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    "ocrText": "Puerto Rico shall be accorded observer status within\nUnited States by one representative in each House,\nthe United State negotiating delegation, shall be kept\nwho shall be elected for that position according to\nfully informed and shall be consulted concerning\nthe laws of Puerto Rico. They shall have a seat in the\nnegotiating positions and decisions. On request and\nSenate and in the House of Representatives of the\nafter consultation and agreement, the United States\nUnited States and shall receive official acknowl-\nshall seek to have Puerto Rico accepted as an asso-\nedgemente from all the departments of the Govern-\nciated developing state which developed countries\nment of the United States upon presentation by the\nrecognize as qualifying fully to participate in all\nDepartment of State of a certificate of election issued\nbenefits from any regional or worldwide system of\nby the Governor of Puerto Rico. Such representatives\npreferences for developing countries.\nshall have the qualifications established for members\nof the Senate and the House of Representatives,\nrespectively, and shall have all the rights and privi-\n10. Entry of Alliens into Puerto Rico\nleges of such members as are compatible with the\nConstitution of the United States.\na. Immigration laws, rules, regulations and pro-\ncedures of the United States shall apply to Puerto\nRico in accordance with their terms, provided that\n12. Applicability of Federal Laws\nunless expressly prohibited by federal laws, the\nPresident of the United States and the Governor of\na. The laws of the United States applicable to the\nthe Free Associated State may from time to time\nFree Associated State on the date of approval of this\nagree, in the light of economic and demographic\nCompact shall continue in effect except and to the\nconsiderations applicable to the Free Associated\nextent repealed or modified by this Compact, or\nState, to limit the number of aliens who may be\nincompatible with it, and except as hereafter mod-\nadmitted to Puerto Rico or to increase the quota of\nified, suspended or repealed in accordance with law.\naliens who may be admitted to Puerto Rico as resi-\nb. Laws hereafter enacted by the Congress, unless\ndent aliens to meet the needs of the Free Associated\notherwise provided by this Compact, shall no be\nState for scientific, professional, political, technical,\napplicable to the Free Associated State unless such\nsporting, cultural, industrial, agricultural, and educa-\nlaws explicitly refer to the Free Associated State and\ntional purposes.\nexcept as provided in sections c and d of this\nb. Nothing included in any of the provisions of\nArticle 12.\nthis article shall affect in any way the right to\nc. Laws of the United States enacted after the\nunimpeded transit between the United States and\neffective date of this Compact which are applicable to\nPuerto Rico of citizens of the United States.\nthe Free Associated State pursuant to the powers and\nfunctions expressly delegated to the United States in\n11. Representation of Puerto Rico\nthis Compact, shall apply to the Free Associated\nState unless and except to the extent that they are\nA. The Free Associated State shall be represented\nincompatible with this Compact except as otherwise\nin the Senate and the House of Representatives of the\nprovided in section d of this Article 12, and except as\n28\n29"
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