; Presidential proclamation; admission into the Union of the United States. Sec. 403. Conforming amendments to existing law. Sec. 404. Territory and boundaries. Sec. 405. Constitution. Sec. 406. Elections of Senators and Representatives; certification; jurisdiction. Sec. 407. State title to land and property. Sec. 408. Continuity of laws, government, and obligations. Sec. 409. Judicial pronouncements. TITLE V—Transition and implementation of commonwealth status Sec. 501. Bilateral Negotiating Commission. Sec. 502. Approval; effective date. TITLE VI—Miscellaneous Sec. 601. Application of Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act. Sec. 602. Severability. 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) in 1898, the United States gained possession of Puerto Rico following the Spanish-American War; (2) Spain formally ceded Puerto Rico to the United States of America under the Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain, signed at Paris on December 10, 1898 (30 Stat. 1754); (3) after a brief period of military rule, the Act of April 12, 1900 (commonly known as the Foraker Act ) (31 Stat. 77, chapter 191), was enacted to establish a civil government in Puerto Rico, which— (A) provided for— (i) an executive branch headed by a Governor and an executive council, to be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate; and (ii) a house of delegates, to be elected by qualified voters of Puerto Rico; and (B) was replaced in 1917 by a new organic Act for Puerto, the Act of March 2, 1917 (commonly known as the Jones-Shafroth Act ) (39 Stat. 951, chapter 145), which— (i) established an elected Senate; (ii) provided a bill of rights; (iii) provided United States citizenship to the people of Puerto Rico; and (iv) in 1947, was amended to give qualified voters of Puerto Rico the right to elect a Governor