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Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress--Rules and practice.
- United States.
- United States. Congress.
- United States. Congress--Committees.
- Committees.
- Puerto Rico.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (14 pages) : digital, PDF file
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2003.
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- Summary:
- Discusses the evolution of the office of Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, established to provide Puerto Rico with representation in Congress. Surveys the expansion of authority provided to the Resident Commissioner regarding committee seniority and voting rights, and describes the legislative role of the Resident Commissioner in the House of Representatives.
- Notes:
- CRS Report.
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico
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- Restricted for use by site license.
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