Wheeler-Rayburn Act
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The Wheeler-Rayburn Act is a New Deal-era U.S. federal law that restructured and regulated electric utility holding companies to curb monopolistic practices and protect consumers and investors.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| H.R. 3835 | 1 |
| Wheeler-Rayburn Act canonical | 1 |
| Wheeler-Rayburn Public Utility Holding Company Act | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T303522 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wheeler-Rayburn Act Context triple: [Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, alsoKnownAs, Wheeler-Rayburn Act]
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A.
Butler Act
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B.
Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947
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C.
Budget and Accounting Act of 1921
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D.
Taft–Hartley Act
The Taft–Hartley Act is a 1947 U.S. federal labor law that significantly restricted the powers of labor unions and amended the original National Labor Relations Act.
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E.
’34 Act
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wheeler-Rayburn Act Target entity description: The Wheeler-Rayburn Act is a New Deal-era U.S. federal law that restructured and regulated electric utility holding companies to curb monopolistic practices and protect consumers and investors.
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A.
Butler Act
The Butler Act was a Tennessee state law enacted in 1925 that prohibited the teaching of human evolution in public schools, becoming infamous as the focus of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
-
B.
Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947
The Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 is a U.S. federal law that clarified and limited employers’ liability for compensating workers’ preliminary and postliminary activities under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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C.
Budget and Accounting Act of 1921
The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 is a landmark U.S. federal law that centralized the national budgeting process in the executive branch and established modern mechanisms for federal budget preparation and oversight.
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D.
Taft–Hartley Act
The Taft–Hartley Act is a 1947 U.S. federal labor law that significantly restricted the powers of labor unions and amended the original National Labor Relations Act.
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E.
’34 Act
The ’34 Act is a foundational U.S. federal securities law that regulates secondary trading of securities, mandates ongoing disclosure by public companies, and established the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Deal legislation
ⓘ
United States federal statute ⓘ |
| affects |
consumer electricity rates
ⓘ
investor protection in utility securities ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
curb monopolistic practices in utility holding companies
ⓘ
eliminate abusive financial practices in utility holding companies ⓘ protect consumers ⓘ protect investors ⓘ simplify complex utility holding company structures ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Wheeler-Rayburn Act
ⓘ
surface form:
Wheeler-Rayburn Public Utility Holding Company Act
|
| appliesToSector |
electric power industry
ⓘ
gas utility industry ⓘ |
| authorizes |
SEC to limit operations of holding companies to integrated utility systems
ⓘ
SEC to order simplification of holding company structures ⓘ SEC to require divestiture of non-utility businesses ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Title 15 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateEnacted | 1935-08-26 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | 74th United States Congress ⓘ |
| grantsPowerTo | Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ⓘ |
| hasShortName | PUHCA ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Great Depression
ⓘ
New Deal reforms of financial markets ⓘ |
| imposes |
limits on geographic scope of utility holding company operations
ⓘ
restrictions on intercompany transactions within holding company systems ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
investigations of utility holding companies by the Federal Trade Commission
ⓘ
recommendations of the Federal Power Commission ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| legalArea |
antitrust law
ⓘ
public utilities regulation ⓘ securities regulation ⓘ |
| legislativeChamber |
United States House of Representatives
ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | abuses by large utility holding company systems in the 1920s and early 1930s ⓘ |
| partiallyRepealedBy | Energy Policy Act of 2005 ⓘ |
| partOf | New Deal ⓘ |
| presidentAtEnactment |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
ⓘ
surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| regulates |
electric utility holding companies
ⓘ
public utility holding companies ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
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surface form:
Public Utility Act of 1935
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| requires | registration of public utility holding companies with the Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ |
| seeksTo | promote integrated and economically efficient utility systems ⓘ |
| signedBy |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| sponsor |
Burton K. Wheeler
ⓘ
Sam Rayburn ⓘ |
| status | substantially repealed ⓘ |
| typeOfRegulation | structural regulation of corporate organization ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wheeler-Rayburn Act Description of subject: The Wheeler-Rayburn Act is a New Deal-era U.S. federal law that restructured and regulated electric utility holding companies to curb monopolistic practices and protect consumers and investors.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
H.R. 3835
this entity surface form:
Wheeler-Rayburn Public Utility Holding Company Act