House of Representatives of the Congress of Micronesia

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The House of Representatives of the Congress of Micronesia was the lower chamber of the former bicameral legislature of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, representing the population in lawmaking before the establishment of the Federated States of Micronesia.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct organization ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
lower house ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
chamberOf bicameral Congress of Micronesia ⓘ
composition elected representatives ⓘ
country Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
dissolutionReason constitutional and political reorganization leading to independence and new national legislatures in Micronesia ⓘ
followedBy legislatures of successor Micronesian entities ⓘ
unicameral Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
governs internal affairs of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
hasCounterpart Senate of the Congress of Micronesia ⓘ
hasDomain public policy in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
hasNumberOfChambersInParentLegislature 2 ⓘ
hasRole lower chamber of the Congress of Micronesia ⓘ
popularly representative chamber ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Trust Territory era ⓘ
jurisdictionIncludes islands of present-day Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
other districts of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
legislativeFunction debating legislation ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
passing bills ⓘ
representing constituencies ⓘ
locatedIn Micronesia ⓘ
Pacific Ocean region ⓘ
meetsIn legislative sessions of the Congress of Micronesia ⓘ
name House of Representatives of the Congress of Micronesia ⓘ
operatedUnder United Nations Trust Territory system ⓘ
linked to: UN Trust Territory

United States administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
partOf Congress of Micronesia ⓘ
decolonization process in the Pacific ⓘ
political history of Micronesia ⓘ
precededBy earlier advisory and district councils in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
relatedTo United Nations Trusteeship Council ⓘ
linked to: Trusteeship Council

United States Department of the Interior (as administering authority context) ⓘ
represents population of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
shortName House of Representatives ⓘ
significance provided representative lawmaking before the establishment of the Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
served as a step toward self-government in Micronesia ⓘ
status dissolved ⓘ
supervises aspects of territorial administration through legislation and oversight ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation population-based representation ⓘ
usedScript Latin script ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Congress of Micronesia → hasPart → House of Representatives of the Congress of Micronesia ⓘ
House of Representatives of the Congress of Micronesia → name → House of Representatives of the Congress of Micronesia ⓘ