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    "ocrText": "-20-\n14- Joint Commission\na. There is hereby created a Joint Commission for a term of\nfive years, composed of six (6) members, three (3) members and\ntheir successors appointed by the President of the United States\nand three (3) members and their successors appointed by the\nGovernor of Puerto Rico. The Commission shall adopt its own\ninternal regulations.\nb. This Joint Commission has as its principal assignment\nto help in the perfection of the legal and administrative relations\nbetween the United States and Puerto Rico in agreement with the\nfundamental objectives expressed in this Compact and, to that\neffect, shall have the following specific assignment:\n1- The Commission shall study the desirability of\nretaining, modifying or eliminating the application of specific\nFederal laws to the Free Associated State and shall give priority\nin such study to the laws pertaining to communications, coastal\nshipping and administration of selective service. The Commis\n-\nsion shall submit its reports to the President and to the\nGovernor. When the report recommends the discontinuance of the\napplicability of a particular law or part of law to the Free\nAssociated State, and the President of the United States and the\nGovernment of Puerto Rico concur with the recommendation, it shall\nbe submitted to the Congress of the United States. If ninety days,\ncounted from the date when Congress receives the recommendation,\nshall elapse without either House rejecting it, said law shall\ncease to have effect in Puerto Rico.\n-more-"
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