Guam Delegate to Congress

Current Representative

What the Delegate Can and Cannot Do

James Moylan holds nearly every legislative power a House member has. The office introduces bills and amendments, serves on standing committees, votes in those committees, questions witnesses at hearings, and speaks and manages debate on the House floor. Rule III of the House rules gives delegates and the Resident Commissioner the same powers and privileges as members inside the Committee of the Whole and on the committees where they serve.

The limit is final passage. Moylan cannot vote when the full House decides whether a bill becomes law, and cannot vote for Speaker. The Committee of the Whole vote has been turned on and off as House majorities changed, and it was restored at the start of the 116th Congress in 2019. It carries a safeguard: if delegate votes decide a recorded vote in the Committee of the Whole, the committee rises and the House votes again without them.

Committee votes count in full, and for Guam that matters most on defense. The island hosts Naval Base Guam and Andersen Air Force Base, and decisions about military construction and force posture move through the Armed Services Committee before they reach the House floor.

Committee Assignments

In the 119th Congress Moylan serves on the Committee on Armed Services, on its Subcommittee on Readiness and its Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces. He serves on the Committee on Education and the Workforce, on the subcommittees for Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education and for Higher Education and Workforce Development. He also serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific and the Subcommittee on South and Central Asia.

How Long Guam Has Sent a Delegate

Guam has had a seat in the House since the 93rd Congress. Public Law 92-271, signed on April 10, 1972, gave both Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands a delegate. The first election was held that November and the first delegate took office on January 3, 1973. Antonio Borja Won Pat, a Democrat, held the seat first. Moylan was elected in 2022 and took office on January 3, 2023.

Population and Representation

The 2020 Census counted 153,836 people in Guam, down 3.5 percent from 159,358 in 2010. The Census Bureau does not run the American Community Survey in the island areas, so the 2020 count is the most recent official federal figure rather than a current-year estimate. Residents of Guam are U.S. citizens by birth. They pay into Social Security and Medicare, serve in the armed forces at high rates, and have no voting member of Congress.

How the Delegate Is Elected

Guam elects its delegate island-wide to a two year term that begins on January 3 after the election. Federal law requires a majority rather than a plurality, and if no candidate clears 50 percent a runoff is held on the fourteenth day after the election between the top two finishers. Guam held its primary on August 1, 2026, and the general election is scheduled for November 3, 2026. Moylan is seeking a third term.

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Sources

Officeholder, committee assignments, and office addresses come from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. The powers and limits of the office come from the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 119th Congress, Rule III. The rules for electing the delegate come from title 48, section 1712 of the U.S. Code. The seat was created by Public Law 92-271 of 1972. Population comes from the U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Island Areas Censuses. Election dates come from the Guam Election Commission. Checked August 12, 2026.