Act of Congress

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An Act of Congress is a federal statute formally enacted by the United States Congress and signed into law (or passed over veto) that establishes or modifies legal obligations and authorities in the U.S. legal system.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of an act of Congress (An Act of Congress is a federal statute formally enacted by the United States Congress and signed into law (or passed over veto) that establishes or modifies legal obligations and authorities in the U.S. legal system.)

All labels observed (8)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
federal statute ⓘ
appliesTo entities within United States jurisdiction ⓘ
federal government of the United States ⓘ
individuals within United States jurisdiction ⓘ
canBe amended by later Act of Congress ⓘ
codified in United States Code ⓘ
declared unconstitutional by judiciary ⓘ
repealed by later Act of Congress ⓘ
constrainedBy Bill of Rights ⓘ
enumerated powers of Congress ⓘ
other constitutional amendments ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
governedBy United States Constitution ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver federal executive branch ⓘ
federal judicial branch ⓘ
hasForm private law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasStage bill introduction ⓘ
committee consideration ⓘ
congressional vote ⓘ
floor debate ⓘ
presidential action ⓘ
jurisdiction federal jurisdiction ⓘ
legalEffect creates legal obligations ⓘ
establishes legal authorities ⓘ
modifies legal authorities ⓘ
modifies legal obligations ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
mayBe enacted over presidential veto ⓘ
signed by President of the United States ⓘ
partOf United States statutory law ⓘ
precededBy bill passed by both houses ⓘ
recordedIn Statutes at Large ⓘ
relatedTo bill (proposed legislation) ⓘ
requires passage by House of Representatives ⓘ
passage by Senate ⓘ
subjectTo judicial review ⓘ
presidential veto ⓘ
timeInForce until repealed or invalidated ⓘ
usedFor appropriating federal funds ⓘ
authorizing military action ⓘ
creating federal agencies ⓘ
defining federal crimes ⓘ
implementing treaties ⓘ
regulating interstate commerce ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Librarian of Congress → legalBasis → Act of Congress ⓘ
Commandant of the Marine Corps → createdBy → Act of Congress ⓘ
American Red Cross → hasCharter → U.S. Congressional Charter ⓘ
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National Museum of the American Indian → establishedBy → Act of the U.S. Congress ⓘ
linked to: Act of Congress
Nullification Crisis → involves → Force Bill ⓘ
linked to: Act of Congress
Admiral of the Navy → legalBasis → Act of Congress ⓘ
Texas–Oklahoma state line → definedBy → Acts of the United States Congress ⓘ
linked to: Act of Congress
Federal Army → legalBasis → acts of the United States Congress ⓘ
linked to: Act of Congress
Title 41 of the United States Code → codifiedFrom → Acts of Congress ⓘ
linked to: Act of Congress
Territory of Colorado → establishedBy → Act of Congress ⓘ