Pacific Railway Act of 1864

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United States federal law statute

The Pacific Railway Act of 1864 was a U.S. federal law that expanded financial incentives and land grants to accelerate construction of the transcontinental railroad by the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pacific Railway Acts	2
Pacific Railway Act of 1862	1
Pacific Railway Act of 1864 canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ statute ⓘ
appliesTo	Central Pacific Railroad route ⓘ Union Pacific Railroad route ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
beneficiary	Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ surface form: Central Pacific Railroad Company Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ surface form: Union Pacific Railroad Company
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedBySource	United States Statutes at Large ⓘ
enables	expansion of land grant acreage to railroads ⓘ issuance of additional railroad bonds ⓘ
fieldOfWork	infrastructure development ⓘ rail transport ⓘ transportation policy ⓘ
follows	Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862 ⓘ surface form: Pacific Railway Act of 1862
genre	railroad legislation ⓘ
hasEffect	acceleration of transcontinental railroad completion ⓘ expansion of railroad land holdings in the American West ⓘ increased federal support for railroad construction ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	enacted law ⓘ
hasPart	provisions defining railroad construction terms ⓘ provisions for additional land grants ⓘ provisions for increased bond issuance ⓘ
historicalPeriod	American Civil War ⓘ surface form: American Civil War era
inception	1864 ⓘ
influenced	completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ
influencedBy	Pacific Railway Act of 1864 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pacific Railway Act of 1862
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalForm	public law ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
locationOfEffect	Old West ⓘ surface form: American West Great Plains ⓘ Rocky Mountain region ⓘ surface form: Rocky Mountains region
mainSubject	Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ transcontinental railroad ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Railway Act of 1864 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pacific Railway Acts
pointInTime	1864 ⓘ
purpose	to accelerate construction of the first transcontinental railroad ⓘ to expand financial incentives for railroad construction ⓘ to increase land grants to railroad companies ⓘ
regulates	construction of the transcontinental railroad ⓘ federal subsidies to railroad companies ⓘ
significantEvent	expansion of original Pacific Railway Act provisions ⓘ
topic	economic development of the American West ⓘ government bonds ⓘ land grants ⓘ westward expansion of the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862 → amendedBy → Pacific Railway Act of 1864 ⓘ

Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862 → relatedTo → Pacific Railway Act of 1864 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Railway Acts

Pacific Railway Act of 1864 → partOf → Pacific Railway Act of 1864 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Railway Acts

Pacific Railway Act of 1864 → influencedBy → Pacific Railway Act of 1864 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Railway Act of 1862