; (3) may hold public hearings in connection with any aspects of the convention at the request of the delegates or on its own; and (4) may receive testimony. (d) Reporting The Commission shall periodically provide status reports, findings, and studies to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. All such reports shall be— (1) submitted to the House of Representatives not less than once every 12 months; and (2) made available to the general public in widely accessible formats in English and Spanish on the same day that such reports are submitted to the House of Representatives. 5. Puerto Rico status referendum (a) In general A referendum vote by residents of Puerto Rico may only be on the self-determination option chosen by the delegates of the status convention. (b) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 to carry out a referendum vote under subsection (a). 6. Congressional deliberation and enacting resolution If the referendum is approved by the people of Puerto Rico, Congress may approve a joint resolution to ratify the self-determination option approved in the referendum vote held under this Act. If the Congress ends before acting on the self-determination option, the Puerto Rico status convention created under this Act may meet again and send or resend a self-determination option to Congress.