Public Law 81-439

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United States federal statute agricultural policy law farm bill

Public Law 81-439 is the federal statute commonly known as the Agricultural Act of 1949, a foundational U.S. farm policy law that established long-term price support and commodity programs.

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Label	Occurrences
Public Law 81-439 canonical	2
P.L. 81-439	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ agricultural policy law ⓘ farm bill ⓘ
administeredBy	Commodity Credit Corporation ⓘ United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
affects	farmers in the United States ⓘ markets for basic agricultural commodities ⓘ
amendedBy	Agricultural Act of 1954 ⓘ Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 ⓘ subsequent farm bills ⓘ
appliesToSector	agriculture ⓘ
chamberInvolved	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
commonName	Agricultural Act of 1949 ⓘ
congressNumber	81st United States Congress ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateSigned	1949-10-31 ⓘ
enactedBy	81st United States Congress ⓘ
enactmentDate	1949-10-31 ⓘ
establishes	acreage allotment programs ⓘ loan and purchase programs for eligible commodities ⓘ long-term commodity support programs ⓘ marketing quotas for certain commodities ⓘ permanent price support authority for major commodities ⓘ
historicalSignificance	foundational post–World War II U.S. farm policy statute ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalStatus	permanent law ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
officialName	Public Law 81-439 self-link ⓘ
partOf	United States farm bill framework ⓘ
policyGoal	ensure adequate food supply ⓘ stabilize agricultural commodity prices ⓘ stabilize farm income ⓘ
policyType	permanent farm legislation ⓘ
providesFor	commodity loan rates ⓘ parity price concepts in farm policy ⓘ price support for basic agricultural commodities ⓘ supply management mechanisms ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 81-439 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: P.L. 81-439
relationship	forms part of the permanent baseline for U.S. farm programs ⓘ serves as fallback authority when temporary farm bills expire ⓘ
shortTitle	Agricultural Act of 1949 ⓘ
signedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
signingPresident	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
statutesAtLargeCitation	63 Stat. 1051 ⓘ
subjectMatter	agricultural commodities ⓘ agricultural policy ⓘ commodity programs ⓘ farm income support ⓘ price support programs ⓘ soil conservation ⓘ

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this entity surface form: P.L. 81-439