Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937

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The Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937 was a New Deal-era U.S. law that aimed to improve rural livelihoods by providing federal assistance for tenant farmers to purchase land and by enabling government acquisition and conservation-focused management of submarginal farmland.

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instanceOf New Deal legislation
United States federal statute
aimedAt promoting farm ownership
protecting submarginal lands from cultivation
reducing farm tenancy
associatedWith New Deal farm security policies
authorizedAgency Farm Security Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
codifiedIn United States Code Title 7
surface form: Title 7 of the United States Code
containsProvision Title I farm tenant purchase program
Title III land conservation and utilization program
country United States of America
surface form: United States
enables federal purchase of submarginal farmland
long-term conservation leases and uses of acquired land
resettlement of farm families on more productive land
enactedDuring Great Depression
New Deal
surface form: New Deal era
geographicScope rural areas of the United States
historicalContext response to soil erosion and land degradation
response to widespread farm tenancy in the 1930s United States
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
legalCitation 50 Stat. 522
legislativeBody United States Congress
longTermImpact contributed to creation and expansion of national grasslands
expanded federal role in land conservation
influenced later federal rural credit and conservation programs
namedAfter John H. Bankhead
surface form: John H. Bankhead II

Marvin Jones
policyArea agricultural policy
land conservation
land reform
rural development
presidentAtEnactment President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
primaryPurpose assist tenant farmers in purchasing farmland
enable federal acquisition of submarginal farmland
improve rural livelihoods
promote conservation-focused management of submarginal land
provides credit assistance for farm ownership
federal loans to tenant farmers
relatedTo Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
surface form: Agricultural Adjustment Act

Resettlement Administration programs
signedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
targetPopulation farm laborers
sharecroppers
tenant farmers
typeOfAssistance long-term, low-interest loans
yearEnacted 1937

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Land Utilization Division legalBasis Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937
Farm Security Administration legalBasis Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937
this entity surface form: Bankhead–Jones Farm Tenant Act