The House of Representatives (Esperanto: Domo de Reprezentantoj) is the national unicameral legislature of the Republic of Bijan. It was established in 1949 by the Constitution of Bijan to be the body in which the legislative power of the state is vested. The House consists of 245 members elected under open-list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies to a term lasting four years. The current House, the 17th since independence, was elected at the election held on 3 March 2013, and will serve, assuming no extraordinary election will be called sooner, until March 2017.