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title: "48 U.S.C. § 1731"
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title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
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section: "1731"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 1731 - Delegate to House of Representatives from American Samoa

## Text

The Territory of American Samoa shall be represented in the United States Congress by a nonvoting Delegate to the House of Representatives, elected as hereinafter provided.

(Pub. L. 95–556, § 1, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2078.)