NIRA

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NIRA is the commonly used acronym for the National Industrial Recovery Act, a key 1933 New Deal law aimed at stabilizing the U.S. economy during the Great Depression.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal legislation
United States federal statute
acronym NIRA
aimedTo improve labor conditions
raise prices and wages
stimulate industrial production
authorized collective bargaining rights for workers
industrial codes of fair competition
country United States
createdAgency National Recovery Administration
Public Works Administration
dateOfEnactment 1933-06-16
declaredUnconstitutionalBy Supreme Court of the United States
economicPhilosophy corporatism
planned economy elements
enactedDuring Great Depression
enactedInYear 1933
encouraged industry-wide codes negotiated by business, labor, and government
historicalSignificance expanded federal role in regulating industry and labor relations
first major New Deal industrial recovery measure
influenced later U.S. labor and wage-hour legislation
inForceStatus struck down and largely inoperative after 1935
keyCourtCase Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
laborProvision Section 7(a)
legislativeBody United States Congress
partOf New Deal
presidentAtEnactment Franklin D. Roosevelt
primaryGoal economic recovery
industrial stabilization
reduction of unemployment
providedFor maximum hours
minimum wages
publicLawNumber Public Law 73-67
reasonUnconstitutional exceeded Congress power under Commerce Clause as applied
unlawful delegation of legislative power
replacedInPartBy Fair Labor Standards Act
National Labor Relations Act
section Title I
Title II
section7aGuaranteed right to organize and bargain collectively
section7aProhibited yellow-dog contracts
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt
statutesAtLargeCitation 48 Stat. 195
subjectOf New Deal historiography
title National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
titleIIPurpose public works and construction projects
titleIPurpose industrial recovery and fair competition codes
unconstitutionalDecisionYear 1935

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