Philippine Organic Act of 1902

E542702

United States federal law colonial charter organic act

The Philippine Organic Act of 1902 was the first U.S. law to establish a civil government and legislative framework for the American colonial administration of the Philippines.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Philippine Organic Act of 1902 canonical	5
the Philippine Bill of 1902 did not require grand jury indictments for criminal prosecutions in the Philippines	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ colonial charter ⓘ organic act ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cooper Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine Bill of 1902 NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
chamber	United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
context	aftermath of the Philippine–American War ⓘ aftermath of the Spanish–American War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdOffice	Governor-General of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateEnacted	1902-07-01 ⓘ
dateSigned	1902-07-01 ⓘ
defined	framework for a bicameral Philippine Legislature ⓘ powers of the Philippine Commission ⓘ
established	Philippine Assembly as lower house ⓘ Philippine Commission as upper house ⓘ civil government in the Philippines under U.S. rule ⓘ
goal	to establish a civil government in the Philippines under U.S. sovereignty ⓘ to provide a legislative framework for American colonial administration of the Philippines ⓘ
guaranteed	due process of law in the Philippines ⓘ freedom of religion in the Philippines ⓘ freedom of speech in the Philippines ⓘ protection against unreasonable searches and seizures in the Philippines ⓘ
historicalPeriod	American colonial period in the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatusOfPhilippines	unincorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
limited	legislative powers of the Philippine government ⓘ
mandated	reporting by the Philippine government to the U.S. President and Congress ⓘ
namedAfter	Henry A. Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeOfSigner	President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	military government of the Philippines ⓘ
providedFor	bill of rights for inhabitants of the Philippines ⓘ census of the Philippine Islands ⓘ election of the Philippine Assembly ⓘ representation of the Philippines in the U.S. House of Representatives by a Resident Commissioner ⓘ
replacedBy	Jones Law of 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine Autonomy Act of 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ
required	oath of allegiance to the United States by Philippine officials ⓘ
restricted	use of public funds in the Philippines without legislative appropriation ⓘ
signedBy	Theodore Roosevelt NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	civil rights ⓘ colonial administration ⓘ judicial organization in the Philippines ⓘ taxation and revenues in the Philippines ⓘ territorial government ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Jones Act (Philippines) → replaced → Philippine Organic Act of 1902 ⓘ

Jones Law of 1916 → replaces → Philippine Organic Act of 1902 ⓘ

Jones Law of 1916 → predecessor → Philippine Organic Act of 1902 ⓘ

American colonial period → legalBasis → Philippine Organic Act of 1902 ⓘ

subject surface form: American colonial period (Philippines)

American colonial period in the Philippines → legalBasis → Philippine Organic Act of 1902 ⓘ

Ocampo v. United States → held → Philippine Organic Act of 1902 ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Philippine Bill of 1902 did not require grand jury indictments for criminal prosecutions in the Philippines