2 USC § 2009 - Assignment of rooms to Commissioner from Puerto Rico

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identifier: "/us/usc/t2/s2009"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "2 USC § 2009 - Assignment of rooms to Commissioner from Puerto Rico"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "2009"
section_name: "Assignment of rooms to Commissioner from Puerto Rico"
chapter_number: 30
chapter_name: "OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CAPITOL COMPLEX"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 28, 1908, No. 30, 35 Stat. 579; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158; Proc. No. 2695, eff. July 4, 1946, 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352.)"
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# § 2009. Assignment of rooms to Commissioner from Puerto Rico

In the matter of the assignment of rooms under sections 2004 to 2011 of this title, Delegates in Congress and the Commissioner from Puerto Rico shall be treated the same as Representatives.

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**Source Credit**: (May 28, 1908, No. 30, 35 Stat. 579; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158; Proc. No. 2695, eff. July 4, 1946, 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was classified to section 182 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by , , .

Words “and the Philippine Islands” after “Puerto Rico” were omitted pursuant to 1946 Proc. No. 2695, eff. , 11 F.R. 7517, , which granted independence to the Philippine Islands on , under the authority of , , as amended, which is classified to , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Puerto Rico” substituted in text for “Porto Rico” pursuant to act , which is classified to , Territories and Insular Possessions.

### Commissioner From Puerto Rico as Resident Commissioner

, Government Organization and Employees, provides that the term “Members of Congress” shall include the “Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.”