48 U.S.C. § 1715
Operation of Office; House privileges; compensation, allowances, and benefits; privileges and immunities; voting in committee
The Delegate from Guam and the Delegate from the Virgin Islands shall have such privileges in the House of Representatives as may be afforded him under the Rules of the House of Representatives. Until the Rules of the House of Representatives are amended to provide otherwise, the Delegate from each territory shall receive the same compensation, allowances, and benefits as a Member of the House of Representatives, and shall be entitled to whatever privileges and immunities are, or hereinafter may be, granted to the Resident Commissioner for Puerto Rico: Provided, That the right to vote in committee shall be as provided by the Rules of the House of Representatives.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1993–1994 · leading case: Robert H. Michel v. Donnald K. Anderson, 14 F.3d 623 (D.C. Cir. 1994).
Robert H. Michel v. Donnald K. Anderson, 14 F.3d 623 (D.C. Cir. 1994). “, 48 U.S.C. §§ 1715 , 1735 (1988). If, as appellants claim, these offices were created on the condition that the delegates would not be permitted to vote in the Committee of the Whole, then that condition would trump any authority of the House to change its rules unilaterally to…”
Michel v. Anderson, 817 F. Supp. 126 (D.D.C. 1993). “” 48 U.S.C. § 1715 (1988). ■ The law which created the office of Delegate from American Samoa granted that individual “whatever privileges *147 and immunities that are, or hereinafter may be, granted to the non-voting Delegate from .”
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