Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico

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bicameral legislature lawmaking body territorial legislature

The Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico is the bicameral lawmaking body of the U.S. territory, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives that enact local legislation and oversee the territorial government.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico canonical 28
Legislative Branch of Puerto Rico 2
House of Representatives of Puerto Rico 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
lawmaking body ⓘ
territorial legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Puerto Rico ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
canBeConveneBy Governor of Puerto Rico ⓘ
canOverride certain gubernatorial vetoes ⓘ
constitutionalStatus branch of the Commonwealth government ⓘ
convenes in regular sessions ⓘ
country Puerto Rico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electorate citizens of Puerto Rico ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ
function approve the budget of Puerto Rico ⓘ
conduct legislative investigations ⓘ
confirm certain executive appointments ⓘ
enact local legislation ⓘ
levy territorial taxes ⓘ
oversee the territorial government ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Puerto Rico ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver territorial government of Puerto Rico ⓘ
hasComponent House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
hasLeader President of the Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ
hasMember representative of Puerto Rico ⓘ
senator of Puerto Rico ⓘ
headquartersLocation Capitol of Puerto Rico ⓘ
jurisdiction Puerto Rico ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Puerto Rico ⓘ
legislativeChamber House of Representatives of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Senate of Puerto Rico ⓘ
legislativePeriod four-year terms ⓘ
locatedIn San Juan ⓘ
surface form: San Juan, Puerto Rico
meetsIn Capitol of Puerto Rico ⓘ
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
oversightOf Government of Puerto Rico ⓘ
surface form: Executive Branch of Puerto Rico

public corporations of Puerto Rico ⓘ
partOf Government of Puerto Rico ⓘ
precededBy Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Legislative Assembly under the Foraker Act
replaces Legislative Assembly under the Foraker Act ⓘ
selectionMethod direct popular vote ⓘ
subordinateTo United States Congress ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
votingSystem at-large representation for some seats ⓘ
first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
website https://www.legislaturapr.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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

Puerto Rico → legislature → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Puerto Rico → upperHouse → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico → lowerHouse → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
San Juan → isSeatOf → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico → precededBy → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Assembly under the Foraker Act
Constitution of Puerto Rico → createsBody → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure → promulgatedBy → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Government of Puerto Rico → hasLegislativeBranch → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Government of Puerto Rico → hasElectionsFor → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Capitol of Puerto Rico → houses → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Capitol of Puerto Rico → governingBody → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
House of Representatives of Puerto Rico → partOf → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
House of Representatives of Puerto Rico → legislature → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
President of the Senate of Puerto Rico → appliesToJurisdiction → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
President of the Senate of Puerto Rico → partOf → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Article III – The Legislative Branch → establishes → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Article VI – General Provisions → appliesTo → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
this entity surface form: legislative branch of Puerto Rico
Senate of Puerto Rico → partOf → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Senate of Puerto Rico → chamberOf → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Puerto Rico Rules of Evidence → promulgatedBy → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Puerto Rico Penal Code → enactedBy → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico → independenceFrom → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Branch of Puerto Rico
Council of Secretaries of Puerto Rico → coordinatesWith → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico → partOf → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico → positionHeldIn → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Seal of the Senate of Puerto Rico → associatedWith → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
San Juan municipality → isSeatOf → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Governor of Puerto Rico to report to the Legislative Assembly → directedTo → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Governor of Puerto Rico to report to the Legislative Assembly → beneficiary → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Article VI of the Constitution of Puerto Rico → appliesTo → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Article VII of the Constitution of Puerto Rico → appliesTo → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
United States–Puerto Rico relations → hasActor → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly
Office of Court Administration of Puerto Rico → notPartOf → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Rama Judicial de Puerto Rico → separatedFrom → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rama Legislativa de Puerto Rico
Capitol Library → governingBody → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Branch of Puerto Rico
Public Law 81-600 → governingBodyAffected → Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico ⓘ