108th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 108th United States Congress was the federal legislature in session from 2003 to 2005, during which it enacted major post-9/11 security and intelligence reforms.

Aliases (1)

108th United States Congress (as Speaker) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress → bicameral legislature →
considered	Iraq War-related resolutions and appropriations →
controlledBy	Republican Party (United States) →
convenesDuring	George W. Bush administration →
country	United States of America →
created	Office of the Director of National Intelligence →
enacted	Class Action Fairness Act (debated and partially advanced; final enactment in 109th) → Homeland Security-related legislation → Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 → Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act → PROTECT Act → Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act →
endDate	2005-01-03 →
firstSessionEndDate	2003-12-09 →
firstSessionStartDate	2003-01-07 →
followedBy	109th United States Congress →
hasChamber	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
hasMajorityInHouse	Republican Party (United States) →
hasMajorityInSenate	Republican Party (United States) →
hasMinorityPartyInHouse	Democratic Party (United States) →
hasMinorityPartyInSenate	Democratic Party (United States) →
hasWebsite	https://www.congress.gov/congress/108th-congress →
legislativeBodySizeHouse	435 →
legislativeBodySizeSenate	100 →
legislativeBranchOf	federal government of the United States →
legislativeFocus	Iraq War funding → Medicare and prescription drugs → intelligence reform → national security →
legislativeTermOf	United States Congress →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Washington, D.C. →
meetsIn	United States Capitol →
meetsUnderConstitution	United States Constitution →
ordinalNumber	108 →
oversaw	post-9/11 intelligence community reforms →
partOf	post-9/11 era →
precededBy	107th United States Congress →
presidentDuringTerm	George W. Bush →
presidentOfTheSenate	Dick Cheney →
presidentProTemporeOfTheSenate	Ted Stevens →
secondSessionEndDate	2004-12-09 →
secondSessionStartDate	2004-01-20 →
sessionCount	2 →
speakerOfTheHouse	Dennis Hastert →
startDate	2003-01-03 →
usedForApportionment	2000 United States census →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 → Public Law 108-458 →	congressNumber
Title II—Federal Bureau of Investigation →	enactedBy
107th United States Congress →	followedBy
IRTPA →	legislativeSession
Dennis Hastert ("108th United States Congress (as Speaker)") →	partOf
109th United States Congress →	precededBy
California's 11th congressional district →	representedIn