United States Congress

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bicameral legislature federal institution legislative branch

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, responsible for making national laws, approving budgets, and overseeing the executive branch.

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Observed surface forms (18)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. Congress	50
Congress of the United States	17
Congress	12
United States legislative branch	3
Congresses of the United States	2
Legislative Branch of the United States	2
United States federal legislature	2
Members of Congress	1
U.S. Congress (designation authority)	1
United States Congress (for oversight and reporting)	1
United States Congress (over veto)	1
United States Congress (oversight)	1
United States Congress delegations	1
United States Congress under the Constitution	1
United States Congresses	1
legislative branch of the United States	1
legislative branch of the United States government	1
the Congress of the United States	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ federal institution ⓘ legislative branch ⓘ
canBeCalledInto	special session ⓘ
convenes	once each year ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article I of the United States Constitution
dateEstablished	1789 ⓘ
employs	Congressional staff ⓘ
establishedBy	United States Constitution ⓘ
governedBy	rules of the House of Representatives ⓘ rules of the Senate ⓘ
hasComponent	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
hasLeader	United States House leadership ⓘ surface form: House Majority Leader House Minority Leader ⓘ President of the United States Senate ⓘ President of the United States Senate ⓘ surface form: President pro tempore of the United States Senate Senate Majority Leader ⓘ Senate Minority Leader ⓘ Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
hasLibrary	Library of Congress ⓘ
hasNumberOfHouses	2 ⓘ
hasPoliceForce	United States Capitol Police ⓘ
hasPower	admit new states ⓘ approve federal budget ⓘ approve treaties ⓘ coin money ⓘ confirm presidential appointments ⓘ declare war ⓘ establish federal courts below the Supreme Court ⓘ establish post offices ⓘ govern District of Columbia ⓘ impeach federal officials ⓘ levy taxes ⓘ make federal laws ⓘ provide and maintain a navy ⓘ raise and support armies ⓘ regulate foreign commerce ⓘ regulate interstate commerce ⓘ remove federal officials after impeachment trial ⓘ
hasTermLength	2 years for each Congress ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	United States of America ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsAt	United States Capitol ⓘ
oversees	executive branch of the United States ⓘ federal agencies ⓘ
partOf	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
publishes	Congressional Record ⓘ United States Statutes at Large ⓘ
replaced	Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
requires	two-thirds majority for constitutional amendments ⓘ two-thirds majority to override presidential veto ⓘ
sessionType	regular session ⓘ
supportedBy	Congressional Budget Office ⓘ Congressional Research Service ⓘ Government Accountability Office ⓘ
usesSystem	committee system ⓘ
votingSystem	simple majority for most legislation ⓘ

Referenced by (1,264)

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

Price–Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Privacy Act of 1974 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Public Health Service Act → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 116-92 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 600 of the United States → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Public Law 600

Public Law 85-568 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 91-375 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Rogers Act of 1924 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Rules Enabling Act → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Safe Drinking Water Act → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Section 4(b) → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Sedition Act of 1918 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Shipping Act of 1916 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Social Security Amendments of 1965 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Stafford Act → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Stored Communications Act → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title 10 of the United States Code → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title 11 of the United States Code → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title 26 of the United States Code → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title 28 – Judiciary and Judicial Procedure → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Title 28 of the United States Code

Title 28 of the United States Code → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title 35 of the United States Code → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title 38 of the United States Code → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title 42 of the United States Code → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title 51 of the United States Code → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title II Role of Public Programs → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title II – Renewable Energy → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title IV of the Social Security Act → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title IV – Protecting the Border → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title IX → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Title IX of the USA PATRIOT Act

Title IX—National Intelligence Academy → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title VI Miscellaneous Provisions → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title XII – Electricity → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Trafficking Victims Protection Act → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

U.S. Securities Act of 1933 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

U.S. intelligence authorization and appropriations acts → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ