<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives (called either delegates or resident commissioner, in the case of Puerto Rico) are representatives of their territory in the House of Representatives, but who do not have a right to vote on proposed legislation in the full House but are nevertheless able to participate in certain other House functions . Non-voting members may vote in a House committee of which they are a member and introduce legislation . There are currently six non-voting members: a delegate representing the federal district of Washington D.C., a resident commissioner representing Puerto Rico, and one delegate for each of the other four permanently inhabited US Territories: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands . As with voting members, non-voting delegates are elected every two years, and the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico is elected every four years . </P> <P> Non voting members serve exclusively in the House of Representatives--not the Senate . All delegates serve a term of two years, while resident commissioners serve a term of four years . They receive compensation, benefits, and franking privileges (the ability to send outgoing U.S. Mail without a stamp) similar to full House members . Since 1993, the rules governing the rights of a non-voting member have changed three times, and current representatives enjoy rights that they did not have previously . </P>

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