Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives

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component of a bicameral legislature legislative body lower house

The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the territory’s bicameral legislature, composed of elected members who create and pass local laws.

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of a bicameral legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
lower house ⓘ
appliesToTerritory all islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
canImpeach certain territorial officials ⓘ
coequalChamberWith Northern Mariana Islands Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
composition elected representatives ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
electoralDistrictType single-member districts ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
governmentFormContext territorial government of the United States ⓘ
hasHouseType lower house ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle Floor Leader ⓘ
Speaker ⓘ
Vice Speaker ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 20 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.cnmileg.gov.mp/ ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody Speaker of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
isLowerChamberOf Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork Carolinian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chamorro NERFINISHED ⓘ
English ⓘ
legalSystemContext United States territorial law NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf Northern Mariana Islands Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeProcessRole debates bills ⓘ
introduces bills ⓘ
participates in budget approval ⓘ
passes local laws ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saipan NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
meetsIn Saipan NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversightFunction oversight of the executive branch of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
partOf Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
sessionType regular sessions ⓘ
special sessions ⓘ
subordinateTo Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature → hasComponent → Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ
Government of the Northern Mariana Islands → lowerHouse → Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ