Philippine Legislature

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The Philippine Legislature was the historical bicameral lawmaking body of the Philippines during the American colonial and early Commonwealth periods, responsible for enacting national legislation before the establishment of the modern Congress.

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Label Occurrences
Philippine Legislature canonical 4
Philippine Commission 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature
historical legislative body
appliesToJurisdiction Commonwealth of the Philippines NERFINISHED
Philippine Islands NERFINISHED
archivesAt National Archives of the Philippines NERFINISHED
category Defunct legislatures
History of the Philippines (1898–1946)
Politics of the Philippines
composition district representatives
elected members
senators elected at-large or by districts
country Philippines
establishedBy United States colonial administration NERFINISHED
followed Philippine Commission NERFINISHED
followedBy Congress of the Philippines NERFINISHED
function approve colonial budgets
debate public policy
enact national legislation
governingAuthority United States Government NERFINISHED
governmentBranch legislative branch
hasComponent House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands NERFINISHED
Philippine House of Representatives NERFINISHED
Philippine Senate NERFINISHED
historicalRole predecessor of the modern Congress of the Philippines
jurisdiction entire Philippine archipelago under U.S. sovereignty
languageOfWorkOrName English
Filipino NERFINISHED
Spanish
legalStatus superseded
legislativeBodyFor Philippine national government NERFINISHED
legislativeType bicameral
locatedIn Manila
meetsIn Legislative Building, Manila NERFINISHED
natureOfWork lawmaking
partOf Government of the Philippine Islands NERFINISHED
politicalSystem parliamentary-style colonial administration
relatedTo Commonwealth Constitution of the Philippines NERFINISHED
Jones Law (Philippine Autonomy Act) NERFINISHED
Tydings–McDuffie Act NERFINISHED
replaced Philippine Commission NERFINISHED
replacedBy Congress of the Philippines NERFINISHED
significance first fully elected national legislature under U.S. rule in the Philippines
significantEvent transition from colonial to Commonwealth self-government
subjectHasRole lower house as House of Representatives
upper house as Senate
timePeriod American colonial period in the Philippines NERFINISHED
early Commonwealth period of the Philippines

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Old Legislative Building, Manila associatedWith Philippine Legislature
Jones Law of 1916 restructured Philippine Legislature
American colonial period governingBody Philippine Legislature
subject surface form: American colonial period (Philippines)
this entity surface form: Philippine Commission
American colonial period governingBody Philippine Legislature
subject surface form: American colonial period (Philippines)