91st United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 91st United States Congress was the federal legislature in session from 1969 to 1971 that passed significant legislation during the early Nixon administration, including major reforms in areas such as drug policy, environmental protection, and civil rights.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress → bicameral legislature →
controlledChamber	Democratic Party →
country	United States of America →
endTime	1971-01-03 →
followedBy	92nd United States Congress →
hasPart	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
houseMajorityLeader	Carl Albert → Hale Boggs →
houseMajorityParty	Democratic Party →
houseMinorityLeader	Gerald Ford →
houseMinorityParty	Republican Party →
legislativeFocus	civil rights → consumer protection → drug policy reform → environmental protection → workplace safety →
legislativeLanguage	English →
legislativePeriodDuring	Presidency of Richard Nixon →
legislativeTermOf	United States Congress →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Washington, D.C. →
meetsIn	United States Capitol →
numberOfRepresentatives	435 →
numberOfSenators	100 →
ordinalNumber	91 →
partOf	history of the United States federal government →
passed	Bank Secrecy Act → Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 → Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 → Controlled Substances Act → District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 → Environmental Quality Improvement Act → Fair Credit Reporting Act → Family Assistance Plan (House only, not enacted) → National Environmental Policy Act → Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 → Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 → Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act → Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970 →
precededBy	90th United States Congress →
presidentOfTheSenate	Spiro Agnew →
senateMajorityLeader	Mike Mansfield →
senateMajorityParty	Democratic Party →
senateMinorityLeader	Everett Dirksen → Hugh Scott →
senateMinorityParty	Republican Party →
speakerOfTheHouse	Carl Albert → John W. McCormack →
startTime	1969-01-03 →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Controlled Substances Act → Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 → Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 → Public Law 91-190 →	enactedBy
Public Law 91-375 →	congressNumber
Nixon administration →	legislativeBody
92nd United States Congress →	precededBy
California's 11th congressional district →	representedIn