Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives

Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives (called either delegates or resident commissioner, in the case of Puerto Rico) are representatives of their territory in the House of Representatives, but they can't vote on legislation in the full House. However, they are able to take part in certain other House activities. Non-voting members may vote in a House committee they are a member in, and they can introduce legislation.^[1][2] There are currently six non-voting members: a delegate representing the federal district of Washington D.C., a resident commissioner representing Puerto Rico, and one delegate for each of the other four US Territories with people: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands. A seventh delegate, representing the Cherokee Nation, has been formally proposed but not yet seated. Non-voting delegates are elected every two years. The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico is elected every four years.

Current non-voting members

District	Title	Incumbent	Party	House Caucus Affiliation	First elected	Constituency map
American Samoa at-large	Delegate	Amata Coleman Radewagen	Republican	Republican	2014
District of Columbia at-large	Delegate	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Democratic	Democratic	1990
Guam at-large	Delegate	James Moylan	Republican	Republican	2022
Northern Mariana Islands at-large	Delegate	Gregorio Sablan	Independent	Democratic	2008
Puerto Rico at-large	Resident Commissioner	Jenniffer González-Colón	New Progressive	Republican	2016
U.S. Virgin Islands at-large	Delegate	Stacey Plaskett	Democratic	Democratic	2014

References

1. "Text searched: FLD003:#1(Rep. Pierluisi Pedro):". Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
2. "Legislation". Archived from the original on 8 December 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

Other websites

• History and powers of DC's Delegate to Congress