Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives

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delegate to the United States Congress non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives political office

The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in the U.S. House of Representatives is a non-voting delegate who represents Puerto Rico’s interests in Congress, serving a four-year term and participating in committees and debates but lacking a final vote on the House floor.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico	4
Comisionado Residente de Puerto Rico	1
Office of the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico	1
Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives canonical	1
Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the United States Congress	1
Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico:Jenniffer González	1
Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico:Luis Fortuño	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	delegate to the United States Congress ⓘ non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ political office ⓘ
canParticipateIn	House committees ⓘ House floor debates ⓘ
canServeOn	Select committees ⓘ surface form: select committees of the U.S. House of Representatives committees of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ surface form: standing committees of the U.S. House of Representatives
canVoteOn	amendments and procedural matters in committees ⓘ
comparedTo	voting U.S. Representatives from the states ⓘ
constituency	residents of Puerto Rico ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
differenceFromVotingRepresentatives	lacks final vote on passage of legislation on House floor ⓘ
electedBy	voters of Puerto Rico ⓘ
electionCoincidesWith	United States presidential election ⓘ surface form: United States presidential elections
electionCycle	every 4 years ⓘ
governingLaw	U.S. federal statutes regarding territorial delegates ⓘ
hasNoVoteOn	final passage of bills on the House floor ⓘ
hasPrivilege	franking privilege ⓘ
hasRight	cosponsor legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ introduce legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ participate in party caucuses ⓘ serve and vote in House committees ⓘ speak on the House floor ⓘ
hasVotingRights	committee votes ⓘ no final vote on House floor ⓘ
isAnalogousTo	delegates from other U.S. territories in the House of Representatives ⓘ
isPartOf	territorial representation system in the U.S. Congress ⓘ
isUniqueFeatureOf	Puerto Rico among U.S. territories ⓘ
jurisdiction	matters affecting Puerto Rico at the federal level ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOf	United States Congress ⓘ
officeCreatedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
officeCreatedFor	unincorporated territory of Puerto Rico ⓘ
officeHolderMustBe	U.S. citizen ⓘ resident of Puerto Rico ⓘ
officeHolderTitleInSpanish	Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Comisionado Residente de Puerto Rico
officeLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
officeScope	federal legislative representation ⓘ
officeType	at-large congressional seat ⓘ
positionHeldIn	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
represents	Puerto Rico ⓘ
representsIn	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
representsInterestsOf	Puerto Rican people in the U.S. Congress ⓘ
representsStatus	Puerto Rico’s territorial relationship with the United States ⓘ
statusInHouse	non-voting delegate ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 → provided → Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ

House of Representatives chamber → hasSeatingFor → Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ

this entity surface form: Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico → worksWith → Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ

this entity surface form: Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

Office of the Delegate of Guam to the U.S. House of Representatives → isDistinctFrom → Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

Luis Muñoz Rivera → positionHeld → Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ

this entity surface form: Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the United States Congress

Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives → officeHolderTitleInSpanish → Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

this entity surface form: Comisionado Residente de Puerto Rico

Jesús T. Piñero → positionHeld → Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ

this entity surface form: Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

Pedro Pierluisi → positionHeld → Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ

this entity surface form: Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

Pedro Pierluisi → precededByInOfficeForPosition → Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ

this entity surface form: Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico:Luis Fortuño

Pedro Pierluisi → succeededByInOfficeForPosition → Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ

this entity surface form: Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico:Jenniffer González