Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature

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bicameral legislature territorial legislature

The Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature is the bicameral legislative body of the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, responsible for making local laws and overseeing the territory’s government.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature canonical	10
Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives	1
Northern Mariana Islands Legislature	1
Northern Mariana Islands Senate	1
Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature	1

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ territorial legislature ⓘ
appliesTo	Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countrySubdivision	Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
electoralSystem	district-based elections (Senate) ⓘ multi-member districts (House of Representatives) ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch ⓘ
hasAuthority	enact statutes for the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
hasComponent	Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives ⓘ Northern Mariana Islands Senate ⓘ
hasHouse	lower house ⓘ upper house ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOversight	Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
jurisdiction	Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
legalBasis	Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
legalSystemContext	United States territorial law ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
locatedIn	Saipan ⓘ
meetsIn	Saipan ⓘ
numberOfChambers	2 ⓘ
partOf	Government of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ surface form: Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands political system of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
responsibility	confirming certain executive appointments ⓘ oversight of executive agencies ⓘ passing the territorial budget ⓘ
role	enacts local laws ⓘ oversees territorial government ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	commonwealth ⓘ
usesLanguage	Carolinian ⓘ Chamorro ⓘ English ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Northern Mariana Islands → legislature → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature ⓘ

Northern Mariana Islands → upperHouse → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mariana Islands Senate

Northern Mariana Islands → lowerHouse → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives

Government of the Northern Mariana Islands → hasLegislativeBranch → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature ⓘ

Government of the Northern Mariana Islands → legislatureName → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature ⓘ

Northern Mariana Islands Senate → legislativeBranchOf → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature ⓘ

Northern Mariana Islands Senate → partOf → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature ⓘ

Northern Mariana Islands Senate → usesLegislativeSessionName → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature

Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands → establishesLegislature → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature ⓘ

Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives → partOf → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature ⓘ

Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives → legislativeChamberOf → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mariana Islands Legislature

Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives → isLowerChamberOf → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature ⓘ

Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands → confersWith → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature ⓘ

Congress of Micronesia → replacedBy → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature ⓘ