to the 
date of admission of Puerto Rico into the Union 
as a State, except for any provision of law that 
treats Puerto Rico and its residents differently 
than the States of the Union and their resi-
dents, which shall be amended as of the date of 
admission to treat the State of Puerto Rico and 
its residents equally with the other States of the 
Union and their residents. 
(4) UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP.—No provi-
sion of this Act shall operate to confer United States 
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citizenship, nor terminate citizenship hereto lawfully 
acquired, nor restore citizenship terminated or lost 
under any law of the United States or under any 
treaty to which the United States is or was a party. 
SEC. 8. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, or any section, sub-
section, sentence, clause, phrase, or individual word, or the 
application thereof to any person or circumstance is held 
invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and of 
the application of any such provision, section, subsection, 
sentence, clause, phrase, or individual word to other per-
sons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. 
Æ 
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