I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6941 
To provide for a nonvoting delegate to the Senate to represent American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, 
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2022 
Mr. SAN NICOLAS (for himself, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. NORTON, and Ms. 
PLASKETT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for a nonvoting delegate to the Senate to rep-
resent American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the 
Virgin Islands of the United States, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Territorial Representa-
tion in the Senate Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DELEGATE TO SENATE FROM EACH TERRITORY. 
(a) NONVOTING DELEGATE.—Subject to local legisla-
tive approval in accordance with subsection (b), each Ter-
ritory shall be represented in the United States Congress 
by a Delegate to the United States Senate. The Delegate 
shall be a nonvoting Delegate in the Senate, elected as 
provided in this Act. 
(b) LOCAL LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL.—The local leg-
islature of each Territory shall— 
(1) determine whether the Territory will be rep-
resented by a nonvoting delegate as authorized by 
this Act; and 
(2) establish such procedures as the legislature 
may deem appropriate to modify the determination 
described in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 3. ELECTION OF DELEGATE. 
(a) ELECTORS AND TIME OF ELECTION.—The Dele-
gate for a Territory shall be elected— 
(1) by the people qualified to vote for the popu-
larly elected officials of the Territory; 
(2) at the first Federal general election occur-
ring at least one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and at each Federal general elec-
tion every 6 years thereafter; and 
(3) at a special election, if required due to a 
mid-term permanent vacancy. 
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(b) MANNER OF ELECTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Delegate shall be elect-
ed at large and by a plurality of the votes cast for 
the office of Delegate. 
(2) EFFECT OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIMARY 
ELECTIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the 
Government of the Territory, acting pursuant to leg-
islation enacted in accordance with the Constitution 
or Organic Act of the Territory, provides for pri-
mary elections for the election of the Delegate, the 
Delegate shall be elected by a majority of the votes 
cast in any general election for the office of Delegate 
for which such primary elections were held. 
(c) VACANCY.—In case of a permanent vacancy in the 
office of Delegate, the office of Delegate shall remain va-
cant until a successor is elected and qualified. 
(d) COMMENCEMENT OF TERM.—The term of the 
Delegate shall commence on the 3rd day of January fol-
lowing the date of the election. 
SEC. 4. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE OF DELEGATE. 
To be eligible for the office of Delegate a candidate 
shall— 
(1) be at least 30 years of age on the date of 
the election; 
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