Territorial Representation in the Senate Act
Latest action · Mar 7, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 7, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Territorial Representation in the Senate Act
This bill allows each U.S. territory (American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) with local legislative approval to be represented in Congress by a nonvoting delegate to the Senate who shall be elected by the people qualified to vote for officials of the territory.
Further, the bill establishes qualifications for the office of delegate, authorizes the government of the territory to determine the election procedure, and provides that each delegate shall receive the same compensation, privileges, and immunities as any other member of the Senate.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2022 to Oct 14, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 7, 2022 |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Original | Mar 7, 2022 |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Original | Mar 7, 2022 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Jun 8, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jun 13, 2022 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Jul 14, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Aug 2, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Aug 2, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Aug 5, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Sep 19, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Oct 14, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 7, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2022Introduced in House
- Mar 7, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H1329H.R. 6941–6966 | — | Mar 7, 2022 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 40, March 7, 2022, page H1329.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a nonvoting delegate to the Senate to represent American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Territorial Representation in the Senate Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
