Palau National Congress

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bicameral legislature national legislature parliament

The Palau National Congress is the bicameral legislative body of the Republic of Palau, responsible for making national laws and overseeing the government.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
House of Delegates of Palau	1
Palau National Congress (Olbiil Era Kelulau)	1
Senate of Palau	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ national legislature ⓘ parliament ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	entire territory of Palau ⓘ
authorityOver	national legislation of Palau ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch ⓘ
canOverride	presidential veto under specified conditions ⓘ
composition	elected members ⓘ
country	Palau NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryCallingCodeContext	+680 ⓘ
countryISOCode	PW ⓘ
governmentSeat	Capitol Complex, Ngerulmud ⓘ
governmentType	presidential representative democratic republic ⓘ
hasMemberType	delegates ⓘ senators ⓘ
hasPower	to confirm certain presidential appointments ⓘ to declare war and peace under constitutional provisions ⓘ to levy taxes ⓘ to pass laws ⓘ
hasRole	budget approval ⓘ constitutional amendment initiation ⓘ government oversight ⓘ lawmaking body ⓘ treaty ratification ⓘ
hasWebsite	official website of the Palau National Congress ⓘ
house	House of Delegates of Palau ⓘ Senate of Palau ⓘ
jurisdiction	Republic of Palau NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Palauan ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Palau ⓘ
legislativeChamber	House of Delegates of Palau ⓘ Senate of Palau ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Melekeok State ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Palau NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsIn	Ngerulmud ⓘ
numberOfHouses	2 ⓘ
officialName	Olbiil Era Kelulau ⓘ
partOf	national government of Palau ⓘ surface form: Government of Palau
replaces	Congress of Micronesia ⓘ
responsibleFor	approving government programs ⓘ enacting national budget ⓘ oversight of executive branch ⓘ representation of Palauan states at national level ⓘ
shortName	OEK ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
usesCalendar	Gregorian calendar for legislative sessions ⓘ
votingSystem	plurality voting ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Ngerulmud → governmentBodiesLocated → Palau National Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palau National Congress (Olbiil Era Kelulau)

Beluu er a Belau → legislature → Palau National Congress ⓘ

Palau → legislature → Palau National Congress ⓘ

Palau → lowerHouse → Palau National Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Delegates of Palau

President of Palau → meetsWith → Palau National Congress ⓘ

Palau → upperHouse → Palau National Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senate of Palau