48 U.S.C. § 891 : US Code - Section 891: Resident Commissioner; election

Search 48 U.S.C. § 891 : US Code - Section 891: Resident Commissioner; election

The qualified electors of Puerto Rico shall choose a Resident
Commissioner to the United States at each general election, whose
term of office shall be four years from the 3d of January following
such general election, and who shall be entitled to receive
official recognition as such commissioner by all of the departments
of the Government of the United States, upon presentation, through
the Department of State, of a certificate of election of the
Governor of Puerto Rico.