Guam Legislature

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public authority territorial legislature unicameral legislature

The Guam Legislature is the unicameral legislative body of the U.S. territory of Guam, responsible for creating local laws and overseeing the territorial government.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Guam Legislature canonical	6
Legislature of Guam	2
36th Guam Legislature	1
37th Guam Legislature	1
Guam Congress	1
Guam Congress Building	1
Guam Legislature (English name)	1
I Liheslaturan Guåhan	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public authority ⓘ territorial legislature ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Guam Legislature ⓘ surface form: Guam Legislature (English name) Guam Legislature ⓘ surface form: I Liheslaturan Guåhan
appliesTo	residents of Guam ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom	United States Congress ⓘ
budgetaryPowerOver	Government of Guam agencies ⓘ
buildingTypeOfSeat	capitol building ⓘ
canOverrideVetoOf	Governor of Guam ⓘ
composition	elected senators ⓘ
country	Guam ⓘ
electoralDistrict	island-wide at-large district ⓘ
employs	legislative staff ⓘ
establishedInYear	1950 ⓘ
governingBodyOf	U.S. territory of Guam ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	ad hoc committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle	Legislative Secretary ⓘ Speaker of the Guam Legislature ⓘ Vice Speaker of the Guam Legislature ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	15 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.guamlegislature.com/ ⓘ
hasSessionType	regular sessions ⓘ special sessions ⓘ
houseType	unicameral ⓘ
jurisdiction	Guam ⓘ
languageUsed	Chamorro ⓘ English ⓘ
legalBasis	Organic Act of Guam ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Government of Guam ⓘ
locatedIn	Hagåtña, Guam ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Chamorro Standard Time ⓘ
meetsIn	Guam Congress Building ⓘ
numberOfHouses	1 ⓘ
oversightOver	executive branch of Guam ⓘ territorial agencies ⓘ
partOf	Government of Guam ⓘ
predecessor	Guam Legislature self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guam Congress
responsibility	approving the territorial budget ⓘ confirming certain executive appointments ⓘ enacting local laws ⓘ overseeing the territorial government ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Guam Legislature self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guam Congress Building
termLength	2 years ⓘ
typeOfLawMade	territorial statutes ⓘ
votingSystem	at-large voting ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Guam → hasLegislature → Guam Legislature ⓘ

Supreme Court of Guam → establishedBy → Guam Legislature ⓘ

Guam Legislature → seatOfGovernment → Guam Legislature self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guam Congress Building

Guam Legislature → predecessor → Guam Legislature self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guam Congress

Guam Legislature → alsoKnownAs → Guam Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: I Liheslaturan Guåhan

Guam Legislature → alsoKnownAs → Guam Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guam Legislature (English name)

Government of Guam → legislativeBody → Guam Legislature ⓘ

Superior Court of Guam → establishedBy → Guam Legislature ⓘ

Guam Congress Building → legislativeBody → Guam Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislature of Guam

Guam Congress Building → houses → Guam Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislature of Guam

Guam Congress Building → legislatureName → Guam Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: 36th Guam Legislature

Guam Congress Building → legislatureName → Guam Legislature ⓘ

this entity surface form: 37th Guam Legislature

Democratic Party of Guam → operatesIn → Guam Legislature ⓘ

Antonio Borja Won Pat → legislativeBody → Guam Legislature ⓘ