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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Alexis Agin Identity Theft 
Protection Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON DISTRIBUTION OF DEATH INFORMATION FURNISHED TO OR 
              MAINTAINED BY THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 205(r) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 405(r)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, and to ensure 
        completeness, timeliness, and accuracy of,'' after 
        ``transmitting'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
    ``(3) The Commissioner of Social Security shall, to the extent 
feasible, provide for the use of information regarding deceased 
individuals furnished to or maintained by the Commissioner, subject to 
such safeguards as the Commissioner of Social Security determines are 
necessary or appropriate to protect the information from unauthorized 
use or disclosure, to any Federal or State agency providing or 
administering Federally funded benefits to individuals, other than 
benefits under this Act, through a cooperative arrangement with such 
agency designed to ensure proper payment of those benefits with respect 
to such individuals if--
            ``(A) under such arrangement the agency provides 
        reimbursement to the Commissioner of Social Security for the 
        reasonable costs of carrying out such arrangement, including 
        the reasonable costs associated with the collection and 
        maintenance of information regarding deceased individuals 
        furnished to the Commissioner pursuant to paragraph (1); and
            ``(B) such arrangement does not conflict with the duties of 
        the Commissioner of Social Security under paragraph (1).'';
            (3) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``or in benefit and 
        pension plans for employees of the States or local 
        governments'' after ``by the States'';
            (4) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:
    ``(5)(A) The Commissioner of Social Security may use or provide for 
the use of information regarding deceased individuals furnished to or 
maintained by the Commissioner, subject to such safeguards as the 
Commissioner of Social Security determines are necessary or appropriate 
to protect the information from unauthorized use or disclosure, 
provided the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3) 
are met and such information is provided--
            ``(i) to any Federal agency through a cooperative agreement 
        with such agency for the purpose of law enforcement or tax 
        administration; or
            ``(ii) for statistical and research activities conducted by 
        Federal and State agencies.
    ``(B) A Federal or State agency may disclose death information 
obtained from the Commissioner to a contractor for the purposes of 
assisting with such law enforcement, tax administration, or statistical 
and research activities, provided that the agency ensures, at a 
minimum, that the contractor fulfills the requirements of clauses (ii) 
and (iv) of paragraph (7)(E).'';
            (5) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:
    ``(7)(A) For purposes of this paragraph, death information shall 
consist of information regarding deceased individuals maintained by the 
Commissioner of Social Security, except for information furnished to or 
maintained by the Commissioner pursuant to paragraphs (1) or (2), and 
the death information to be provided shall consist only of the name, 
social security number, date of birth, and date of death of a deceased 
individual.''
    ``(B) The Commissioner may disclose death information under this 
paragraph to the Secretary of Defense provided that--
            ``(i) the Secretary uses the information provided solely 
        for the purpose of assisting in the identification of 
        unidentified remains, and
            ``(ii) the Secretary enforces requirements similar to those 
        in clauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vi), and (vii) with respect 
        to any contractor the Secretary hires to assist in such 
        identifications.
    ``(C) The Commissioner of Social Security may disclose death 
information, except for information furnished to or maintained by the 
Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to paragraphs (1) or (2), 
provided the requirements of this paragraph and the requirements of 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3) are met.
    ``(D) The Commissioner may disclose--
            ``(i) to any entity, information maintained by the 
        Commissioner concerning individuals whose date of death 
        occurred at least 3 calendar years prior to the year that the 
        entity requests such information pursuant to a written 
        agreement; and
            ``(ii) to any entity `certified' by the Commissioner under 
        subparagraph (E), information maintained by the Commissioner 
        concerning individuals whose date of death does not satisfy the 
        requirements of clause (i), pursuant to a written agreement 
        between the Commissioner and the entity.
    ``(E) For purposes of this paragraph an entity is `certified' only 
if the Commissioner--
            ``(i) establishes procedures to certify and decertify 
        entities eligible to obtain such information;
            ``(ii) includes in the agreement with such an entity 
        provisions to require such entity to safeguard the information 
        provided, assure that the information is used only for the 
        purpose which was the basis for the certification, assure that 
        the information is not disclosed by the entity to any other 
        entity, and include contractual penalties, including monetary 
        penalties and loss of certification, for the violation of any 
        requirements imposed by the Commissioner as a condition of 
        receiving the information;
            ``(iii) requires that the entity demonstrate that--
                    ``(I) it has a legitimate business need for the 
                information, which shall include a requirement that the 
                information regarding a deceased individual will aid in 
                preventing financial harm to the entity or to a 
                customer or client of the entity or will aid in 
                permitting the entity to fulfill an obligation to a 
                beneficiary of an individual that is contingent upon 
                the death of such individual; or
                    ``(II) it has a legitimate interest in preventing 
                fraud or unauthorized financial transactions;
            ``(iv) requires that the entity demonstrate that it has 
        infrastructure and procedures in place to prevent wrongful 
        access to or the disclosure of information provided by the 
        Commissioner;
            ``(v) determines that the entity has adequate experience 
        and expertise in maintaining the confidentiality and security 
        of information;
            ``(vi) includes such other requirements and restrictions as 
        the Commissioner deems appropriate to assure the 
        confidentiality of the information; and
            ``(vii) requires that the entity permit periodic and 
        unscheduled audits of the entity to assure compliance with the 
        requirements established by the Commissioner.
    ``(F) The Commissioner shall establish application and other fees 
to be paid by entities seeking to be certified or to maintain 
certification under this paragraph so that the Commissioner is fully 
reimbursed for all costs associated with development of the 
certification process, evaluating applications, auditing compliance 
with the requirements established by the Commissioner, inspecting 
records and assuring compliance with contract requirements, and any 
other costs associated with assuring continuing eligibility for 
certification under this paragraph.
    ``(G) For purposes of this paragraph, the terms `entity' or 
`entities' includes `individual' and `individuals' respectively.
    ``(H) The Commissioner may delegate any of the activities under 
this paragraph to another agency and may perform any activity through a 
contractor, provided that the delegation or contract requires such 
agency or contractor to comply with all requirements of this section 
and of the implementing policies developed by the Commissioner.'';
            (6) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(10) Information related to a deceased individual received by the 
Commissioner of Social Security other than as described in paragraph 
(1) shall be treated for purposes of paragraph (6) in the same manner 
as information received as described in paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and each year thereafter through 2019, the Commissioner of 
Social Security shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate 
and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a 
report describing the entities certified by the Commissioner under 
section 205(r)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(7)) 
during the preceding year and their compliance with the requirements of 
subparagraph (E) of such section.
    (c) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendments made by this section take effect on the date that is 
        60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Exception.--The amendment made by subsection (a)(6) 
        shall take effect on January 1, 2014.
    (d) Sunset.--Subparagraphs (C) through (H) of section 205(r)(7) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(7)) (as amended by subsection 
(a)) shall cease to be effective on January 1, 2019, except that--
            (1) clauses (ii) and (iv) of subparagraph (E) of such 
        section shall continue to apply for purposes of section 
        205(r)(5)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(5)(B)) (as amended 
        by subsection (a)).
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Alexis Agin Identity Theft Protection Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the treatment of death information furnished to or maintained by the Social Security Administration (SSA). Authorizes the Commissioner of Social Security to use or provide such information to federal and state agencies for statistical and research activities or to any federal agency for law enforcement or tax administration purposes. Authorizes disclosure of such information by: (1) federal and state agencies to contractors to assist with similar activities, (2) the Commissioner to entities concerning certain individuals who died more than three years earlier as well as to entities certified by the Commissioner, and (3) the Commissioner to the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to assist in the identification of remains. 


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``China Human Rights Protection Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
                on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign 
                Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the 
                Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
                on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee 
                on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland 
                Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on 
                the Judiciary of the Senate.
            (2) Gross violations of internationally recognized human 
        rights.--The term ``gross violations of internationally 
        recognized human rights'' includes--
                    (A) extrajudicial killings;
                    (B) torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading 
                treatment or punishment;
                    (C) prolonged arbitrary detention, causing the 
                disappearance of individuals by the abduction and 
                clandestine detention of those individuals;
                    (D) forced abortion or sterilization;
                    (E) psychiatric or medical experimentation or organ 
                harvesting of individuals without consent or obtained 
                in detention; and
                    (F) other flagrant denial of the right to life, 
                liberty, or the security of an individual.
            (3) United states person.--The term ``United States 
        person'' means--
                    (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 
                admitted for permanent residence to the United States; 
                or
                    (B) an entity organized under the laws of the 
                United States or of any jurisdiction within the United 
                States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF SANCTIONS FOR GROSS VIOLATIONS OF 
              INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--The President shall impose the sanctions described 
in subsection (b) with respect to an individual who is a national of 
the People's Republic of China the President determines, based on 
credible information--
            (1) is responsible for gross violations of internationally 
        recognized human rights committed against other individuals in 
        the People's Republic of China, particularly those individuals 
        who seek to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote 
        internationally recognized human rights and freedoms, such as 
        the freedoms of religion, expression, association, and 
        assembly, and the rights to a fair trial and democratic 
        elections;
            (2) acted as an agent of or on behalf of another individual 
        who is a national of the People's Republic of China in a matter 
        relating to an activity described in paragraph (1); or
            (3) has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 
        financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or 
        services in support of, an activity described in paragraph (1).
    (b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
subsection are the following:
            (1) Inadmissibility to united states.--
                    (A) In general.--Ineligibility of the individual to 
                receive a visa to enter the United States or to be 
                admitted to the United States.
                    (B) Revocation.--If the individual has been issued 
                a visa or other documentation, revocation, in 
                accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa or 
                other documentation.
            (2) Blocking of property.--
                    (A) In general.--The blocking, in accordance with 
                the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
                U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all transactions in all 
                property and interests in property of the individual if 
                such property and interests in property are in the 
                United States, come within the United States, or are or 
                come within the possession or control of a United 
                States person.
                    (B) Inapplicability of national emergency 
                requirement.--The requirements of section 202 of the 
                International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
                1701) shall not apply for purposes of this section.
    (c) Regulatory Authority.--The President shall issue such 
regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this 
section.

SEC. 4. WAIVER AUTHORITY AND EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NATIONS 
              HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.

    (a) Waiver Authority.--The President may waive the application of 
sanctions under section 3 with respect to an individual who is a 
national of the People's Republic of China if the President--
            (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national 
        security interests of the United States; and
            (2) not later than 30 days prior to granting such a waiver, 
        submits to the appropriate congressional committees notice of, 
        and a justification for, the waiver.
    (b) Exception To Comply With United Nations Headquarters 
Agreement.--Sanctions under sections 3(b)(1) shall not apply to an 
individual who is a national of the People's Republic of China if 
admitting the individual into the United States is necessary to permit 
the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 
Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 
1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United 
Nations and the United States, or other applicable international 
obligations of the United States.

SEC. 5. TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.

    The President may terminate the application of sanctions under 
section 3 with respect to an individual who is a national of the 
People's Republic of China if the President determines and reports to 
the appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 days before 
the termination of the sanctions that--
            (1) credible information exists that the individual did not 
        engage in the activity for which sanctions were imposed;
            (2) the individual has been prosecuted appropriately for 
        the activity for which sanctions were imposed; or
            (3) the individual has credibly demonstrated a significant 
        change in behavior, has paid an appropriate consequence for the 
        activity for which sanctions were imposed, and has credibly 
        committed to not engage in an activity described in section 3 
        in the future.

SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTATION CENTER.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall seek to provide for 
the establishment of and provide funding for an independent, 
nongovernmental organization, to be referred to as the China Human 
Rights Documentation Center, to--
            (1) compile, publish, and archive credible evidence of 
        nationals of the People's Republic of China who commit gross 
        violations of internationally recognized human rights against 
        individuals in the People's Republic of China;
            (2) receive evidence of such violations from 
        nongovernmental organizations and governmental entities;
            (3) establish an online and searchable database, in English 
        and in Chinese, and establish other multi-media information 
        platforms, in English and in Chinese, of credible evidence of 
        such violations for research and educational purposes; and
            (4) compile, publish, and archive credible evidence of 
        individuals who are nationals of the People's Republic of China 
        who are engaged in--
                    (A) censorship of the Internet, restrictions on the 
                freedom of expression, the free flow of news and 
                information, and the silencing of peaceful dissent 
                against government policy or practice;
                    (B) threats, surveillance, censorship, detention, 
                beatings, or the denials or delays of visas of United 
                States or other foreign journalists working in China;
                    (C) threats, beatings, surveillance, detention, or 
                threats to the loss of jobs or professional status made 
                against--
                            (i) individuals who are human rights 
                        lawyers seeking to represent clients detained 
                        in extra-legal detention centers;
                            (ii) individuals considered by the United 
                        Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to 
                        be detained arbitrarily in China, including 
                        Tibetans, Uyghurs, and individuals who are 
                        members of the Falun Gong;
                            (iii) individuals who are democracy, labor, 
                        environmental, or free speech advocates;
                            (iv) individuals who are petitioners or 
                        bloggers;
                            (v) individuals accused in governmental 
                        anti-corruption campaigns; and
                            (vi) individuals from religious communities 
                        that are independent of government-approved 
                        religious organizations;
                    (D) restrictions on the right to freedom of 
                religion and the ability to exercise peaceful religious 
                practice, in public and private, independent of 
                government restrictions or oversight of religious 
                teachings or choice of religious leaders, particularly 
                the arrest and detention of religious leaders, the 
                destruction of property or heavy fines, and the 
                ``patriotic education'' of religious leaders;
                    (E) implementing China's population control 
                policies, including through the coercive and persistent 
                monitoring of fertility, the issuing of heavy fines, 
                and threats made for the loss of employment or the 
                denial of residency and other government benefits to 
                children born beyond the government-prescribed limit;
                    (F) profiting from or overseeing slave labor, 
                particularly in detention facilities, or from sex or 
                bride trafficking or those engaged in beating, 
                threatening, or detaining individuals seeking to 
                disrupt trafficking in persons networks;
                    (G) profiting from the sale of organs harvested 
                from an individual without consent or while an 
                individual is in detention;
                    (H) disrupting or prohibiting, through violence, 
                intimidation, discrimination, or threats, attempts to 
                organize independent trade unions or to engage in 
                efforts of collective bargaining; or
                    (I) prosecuting, sentencing, or those involved in 
                the continued detention of individuals determined by 
                the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention 
                to have been detained arbitrarily.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated to the Department of State for each fiscal year beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, such funds as may be 
necessary to carry out this section are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this section for such fiscal year.
    (c) Regulatory Authority.--The President shall issue such 
regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this 
section.

SEC. 7. USE OF CREDIBLE EVIDENCE FOR SANCTIONS DETERMINATIONS AND 
              REPORTS.

    In making determinations to impose sanctions under section 3 and 
for purposes of preparing and submitting reports to Congress under 
sections 8 and 9, the President should use any credible evidence--
            (1) compiled and published by the China Human Rights 
        Documentation Center established under section 6;
            (2) compiled and published by the Department of State and 
        other appropriate Federal departments and agencies; and
            (3) submitted to the President by the chairperson and 
        ranking member of appropriate congressional committees.

SEC. 8. REPORTS BY PRESIDENT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Report Required.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall submit to the 
        appropriate congressional committees on an annual basis a 
        report that includes--
                    (A) a list of individuals who are nationals of the 
                People's Republic of China with respect to which the 
                President imposed sanctions pursuant to section 3 
                during the calendar year preceding the submission of 
                the report;
                    (B) a description of the type of sanctions imposed 
                with respect to each individual;
                    (C) the number of individuals with respect to which 
                the President imposed sanctions under section 3(a) 
                during that year;
                    (D) the dates on which such sanctions were imposed 
                or terminated, as the case may be;
                    (E) the reasons for imposing or terminating such 
                sanctions; and
                    (F) a description of the efforts of the President 
                to encourage the governments of other countries to 
                impose sanctions that are similar to the sanctions 
                authorized by section 3.
            (2) Dates for submission.--
                    (A) Initial report.--The President shall submit the 
                initial report required by this subsection not later 
                than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
                Act.
                    (B) Subsequent reports.--
                            (i) In general.--The President shall submit 
                        each subsequent report required by this 
                        subsection on December 10, or the first day 
                        thereafter on which both Houses of Congress are 
                        in session, of--
                                    (I) the calendar year in which the 
                                initial report is submitted if the 
                                initial report is submitted before 
                                December 10 of such calendar year; and
                                    (II) each subsequent calendar year.
                            (ii) Congressional statement.--Congress 
                        notes that December 10 of each calendar year 
                        has been recognized in the United States and 
                        internationally since 1950 as ``Human Rights 
                        Day'' and thus the importance of December 10 of 
                        each calendar year as the date of submission of 
                        the subsequent reports required by this 
                        subsection.
    (b) Form of Report.--
            (1) In general.--The report required by subsection (a) 
        shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
        classified annex.
            (2) Exception.--The name of an individual who is a national 
        of the People's Republic of China to be included in the list 
        required by subsection (a)(1) by reason of the imposition of 
        sanctions pursuant to section 3 may be submitted in the 
        classified annex authorized by paragraph (1) only if the 
        President--
                    (A) determines that it is vital for the national 
                security interests of the United States to do so; and
                    (B) uses the annex in a manner consistent with 
                congressional intent and the purposes of this Act.
    (c) Public Availability.--
            (1) In general.--The unclassified portion of the report 
        required by subsection (a) shall be made available to the 
        public, including through publication in the Federal Register.
            (2) Nonapplicability of confidentiality requirement with 
        respect to visa records.--The President shall publish the list 
        required by subsection (a)(1) without regard to the 
        requirements of section 222(f) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) with respect to 
        confidentiality of records pertaining to the issuance or 
        refusal of visas or permits to enter the United States.

SEC. 9. REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL TO CONGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 
              THIS ACT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of submission 
of the initial report to Congress under section 8, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the following:
            (1) A description and assessment of the process--
                    (A) to determine whether an individual who is a 
                national of the People's Republic of China has engaged 
                in an activity described in section 3 and whether 
                sanctions under section 3 should be imposed with 
                respect to the individual;
                    (B) to determine whether the identity of an 
                individual who is a national of the People's Republic 
                of China with respect to which the President has 
                imposed sanctions pursuant to section 3 should be 
                classified; and
                    (C) whether the inclusion of the identity of an 
                individual who is a national of the People's Republic 
                of China in the unclassified version of the report has 
                had any noticeable positive benefits in curtailing 
                gross violations of internationally recognized human 
                rights in the People's Republic of China.
            (2) An assessment of the implementation of this Act.
    (b) Consultation.--The Comptroller General shall consult with the 
appropriate congressional committees and nongovernmental organizations 
for purposes of preparing the report required by subsection (a).
answer:
China Human Rights Protection Act of 2015  Directs the President to impose U.S. entry and property sanctions against a national of China who:   is responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights committed against individuals in China, particularly those who seek to exercise, defend, or promote internationally recognized human rights and freedoms;  acted as an agent of or on behalf of a national of China in such activities; or  has materially assisted or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, such activities.  Authorizes the President, with regard to such sanctions, to:   waive their application, with prior congressional notification, if in U.S. national security interests; and  terminate them under specified conditions.   States that sanctions shall not apply if necessary to comply with the Agreement between the United Nations (U.N.) and the United States regarding the U.N. Headquarters, or other applicable international obligations of the United States.   Declares that the Secretary of State shall seek to provide for the establishment of, and provide funding for, a nongovernmental China Human Rights Documentation Center to:   compile, publish, and archive evidence of nationals of China who commit gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against individuals in China, and against others seeking to expand freedoms in China; and  establish an online and searchable database, in English and in Chinese of evidence of such violations for research and educational purposes.  Directs the President to report to Congress annually regarding each foreign person sanctioned, the type of sanctions imposed, and the reason for their imposition.  Directs the Government Accountability Office to assess for Congress:    the process to determine whether a foreign person has engaged in a sanctionable activity, whether sanctions should be imposed, and whether the identity of a sanctioned foreign person should be classified; and   implementation of this Act. 


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Puerto Rico Statehood Admission 
Process Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) In 1898, Puerto Rico became a United States territory 
        and persons born in Puerto Rico have been granted United States 
        citizenship since 1917, pursuant to Public Law 64-368.
            (2) In 1950, Congress enacted Public Law 81-600, 
        authorizing Puerto Rico to draft a local constitution. In 1951, 
        a constitutional convention was held in Puerto Rico to draft 
        the constitution. On March 3, 1952, Puerto Rico ratified the 
        constitution and submitted it for approval by Congress. On July 
        3, 1952, Congress enacted Public Law 82-447, which made changes 
        to the constitution, and approved the constitution subject to 
        Puerto Rico's acceptance of these changes. The changes were 
        accepted by the delegates to the constitutional convention, and 
        the constitution of Puerto Rico took effect on July 25, 1952. 
        The constitution establishes a republican form of government, 
        is not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, and 
        is the functional equivalent of a state constitution.
            (3) On November 6, 2012, the Government of Puerto Rico held 
        a two-part plebiscite organized under local law. The first 
        question asked voters if Puerto Rico should continue to be a 
        territory, and 54 percent of voters rejected territory status. 
        The second question asked voters to express their preference 
        among the three possible alternatives to territory status--
        statehood, independence, and nationhood in free association 
        with the United States--and 61 percent of voters who selected 
        an option chose statehood. The number of votes cast for 
        statehood on the second question exceeded the number of votes 
        cast for continued territory status on the first question.
            (4) On August 1, 2013, the Committee on Energy and Natural 
        Resources of the Senate held a hearing to receive testimony on 
        the 2012 plebiscite. In his opening statement, the Chairman of 
        the Committee said that ``there is no disputing that a majority 
        of the voters in Puerto Rico--54 percent--have clearly 
        expressed their opposition to continuing the current 
        territorial status''. The ranking minority member of the 
        Committee agreed, stating that ``it is clear to me that the 
        majority of Puerto Ricans do not favor the current territorial 
        status''.
            (5) Also at the August 1, 2013 hearing, the Chairman 
        recognized that ``for Puerto Rico to meet its economic and 
        social challenges and to achieve its full potential, this 
        debate over status needs to be settled'' and that ``the current 
        relationship undermines the United States' moral standing in 
        the world. For a nation founded on the principles of democracy 
        and the consent of the governed, how much longer can America 
        allow a condition to persist in which nearly four million U.S. 
        citizens do not have a vote in the government that makes the 
        national laws which affect their daily lives?'' The Chairman 
        acknowledged that, for Puerto Rico to have full self-
        government, it must become ``a sovereign nation or achieve 
        equality among the States of the Union''.
            (6) The President's Fiscal Year 2014 Budget requested $2.5 
        million for the first Federally sponsored plebiscite in Puerto 
        Rico's history, to be held on options that would ``resolve 
        Puerto Rico's future political status'' and that are found by 
        the Department of Justice not to be ``incompatible with the 
        Constitution and laws and policies of the United States''. This 
        proposal was enacted in January 2014 as part of Public Law 113-
        76.
            (7) Alaska and Hawaii are the most recent territories to 
        become States of the Union. Public Law 85-508 (July 7, 1958), 
        ``an act to provide for the admission of the State of Alaska 
        into the Union'', and Public Law 86-3 (March 18, 1959), ``an 
        act to provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii into 
        the Union'', were enacted after a majority of voters in each 
        territory expressed a desire for statehood in plebiscites 
        organized under local law. These Acts of Congress provided that 
        admission would occur if a majority of voters affirmed in a 
        Federally sponsored plebiscite that the territory should ``be 
        admitted into the Union as a State''. The Federally sponsored 
        plebiscite in the territory of Alaska was held on August 26, 
        1958, and Alaska was admitted into the Union on January 3, 
        1959. The Federally sponsored plebiscite in the territory of 
        Hawaii was held on June 27, 1959, and Hawaii was admitted into 
        the Union on August 21, 1959.

SEC. 3. VOTE ON ADMISSION.

    (a) Vote.--The State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico is 
authorized to provide for a vote on the admission of Puerto Rico into 
the Union as a State within one year of the date of enactment of this 
Act, in accordance with rules and regulations determined by the 
Commission, including qualifications for voter eligibility. The ballot 
shall ask the following question: ``Shall Puerto Rico be admitted as a 
State of the United States? Yes__ No__''.
    (b) Funds for Vote.--The funds made available pursuant to Public 
Law 113-76 may be used to conduct the vote.

SEC. 4. CERTIFICATION AND TRANSMITTAL OF RESULTS.

    Not later than 10 days after the certification of the vote by the 
State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico, the Governor of Puerto Rico 
shall transmit the certified results to the President of the United 
States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President 
Pro Tempore of the Senate.

SEC. 5. TRANSITION PROCESS.

    If a majority of the votes cast in the vote conducted pursuant to 
section 3 are for Puerto Rico's admission into the Union as a State--
     (a) Proclamation.--Within 30 calendar days of receipt of the 
certified results transmitted pursuant to section 4, the President 
shall issue a proclamation to begin the transition process that will 
culminate in Puerto Rico's admission into the Union as a State 
effective January 1, 2021.
    (b) Commission.--Within 90 calendar days of receipt of the 
certified results transmitted pursuant to section 4, the President 
shall appoint a Commission on the Equal Application of Federal Law to 
Puerto Rico.
            (1) Purpose.--The Commission shall survey the laws of the 
        United States and make recommendations to Congress as to how 
        laws that do not apply to the territory or apply differently to 
        the territory than to the several States should be amended or 
        repealed to treat Puerto Rico equally with the several States 
        as of the date of the admission of Puerto Rico into the Union 
        as a State.
            (2) Membership.--The Commission shall consist of five 
        persons, at least two of whom shall be residents of Puerto 
        Rico.
            (3) Report.--The Commission shall issue a final report to 
        the President of the United States, the Speaker of the House of 
        Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate by 
        July 1, 2018.
            (4) Termination.--Upon issuing the final report under 
        paragraph (3), the Commission shall terminate.
            (5) Federal advisory committee act.--The Federal Advisory 
        Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), other than section 14, shall 
        apply to the Commission.

SEC. 6. RULES FOR ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICES.

    (a) Preparation for Elections.--Not later than January 1, 2020, 
Puerto Rico shall carry out such actions as may be necessary to enable 
Puerto Rico to hold elections for Federal office in November 2020 in 
accordance with this section.
    (b) Presidential Election.--With respect to the election for the 
office of President and Vice President held in November 2020--
            (1) Puerto Rico shall be considered a State for purposes of 
        chapter 21 of title 3, United States Code;
            (2) the electors of Puerto Rico shall be considered 
        electors of a State for purposes of such chapter; and
            (3) for purposes of section 3 of such title, the number of 
        electors from Puerto Rico shall be equal to the number of 
        Senators and Representatives to which Puerto Rico is entitled 
        during the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, as determined in 
        accordance with subsections (c) and (d).
    (c) Election of Senators.--
            (1) Election of 2 senators.--The regularly scheduled 
        general elections for Federal office held in Puerto Rico during 
        November 2020 shall include the election of 2 Senators, each of 
        whom shall first take office on the first day of the One 
        Hundred Seventeenth Congress.
            (2) Special rule.--In the election of Senators from Puerto 
        Rico pursuant to paragraph (1), the 2 Senate offices shall be 
        separately identified and designated, and no person may be a 
        candidate for both offices. No such identification or 
        designation of either of the offices shall refer to or be taken 
        to refer to the terms of such offices, or in any way impair the 
        privilege of the Senate to determine the class to which each of 
        the Senators elected shall be assigned.
    (d) Election of Representatives.--
            (1) In general.--Effective on the first day of the One 
        Hundred Seventeenth Congress, and until the taking effect of 
        the first reapportionment occurring after the regular decennial 
        census conducted for 2020, Puerto Rico shall be entitled to the 
        number of Representatives to which it would have been entitled 
        for the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress if Puerto Rico had been 
        a State during such Congress, as shown in the statement 
        transmitted by the President to Congress under paragraph (2).
            (2) Determination of initial number.--
                    (A) Determination.--Not later than July 1, 2019, 
                the President shall submit to Congress a statement of 
                the number of Representatives to which Puerto Rico 
                would have been entitled for the One Hundred Sixteenth 
                Congress if Puerto Rico had been a State during such 
                Congress, in the same manner as provided under section 
                22(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the 
                fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to 
                provide for apportionment of Representatives in 
                Congress'', approved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)).
                    (B) Submission of number by clerk.--Not later than 
                15 calendar days after receiving the statement of the 
                President under subparagraph (A), the Clerk of the 
                House of Representatives, in accordance with section 
                22(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 2a(b)), shall transmit to 
                the Governor of Puerto Rico and the Speaker of the 
                House of Representatives a certificate of the number of 
                Representatives to which Puerto Rico is entitled during 
                the period described in paragraph (1).
            (3) Termination of office of resident commissioner.--
        Effective on the date on which a Representative from Puerto 
        Rico first takes office in accordance with this subsection, the 
        Office of the Resident Commissioner to the United States, as 
        described in section 36 of the Act of March 2, 1917 (48 U.S.C. 
        891 et seq.), is terminated.
    (e) Administration of Primary Elections.--Puerto Rico may hold 
primary elections for the offices described in this section at such 
time and in such manner as Puerto Rico may provide, so long as such 
elections are held in the manner required by the laws applicable to 
elections for Federal office.

SEC. 7. ISSUANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION.

    Following the transition process set forth in section 5, the 
President shall issue a proclamation declaring that Puerto Rico is 
admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the other States, 
effective January 1, 2021. Upon issuance of the proclamation by the 
President, Puerto Rico shall be deemed admitted into the Union as a 
State.

SEC. 8. STATE OF PUERTO RICO.

    Upon the admission of Puerto Rico into the Union as a State--
     (a) State Constitution.--The Constitution of the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico shall be accepted as the Constitution of the State.
    (b) Territory.--The State shall consist of all of the territory, 
together with the waters included in the seaward boundary, of the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    (c) Continuity of Government.--The persons holding legislative, 
executive, and judicial offices of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
shall continue to discharge the duties of their respective offices.
    (d) Continuity of Laws.--
            (1) 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.
            (2) Federal law.--All of the laws of the United States 
        shall have the same force and effect 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 residents, 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.

SEC. 9. EFFECT ON MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) Temporary Increase During Initial Period.--
            (1) Temporary increase.--During the period described in 
        paragraph (1) of section 6(d)--
                    (A) the membership of the House of Representatives 
                shall be increased by the number of Members to which 
                Puerto Rico is entitled during such period; and
                    (B) each such Representative shall be in addition 
                to the membership of the House of Representatives as 
                now prescribed by law.
            (2) No effect on existing apportionment.--The temporary 
        increase in the membership of the House of Representatives 
        provided under paragraph (1) shall not, during the period 
        described in paragraph (1) of section 6(d)--
                    (A) operate to either increase or decrease the 
                permanent membership of the House of Representatives as 
                prescribed in the Act of August 8, 1911 (2 U.S.C. 2); 
                or
                    (B) affect the basis of reapportionment established 
                by the Act of June 28, 1929, as amended (2 U.S.C. 2a), 
                for the Eighty Second Congress and each Congress 
                thereafter.
    (b) Permanent Increase Effective With Next Reapportionment.--
            (1) In general.--Effective with respect to the One Hundred 
        Eighteenth Congress and each succeeding Congress, the House of 
        Representatives shall be composed of a number of Members equal 
        to the sum of 435 plus the number by which the membership of 
        the House was increased under subsection (a).
            (2) Reapportionment of members resulting from increase.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 22(a) of the Act entitled 
                ``An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent 
                decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of 
                Representatives in Congress'', approved June 28, 1929 
                (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by striking ``the then 
                existing number of Representatives'' and inserting 
                ``the number of Representatives established with 
                respect to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress''.
                    (B) Effective date.--The amendment made by 
                subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to the 
                regular decennial census conducted for 2020 and each 
                subsequent regular decennial census.
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Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Process Act  Authorizes the State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico to provide for a vote on Puerto Rico's admission into the Union as a state within one year of this Act's enactment. Requires the governor of Puerto Rico to transmit the results of such vote to the President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate within 10 days after the certification of the vote by the Commission. Directs the President, if a majority of the votes cast are for Puerto Rico's admission as a state: (1) within 30 calendar days of receipt of the certified results, to issue a proclamation to begin the transition process that will culminate in Puerto Rico's admission as a state effective January 1, 2021; and (2) within 90 calendar days of such receipt, to appoint a Commission on the Equal Application of Federal Law to Puerto Rico, which shall survey U.S. laws and submit recommendations to Congress by July 1, 2018, as to how laws that do not apply, or that apply differently, to the territory should be amended or repealed to treat Puerto Rico equally. Requires Puerto Rico to carry out necessary actions by January 1, 2020, to enable it to hold elections for federal office in November 2020, including the election to the 117th Congress of two U.S. Senators and the number of Representatives to which it would have been entitled for the 116th Congress if it had been a state during such Congress. Provides for a temporary increase in the membership of the House of Representatives initially and a permanent increase effective with the taking effect of the first reapportionment occurring after the regular decennial census conducted for 2020. Requires the President, following a transition process, to issue a proclamation declaring that Puerto Rico is admitted to the Union on an equal footing with the other states, effective January 1, 2021. Sets forth provisions regarding the continuity of government and the continuity of laws of Puerto Rico.