48 U.S.C. § 1735
Operation of Office; compensation, allowances, and benefits; privileges and immunities
Until the Rules of the House of Representatives are amended to provide otherwise, the Delegate from American Samoa 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 that are, or hereinafter may be, granted to the nonvoting Delegate from the Territory of Guam.
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. § 1735 (1988). Although the statute creating the Office of the Delegate from the District of Columbia in 1970 did not specifically refer to the powers of the Puerto Rican delegate and provided that the delegate shall have a seat “with the right of debate, but not of…”
Michel v. Anderson, 817 F. Supp. 126 (D.D.C. 1993). “” 48 U.S.C. § 1735 (1988). Contrary to the plaintiffs’ claims, the House was acting in accordance with these precedents when it unilaterally acted to define the parameters of the Delegates’ roles in its proceedings.”
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