If the plebiscite indicated a majority approval for statehood, the bill would have required the aforementioned transition plan, inter alia, to include the effective date of Puerto Rico's incorporation into the United States within 10 years.
如果公民投票结果显示大多数人同意建州，则该法案就会要求上述过渡计划指出10年之内波多黎各并入美国的有效日期。