96th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 96th United States Congress was the federal legislative body in session from 1979 to 1981, notable for major legislation including the Bayh–Dole Act that reshaped U.S. innovation and patent policy.

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Label Occurrences
96th United States Congress canonical 15
96th United States House of Representatives 1
96th United States Senate 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToTerritory United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
chamber 96th United States Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 96th United States House of Representatives

96th United States Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 96th United States Senate
chamberCount 2 ⓘ
compositionDeterminedBy 1978 United States elections ⓘ
convenedBy United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endDate 1981-01-03 ⓘ
followedBy 97th United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
houseElectionsHeld 1978 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
houseMinorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
jurisdiction United States federal law ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
legislativePeriod 1979–1981 ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 96 ⓘ
legislatureFor United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsDuring Carter administration ⓘ
surface form: Jimmy Carter administration
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
notableFor economic deregulation measures ⓘ
major federal legislation on innovation and patent policy ⓘ
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
ordinalNumber 96 ⓘ
passedAct Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ
Bayh–Dole Act ⓘ
Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act ⓘ
Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act ⓘ
Education for All Handicapped Children Act Amendments of 1979 ⓘ
Motor Carrier Act of 1980 ⓘ
Refugee Act of 1980 ⓘ
Staggers Rail Act ⓘ
precededBy 95th Congress ⓘ
surface form: 95th United States Congress
presidentDuringTerm Jimmy Carter ⓘ
presidentProTemporeOfSenate Robert Byrd ⓘ
surface form: Robert C. Byrd

Warren G. Magnuson ⓘ
senateElectionsHeld 1978 United States elections ⓘ
surface form: 1978 United States Senate elections
senateMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
senateMinorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
sessionNumber 1 ⓘ
2 ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Tip O'Neill ⓘ
startDate 1979-01-03 ⓘ
vicePresidentDuringTerm Walter Mondale ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Bayh–Dole Act → enactedBy → 96th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 96-480 → enactedBy → 96th United States Congress ⓘ
95th Congress → followedBy → 96th United States Congress ⓘ
subject surface form: 95th United States Congress
96th United States Congress → chamber → 96th United States Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 96th United States Senate
96th United States Congress → chamber → 96th United States Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 96th United States House of Representatives
Public Law 96-510 → enactedBy → 96th United States Congress ⓘ
96-480 → enactedBy → 96th United States Congress ⓘ
California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 96th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 96-515 → enactedBy → 96th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 96-95 → enactedBy → 96th United States Congress ⓘ
Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act → enactedBy → 96th United States Congress ⓘ
Motor Carrier Act of 1980 → enactedIn → 96th United States Congress ⓘ
1978 United States elections → affectedChamber → 96th United States Congress ⓘ
97th United States Congress → precededBy → 96th United States Congress ⓘ
Ron Dellums → parliamentaryTerm → 96th United States Congress ⓘ
CA-13 → representedIn → 96th United States Congress ⓘ
Pub.L. 96-510 → enactedBy → 96th United States Congress ⓘ