The Philippine Organic Act, popularly known as the Philippine Bill of 1902 and sometimes known as the Cooper Act after its author Henry A. Cooper, was the first organic law for the Philippines

Philippines

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 enacted by the United States Congress during the American Colonial Period in the Philippines

Philippines

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. It provided for the creation of an elected Philippine Assembly

Philippine Assembly

The Philippine Assembly was the lower house of the legislative body of the Philippines during the early part of American colonial period. It was created by the Philippine Organic Act, passed in 1902, which also established the Philippine Commission as the upper house of the Philippine Legislature,...

 after the following conditions were met: (1) the cessation of the existing insurrection in the Philippine Islands; (2) completion and publication of a census; and (3) two years of continued peace and recognition of the authority of the United States of America after the publication of the census. After the convening of the Assembly, legislative power shall then be vested in a bicameral legislature composed of the Philippine Commission

Philippine Commission

The Philippine Commission was a body appointed by the President of the United States to exercise legislative and limited executive powers in the Philippines. It was first appointed by President William McKinley in 1901. Beginning in 1907, it acted as the upper house of a bicameral Philippine...

 as the upper house and the Philippine Assembly as the lower house. Supervision of the islands was assigned to the War Department's Bureau of Insular Affairs

Bureau of Insular Affairs

The Bureau of Insular Affairs was a division of the United States War Department that oversaw United States administration of certain territories from 1902 until 1939....

.

Its key provisions include:

• a bill of rights for the Filipinos, and
• the appointment of two Filipino resident commissioners to represent the Philippines in the United States Congress but without voting rights.

The act was enacted into law on July 1, 1902 and was superseded by the Philippine Autonomy Act

Jones Law (Philippines)

The Jones Law or the Act of Congress of August 29, 1916, also known as the Philippine Autonomy Act of 1916, replaced the Philippine Organic Act of 1902 that earlier served as a constitution for the Philippine Islands. The Philippines was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898 and a civil...

, also known as the Jones Act, enacted on August 29, 1916.

See Also

• History of the Philippines (1898–1946)
• Philippine–American War, also known as the Philippine Insurrection
• Tydings-McDuffie Act
  Tydings-McDuffie Act
  The Tydings-McDuffie Act approved on March 24, 1934 was a United States federal law which provided for self-government of the Philippines and for Filipino independence after a period of ten years. It was authored by Maryland Senator Millard E...
  
  
• Jones Law (Philippines)
  Jones Law (Philippines)
  The Jones Law or the Act of Congress of August 29, 1916, also known as the Philippine Autonomy Act of 1916, replaced the Philippine Organic Act of 1902 that earlier served as a constitution for the Philippine Islands. The Philippines was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898 and a civil...
  
   Philippines Organic Act (1916)
• Treaty of Paris (1898)
  Treaty of Paris (1898)
  The Treaty of Paris of 1898 was signed on December 10, 1898, at the end of the Spanish-American War, and came into effect on April 11, 1899, when the ratifications were exchanged....
  
  
• Philippine Declaration of Independence
  Philippine Declaration of Independence
  The Philippine Declaration of Independence occurred on June 12, 1898 in Cavite II el Viejo , Cavite, Philippines. With the public reading of the Act of the Declaration of Independence, Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the...
  
  
• Filipino Repatriation Act of 1935
  Filipino Repatriation Act of 1935
  The Filipino Repatriation Act of 1935 established a repatriation program for Filipinos living in the United States where they were provided free passage back to the Philippines....
  
  
• Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act
• Commonwealth of the Philippines
  Commonwealth of the Philippines
  The Commonwealth of the Philippines was a designation of the Philippines from 1935 to 1946 when the country was a commonwealth of the United States. The Commonwealth was created by the Tydings-McDuffie Act, which was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1934. When Manuel L...
  
  
• Treaty of Manila (1946)
  Treaty of Manila (1946)
  The Treaty of Manila is a treaty of general relations signed on July 4, 1946 in Manila, capital of the Philippines. Parties to the treaty were the governments of the United States and the Republic of the Philippines...