Tydings–McDuffie Act

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The Tydings–McDuffie Act was a 1934 U.S. law that provided for Philippine self-government and laid out the process and timetable for the Philippines’ transition from American colonial rule to full independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Philippine independence legislation
United States federal law
aimsTo define U.S.–Philippine relations during transition
prepare the Philippines for full independence
alsoKnownAs Philippine Independence Act
Philippine Independence Act
surface form: Philippine Independence Act of 1934

Public Law No. 73-127
appliesToTerritory Philippines
surface form: Philippine Islands
changesStatusOf Filipinos as U.S. nationals
conditionRelatesTo foreign relations of the Philippines
immigration and nationality status of Filipinos
military reservations and bases
trade relations between the United States and the Philippines
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
definesProcessFor drafting of a Philippine constitution
enactedBy 73rd United States Congress
establishes Commonwealth of the Philippines
historicalContext American colonial rule in the Philippines
historicalPeriod Interwar period
immigrationQuotaForFilipinosPerYear 50
languageOfWork English
legalStatus superseded after Philippine independence
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
limits Filipino immigration to the United States
providesFor Commonwealth Government of the Philippines
surface form: Philippine Commonwealth government

ten-year transitional period
transition to Philippine independence
relatedTo Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act
Jones Law of 1916
replaces Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act
requires Philippine constitutional convention
plebiscite in the Philippines
requiresApprovalBy President of the United States
United States Congress
resultedIn establishment of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1935
setsConditionFor recognition of Philippine independence
shortName Tydings–McDuffie Act self-link
signedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
signingDate 1934-03-24
sponsorInHouse John McDuffie NERFINISHED
sponsorInSenate Millard E. Tydings
subjectMatter Philippine Independence Act
surface form: Philippine independence

Philippine self-government
United States colonial policy
transitionPeriodLength 10 years
ultimateOutcome independence of the Republic of the Philippines in 1946
yearEnacted 1934

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Commonwealth of the Philippines establishedBy Tydings–McDuffie Act
Jones Act (Philippines) repealedBy Tydings–McDuffie Act
Jones Law of 1916 followedBy Tydings–McDuffie Act
American colonial period significantEvent Tydings–McDuffie Act
subject surface form: American colonial period (Philippines)
American colonial period legalBasis Tydings–McDuffie Act
subject surface form: American colonial period (Philippines)
Treaty of Manila (1946) follows Tydings–McDuffie Act
Tydings–McDuffie Act shortName Tydings–McDuffie Act self-link