Who decides if puerto rico becomes a state?
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Congress
Admission to the Union
union statehood
List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union Admission to the Union Hawaii Admission Act Nevada in the American Civil War Statehood movement in the District of Columbia Statehood Day (Hawaii) Alaska Statehood Act 51st state Statehood movement in Puerto Rico Proposed states and union territories of India
Each new state has been admitted on an equal footing with the existing states. 
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of <b>statehood</b>. When the people of a territory or a region thereof have grown to a sufficient 
population and make their desire for <b>statehood</b> known to the federal government, 
in&nbsp;... An Act to provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii into the <b>Union</b>. 
Nicknames, Hawaii <b>Statehood</b>. Enacted by, the 86th United States Congress. 
Effective&nbsp;... Nevada&#39;s entry into <b>statehood</b> in the United States on October 31, 1864, in the 
midst of the American Civil War, was expedited by <b>Union</b> sympathizers in order to
&nbsp;... ... the <b>Union</b> (Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1). However, there is some debate as to 
whether simple legislation would be sufficient to grant <b>statehood</b> to District of&nbsp;... ... in which Hawaiian residents voted 94% in support of <b>statehood</b> (the ballot 
question was: &quot;Shall Hawaii immediately be admitted into the <b>Union</b> as a state? In the 1954 State of the <b>Union</b> address, Eisenhower referred to <b>statehood</b> for 
Hawaii (then a Republican territory) but not Alaska (then a Democratic territory). As <b>statehood</b> candidates, their admission to the <b>Union</b> requires congressional 
approval. American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United
&nbsp;... We support the right of the United States citizens of Puerto Rico to be admitted to 
the <b>Union</b> as a fully sovereign state after they freely so determine. We recognize&nbsp;... Some people demand a return of <b>statehood</b> to Saurashtra and Kutch citing slow 
development of the regions. Apart from these two separate state-hood demands&nbsp;...
Congress
Admission to the Union