Organic Act of Guam

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United States federal law organic act territorial organic act

The Organic Act of Guam is a 1950 U.S. federal law that established Guam as an unincorporated U.S. territory with a civilian government and granted U.S. citizenship to its residents.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Organic Act of Guam canonical	7
Guam Organic Act of 1950	3
Guam Organic Act	1
Guam Organic Act government	1
Organic Act of Guam (as amended)	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ organic act ⓘ territorial organic act ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Organic Act of Guam ⓘ surface form: Guam Organic Act
amendedBy	subsequent federal legislation modifying Guam’s governmental structure and powers ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Guam ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 48 of the United States Code ⓘ
contains	a bill of rights for the people of Guam ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateEnacted	1950-08-01 ⓘ
defines	political status of Guam as an unincorporated U.S. territory ⓘ
established	civilian government of Guam ⓘ executive branch of the Government of Guam ⓘ judicial branch of the Government of Guam ⓘ legislative branch of the Government of Guam ⓘ
governs	distribution of powers between Guam and the United States federal government ⓘ
grantedCitizenship	United States citizenship to residents of Guam ⓘ
grants	U.S. citizenship at birth to persons born in Guam (subject to conditions in the act) ⓘ a non-voting Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives (as later amended) ⓘ limited self-government to Guam ⓘ
hasEffectOn	political rights of residents of Guam ⓘ relationship between Guam and the federal government of the United States ⓘ
inForce	true ⓘ
legalStatusGranted	unincorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
partOf	United States territorial law ⓘ
purpose	to define the political and civil rights of the people of Guam ⓘ to provide a civil government for Guam ⓘ
regulates	structure of the Government of Guam ⓘ
replaced	United States Navy administration of Guam ⓘ
shortDescription	Law establishing civilian government and U.S. citizenship in Guam ⓘ
signedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
subjectOf	Guam’s territorial constitution-like framework ⓘ
territoryStatusDefinedAs	unincorporated territory not on a path to statehood by default ⓘ
yearEnacted	1950 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Governor of Guam → constitutingInstrument → Organic Act of Guam ⓘ

Supreme Court of Guam → establishedBy → Organic Act of Guam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organic Act of Guam (as amended)

District Court of Guam → createdByStatute → Organic Act of Guam ⓘ

Guam Legislature → legalBasis → Organic Act of Guam ⓘ

Government of Guam → operatesUnder → Organic Act of Guam ⓘ

Organic Act of Guam → alsoKnownAs → Organic Act of Guam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guam Organic Act

Judiciary of Guam → follows → Organic Act of Guam ⓘ

Guam Elective Governor Act → relatedTo → Organic Act of Guam ⓘ

Lieutenant Governor of Guam → officeCreatedUnder → Organic Act of Guam ⓘ

United States Navy administration of Guam → followedBy → Organic Act of Guam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guam Organic Act government

United States Navy administration of Guam → endCause → Organic Act of Guam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guam Organic Act of 1950

Guam Constitution → legalBasis → Organic Act of Guam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guam Organic Act of 1950

Guam Constitution → influencedBy → Organic Act of Guam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guam Organic Act of 1950