81st United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 81st United States Congress was the federal legislative body in session from 1949 to 1951 during President Harry S. Truman’s administration, notable for advancing key Fair Deal domestic policies.

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Label	Occurrences
81st United States Congress canonical	25
81st Congress	1
Session laws of the 81st United States Congress	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress ⓘ bicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States federal law ⓘ surface form: United States federal jurisdiction
associatedWith	Fair Deal ⓘ
composedOf	members elected in the 1948 United States elections ⓘ
consideredProgram	Fair Deal domestic agenda ⓘ
convenedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
country	United States of America ⓘ
endDate	1951-01-03 ⓘ
firstSessionEndDate	1949-10-19 ⓘ
firstSessionStartDate	1949-01-03 ⓘ
followedBy	82nd United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	federal budget for fiscal years 1950 and 1951 ⓘ
hasChamber	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal law of the United States ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legislativePeriodNumber	1st session of the 81st Congress ⓘ 2nd session of the 81st Congress ⓘ
legislativeTerm	1949–1951 ⓘ
legislatureNumber	81 ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsIn	United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsUnder	United States Constitution ⓘ
notableFor	advancing elements of the Fair Deal ⓘ
numberOfSenators	96 ⓘ
numberOfVotingRepresentatives	435 ⓘ
ordinalNumber	81 ⓘ
partOf	history of the United States Congress ⓘ
partyControlHouse	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
partyControlSenate	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
passedLegislation	Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1949 ⓘ Housing Act of 1949 ⓘ National Science Foundation Act of 1950 ⓘ surface form: National Science Foundation Act amendments North Atlantic Treaty ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Treaty (NATO ratification)
precededBy	80th United States Congress ⓘ
presidentDuringTerm	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
presidentOfTheSenate	Alben W. Barkley ⓘ
presidentProTempore	Kenneth McKellar ⓘ
secondSessionEndDate	1950-12-29 ⓘ
secondSessionStartDate	1950-01-03 ⓘ
sessionCount	2 ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse	Sam Rayburn ⓘ
startDate	1949-01-03 ⓘ
timeInOfficeOverlaps	Truman administration ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Housing Act of 1949 → enactedBy → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

80th United States Congress → followedBy → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

1949 State of the Union Address → timePeriodOfEvent → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

Social Security Amendments of 1950 → legislativeSession → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 → congressNumber → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 81-171 → enactedBy → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

Do-Nothing Congress → followedBy → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: 80th United States Congress

1950 State of the Union Address → legislativeSession → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

National Science Foundation Act of 1950 → congressNumber → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 81-110 → enactedBy → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

81-171 → legislativeBody → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Public Law 81-171

81-171 → congressNumber → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Public Law 81-171

this entity surface form: 81st Congress

81-171 → isPartOf → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Public Law 81-171

this entity surface form: Session laws of the 81st United States Congress

82nd United States Congress → followed → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

Defense Production Act of 1950 → enactedBy → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 600 of the United States → congressNumber → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Public Law 600

Agricultural Act of 1949 → enactedIn → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

Reorganization Act of 1949 → enactedIn → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 81-507 → enactedBy → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

CA-13 → representedIn → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

Internal Security Act of 1950 → congressNumber → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 81-774 → enactedBy → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

Title VII → enactedUnder → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 81-439 → congressNumber → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 81-439 → enactedBy → 81st United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 81-600 → congressNumber → 81st United States Congress ⓘ