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Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives (called either delegates or resident commissioner, in the case of Puerto Rico) are representatives of their territory in the House of Representatives, who do not have a right to vote on legislation in the full House but nevertheless have floor privileges and are able to participate in certain other House functions. Non-voting members may introduce legislation. Non-voting members may vote in a House committee of which they are a member.[1][2][3]
There are currently six non-voting members: a delegate representing the District of Columbia, a resident commissioner representing Puerto Rico, as well as one delegate for each of the other four permanently inhabited U.S. territories: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A seventh delegate, representing the Cherokee Nation, has been formally proposed but not yet seated, while an eighth, representing the Choctaw Nation, is named in a treaty but has neither been proposed nor seated. As with voting members, delegates are elected every two years, except the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico, who is elected every four years.
- ^ "Text searched: FLD003:#1(Rep. Pierluisi Pedro)". Archived from the original on March 4, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ^ "Legislation". Archived from the original on March 16, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ^ Kitto, Kris (November 3, 2009). "Present: The House's non-voting members find some constructive ways to spend time when their colleagues run to cast votes". The Hill. Retrieved March 23, 2021.