Benítez was the resident commissioner from Puerto Rico and was a Popular Democrat. He served from 1973 to 1976.
Because Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States, and not a state, its representative in the House of Representatives is a delegate, called the resident commissioner, with limited voting privileges — Benítez can currently vote in committee and in certain votes on the House floor, but not if their vote would be decisive. Delegates have a marginalized role in Congress and their constituents are not represented in Congress in the same manner as most citizens.
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Benítez is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1976 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Benítez sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1973 to Oct 1, 1976. See full analysis methodology.
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Benítez sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (23%) Social Welfare (19%) Armed Forces and National Security (16%) Private Legislation (13%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (10%) Government Operations and Politics (6%) Law (6%) Water Resources Development (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Benítez recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 15008 (94th): A bill for the relief of Pedro Melchor Diaz.
- H.R. 13414 (94th): A bill for the relief of Guillermo Rivera Rivera.
- H.R. 11232 (94th): A bill to authorize the payment of oil import license fees collected …
- H.R. 11200 (94th): A bill to approve the Compact of Permanent Union Between Puerto Rico …
- H.R. 11201 (94th): A bill to approve the Compact of Permanent Union Between Puerto Rico …
- H.R. 10669 (94th): Roberto Clemente Sports City Act
- H.R. 9545 (94th): A bill to make a technical amendment to the Elementary and Secondary …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
