§ 168.131Representative in Congress; eligibility

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Sec. 131.
    A person shall not be a Representative in Congress unless the person has attained the age of
 25 years and been a citizen of the United States for 7 years, and is, when elected, an inhabitant
 of that state in which he or she shall be chosen, as provided in section 2 of article I of the
 United States Constitution.

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