What is Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives?
{{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 [[United States House of Representatives|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Text searched: FLD003:#1(Rep. Pierluisi Pedro):|url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d114:FLD003:@1%28Rep.+Pierluisi+Pedro%29:|access-date=15 March 2016|archive-date=4 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304170539/http://www.congress.gov/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Legislation|url=http://pierluisi.house.gov/legislation|access-date=15 March 2016|archive-date=8 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208084739/https://pierluisi.house.gov/legislation|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are currently six non-voting members: a delegate representing the federal district of [[Washington D.C.]], a [[Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico|resident commissioner]] representing [[Puerto Rico]], and one delegate for each of the other four [[Territories of the United States|US Territories]] with people: [[American Samoa]], [[Guam]], the [[Northern Mariana Islands]], and the [[United States Virgin Islands|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== {|class=wikitable |- valign=bottom !District !Title !Incumbent !Party !House Caucus<br>Affiliation !First<br />elected !Constituency map |- |[[American Samoa's At-large congressional district|American Samoa at-large]] |