; 2 U.S.C. 2a ), for the Eighty-third Congress and each Congress thereafter, unless Congress acts to increase the total number of the House of Representatives. Thereafter, the State of Puerto Rico shall be entitled to such number of Representatives as provided for by applicable law based on the next reapportionment. (3) The President of the State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico shall certify the results of such primary and general elections, and shall transmit the results of each election to the Governor within 3 days following such primary and general elections. Within 10 days of the date of each certification, the Governor shall declare the results of the primary and general elections, and transmit the results of each election to the President of the United States, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (e) Presidential proclamation Upon receipt of the Governor’s declaration pursuant to subsection (c), the President of the United States shall issue a proclamation declaring certified results of the plebiscite and the date Puerto Rico is admitted as a State of the Union on an equal footing with all other States, which date must follow the certification of results of the general elections required by this Act, but not later than 30 months from the date on which the aforementioned plebiscite results were certified. Upon issuance of the proclamation by the President, Puerto Rico shall be deemed admitted into the Union as a State. (f) Transition period During the period between the day on which voters have approved statehood, and the date of admission as a State of the Union, the Constitution and laws of the United States shall apply to Puerto Rico as it applied to the 32 incorporated territories that became States prior to admission to the Union. (g) Termination of act if statehood not approved If statehood is not approved by a majority of the votes cast in the plebiscite conducted under subsection (a), the provisions of this Act shall cease to be effective. 5.