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congressionally

congressionally

4 6.8
In a way that a country's congress approves, for example the US Congress
  • adverb
  • /kənˈɡrɛʃənəli/
  • Formal
: congresionalmente
  • The congressionally mandated test became known as AIMVAL. In turn, it levied its own additional test requirement on the services.
  • congressionally mandated
  • congressionally appointed
  • congressionally created

And if it did not, even when our program existed, we had it was congressionally mandated.

Examples

  • The study was a result of the congressionally mandated American Indian Vietnam Veterans Project (AIVVP).

    Academic text (2007)

  • Any "Officers" who serve in congressionally created offices or agencies, however, must be appointed in conformity with the Appointments Clause.

    Academic text (1995)

  • There were some congressionally required ones on top of it.

  • And, like all law, it falls to the Executive to implement this congressionally created statute.

    Academic text (2016)

  • For technical and scientific support, the board should establish a formal relationship with the congressionally chartered National Academy of Sciences.

    Academic text (2004)

  • I was part of the first congressionally-mandated U.S. Conference on Women held in Houston in 1977.

    Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018)

  • Since the U.S. nearly always runs an annual deficit, it has to confront congressionally approved borrowing limits.

    Blog text (16)

  • Another recent maneuver on the part of the president overturned the congressionally mandated work requirements of the 1996 welfare reform act.

    Blog text (12)

  • The Health Care Financing Administration has recently released a congressionally mandated report on the proposed new staffing standards (HCFA, 2000).

    Academic text (2001)

  • The committee reviewed the congressionally mandated guidelines for the new program.

Synonyms

legislatively
vscongressionally
  • Formal
8 7.9

By law, when the government or parliament makes rules

is tied specifically to authorization from a national legislative assembly
statutorily
vscongressionally
  • Formal
2 8.1

Done the way the law requires or allows

is about approval by a national legislative assembly rather than the law text

Surface Forms

congressionally positive

Morphology

congressionally = congressional (transparent) = congress + ion + al + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'congressional', which itself is a regular adjectival derivative of 'congress'.

Etymology

Congressionally comes from congress, a meeting of people who make laws, and from the parts con- 'together' and -gress 'step', the same -gress you see in progress. So congressionally means 'in a way that is approved by or relates to a congress'.