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title: "48 U.S.C. § 1711"
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title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 1711 - Delegate to House of Representatives from Guam and Virgin Islands

## Text

The territory of Guam and the territory of the Virgin Islands each shall be represented in the United States Congress by a nonvoting Delegate to the House of Representatives, elected as hereinafter provided.

(Pub. L. 92–271, § 1, Apr. 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 118.)