District of Columbia Date of establish- Population, 606,900 Estimated population, 554,256 Area in Formation 69 Established under Art. I, sec. 8, clause 17 of Constitution. Territory originally ceded by Mary- [973] COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, THE INSULAR POSSESSIONS, AND TRUST TERRITORY OF THE By purchase from Denmark, Mar. 3, 1917, for $25,000,000. The Revised Organic Act of 1954 is Occupied during World War II. Placed under the United Nations Trusteeship system in 1947 184 Concluded future political status negotiations in 1975 which will establish a commonwealth re- 1 Administered under jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, with a locally drafted constitution and elected governor and legislature. 2 As of November 3, 1986 the Marshall Islands and the Federal States of Micronesia became freely associated states. The 1990 population of the remaining territory, the Republic of Palau, was 15,122. APPORTIONMENTS OF REPRESENTATIVES Continued West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming 1787 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1930 1940 5 6 8 9 9 9 7 6 4 5 .1 3 720 7201 96 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 10 10 10 11 13 16 18 21 6292 23 1 1 2 2 2 62922 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 65 106 142 186 213 242 232 237 243 293 332 357 391 435 435❘ 435 437 435 435❘ 435 435 *Indicates representation of new States admitted after the respective decennial census apportionments. NOTE: The original apportionment of Representatives was established in 1787 by the Constitution. Subsequent apportionments based on the 1st Census through the 6th Census were as follows (number of census, date of act, and ratio of persons per Representative): 1st, Apr. 14, 1792, 33,000; 2d, Jan. 14, 1802, 33,000; 3d, Dec. 21, 1811, 35,000; 4th, Mar. 7, 1822, 40,000; 5th, May 22, 1832, 47,700; 6th, June 25, 1842, 70,680. Apportionment based on the 7th Census (1850) through the 12th Census (1900) was determined by the Vinton method, and for the 13th Census (1910) and 15th Census (1930) the method of major fractions was employed, there being no reapportionment in 1920. Apportionment based on the 16th Census (1940), through the 21st Census (1990), was determined by the method of equal proportions, a description of which may be found in S. Doc. 304, 76th Cong., 3d sess. [999] GENERAL INDEX NOTE-For detailed items not found in this general Standing Rules of the Senate Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con- trol Act of 1974, as amended (cross-reference table) Senate Manual Section 50 Cleaves' Manual (conferences) Constitution of the United States Senators of the United States Α 55 188 797.5 900 Absence of: Senators........ 6, 79.28 Inapplicability Vice President.. Academies, service, Boards of Visitors to. See Boards of Visitors. Actions brought against officers of the Senate...... Acts, printing of..... Additional views in committee reports. Addresses, memorial, printing of.... Adjourn, motion to........ 1 301, 301.5 301.5 622 79.10, 633, 634 6.4, 9, 22.1 Age Discrimination in Employment Act, application to Con- 399.71 Aging, Special Committee on. See Committees, special. Agriculture, Secretaries of (table).. 959 Report of, printing 661 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Committee on. See Commit- |