the United States to provide for Sovereignty in Free Association that may modify the otherwise-applicable tax rules, subject to negotiation and ratification by Puerto Rico and the United States. (G) The Constitution and the laws of the United States no longer apply in Puerto Rico, except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Free Association, and United States sovereignty in Puerto Rico is ended. (H) All matters pertaining to the government-to-government relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States, which may include foreign affairs, trade, finance, taxation, security, defense, dispute resolution, and termination, shall be provided for in the Articles of Free Association. (3) Statehood If you agree, mark here _________. (A) The State of Puerto Rico shall request admission into the Union of the United States on an equal footing with the other States in all respects and as a part of the permanent Union of the United States, subject to the Constitution of the United States, with powers not prohibited by the Constitution of the United States to the States reserved to the State of Puerto Rico. (B) The residents of Puerto Rico shall, on admission, be fully self-governing with the rights of the residents secured under the Constitution of the United States, which shall be fully applicable in Puerto Rico and which, with the laws and treaties of the United States, is the supreme law and has the same force and effect in Puerto Rico as in the other States of the Union of the United States. (C) United States citizenship of individuals born in Puerto Rico is recognized, protected, and secured under the Constitution of the United States in the same way citizenship is recognized, protected, and secured for all United States citizens born in the other States. Such rights shall be accompanied by the same responsibilities, including the immediate initiation of full payment of Federal taxes in the same manner as residents of the other States. In the event that Puerto Rico becomes a State of the United States, the