99th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 99th United States Congress was the federal legislature in session from 1985 to 1987 that, among other actions, significantly reshaped U.S. defense organization and policy.

Aliases (1)

100th United States Congress ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress → bicameral legislature →
controlledByInHouse	Democratic Party →
controlledByInSenate	Republican Party →
convenesUnder	United States Constitution →
country	United States of America →
enacted	Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 → Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 → Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act → False Claims Amendments Act of 1986 → Firearm Owners Protection Act → Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 → Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 → Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 → Tax Reform Act of 1986 →
endTime	1987-01-03 →
firstSessionEnd	1985-12-20 →
firstSessionStart	1985-01-03 →
followedBy	100th United States Congress →
hasPart	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
legislativePeriod	Reagan administration →
legislativeTermOf	United States Congress →
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. →
majorDefenseReformInstrument	Goldwater–Nichols Act →
meetsIn	United States Capitol →
notableFor	comprehensive immigration reform → major reorganization of U.S. Department of Defense → major tax code overhaul → sanctions against apartheid-era South Africa → significant deficit-reduction legislation →
numberOfNonVotingDelegates	5 →
numberOfSenators	100 →
numberOfVotingRepresentatives	435 →
ordinalNumber	99 →
precededBy	98th United States Congress →
presidentDuringTerm	Ronald Reagan →
reshaped	United States defense organization → United States defense policy →
secondSessionEnd	1986-10-18 →
secondSessionStart	1986-01-21 →
sessionCount	2 →
startTime	1985-01-03 →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 → Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 ("100th United States Congress") → Firearm Owners Protection Act → Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 → Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 → Public Law 99-433 → Public Law 99-499 → Public Law 99-508 → Tax Reform Act of 1986 →	enactedBy
98th United States Congress →	followedBy
100th United States Congress →	precededBy
California's 11th congressional district →	representedIn