House of Representatives of the United States

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The House of Representatives of the United States is the lower chamber of the U.S. Congress, composed of elected officials apportioned by population who initiate revenue bills and play a central role in federal lawmaking and oversight.

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Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of the United States Congress ⓘ
lower house of a bicameral legislature ⓘ
apportionmentBasis population ⓘ
apportionmentDataSource United States Census ⓘ
citizenshipRequirement at least 7 years a U.S. citizen ⓘ
constitutionalAmendmentAffectingElections Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalAmendmentAffectingPay Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalAmendmentAffectingStructure Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficer Mike Johnson ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficerParty Republican Party ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficerSince October 2023 ⓘ
exclusivePower impeachment of federal officials ⓘ
initiation of revenue bills ⓘ
firstCongressStartYear 1789 ⓘ
hasChaplainTitle Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
hasClerkTitle Clerk of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasMajorityLeaderTitle House Majority Leader ⓘ
hasMajorityWhipTitle House Majority Whip ⓘ
hasMinorityLeaderTitle House Minority Leader ⓘ
hasMinorityWhipTitle House Minority Whip ⓘ
hasNonVotingMembers 6 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.house.gov/ ⓘ
hasParliamentarianTitle Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
hasSergeantAtArmsTitle Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
hasUpperHouse United States Senate ⓘ
impeachmentVoteRequirement simple majority of members present ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor federal government of the United States ⓘ
legislativeSessionName Congress ⓘ
lengthOfCongress 2 years ⓘ
meetingCity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetingPlace United States Capitol ⓘ
minimumAgeOfMember 25 years ⓘ
notableCommittee House Committee on Appropriations ⓘ
House Committee on Armed Services ⓘ
House Committee on Energy and Commerce ⓘ
House Committee on Ways and Means ⓘ
House Committee on the Judiciary ⓘ
numberOfCongressPerTerm 1 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 435 ⓘ
partOf United States Congress ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
primaryFunction federal lawmaking ⓘ
legislative oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
representation of the population in Congress ⓘ
quorumRequirement majority of members ⓘ
reapportionmentInterval 10 years ⓘ
residencyRequirement must reside in the represented state ⓘ
sharesPowerWithSenate control of federal taxation and spending ⓘ
declaration of war ⓘ
enactment of federal statutes ⓘ
regulation of interstate and foreign commerce ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
vetoOverrideRequirement two-thirds majority of members present ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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

Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution → vestsPowerIn → House of Representatives of the United States ⓘ
HoR → refersTo → House of Representatives of the United States ⓘ
Assistant Minister for Defence → memberOf → House of Representatives or Senate ⓘ
linked to: House of Representatives of the United States
Alexander Hamilton’s Report on Manufactures → presentedTo → House of Representatives of the United States ⓘ
North Carolina's 8th congressional district → chamber → House of Representatives of the United States ⓘ
Reed Rules → legislativeBody → House of Representatives of the United States Congress ⓘ
linked to: House of Representatives of the United States
Richard Alsop Wise → memberOf → House of Representatives of the United States Congress ⓘ
linked to: House of Representatives of the United States
James White → legislativeBody → House of Representatives of the United States ⓘ