Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936

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New Deal legislation United States federal statute

The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 was a New Deal-era U.S. law that encouraged farmers to adopt soil-conserving practices by providing federal subsidies, aiming to combat erosion and environmental damage highlighted by the Dust Bowl.

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Label	Occurrences
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 canonical	3
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Deal legislation ⓘ United States federal statute ⓘ
addresses	Dust Bowl environmental crisis ⓘ overproduction of certain crops ⓘ soil erosion on agricultural land ⓘ
administeredBy	Natural Resources Conservation Service ⓘ surface form: Soil Conservation Service United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
constitutionalStrategy	framed subsidies as payment for conservation services ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEnacted	1936-02-29 ⓘ
effect	expanded role of federal government in soil conservation ⓘ shifted federal farm policy toward conservation ⓘ
enactedIn	1936 ⓘ
encourages	contour plowing ⓘ crop rotation ⓘ planting soil-building crops ⓘ reforestation of marginal lands ⓘ terracing ⓘ
focusesOn	erosion control ⓘ land use planning ⓘ soil conservation ⓘ
historicalContext	Dust Bowl ⓘ surface form: Dust Bowl droughts Great Depression ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
legalBasisFor	conservation payments to farmers ⓘ federal soil conservation programs ⓘ
longTermImpact	foundation for later conservation programs in U.S. farm bills ⓘ
motivatedBy	United States v. Butler ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court decision in United States v. Butler
partOf	New Deal ⓘ
policyInstrument	incentives for crop rotation and contour plowing ⓘ payments for land retirement from production ⓘ subsidies for soil-conserving crops ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
provides	federal subsidies to farmers for soil conservation ⓘ
purpose	combat soil erosion ⓘ encourage soil-conserving farming practices ⓘ reduce environmental damage from the Dust Bowl ⓘ stabilize farm income through conservation payments ⓘ
relatedTo	Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ⓘ Dust Bowl ⓘ Natural Resources Conservation Service ⓘ surface form: Soil Conservation Service
replaced	Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ
sector	agriculture ⓘ
signedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
targets	farmers ⓘ owners of agricultural land ⓘ

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74th United States Congress → passed → Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 ⓘ

AAA → replacedBy → Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 → replacedBy → Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 ⓘ

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 → relatedTo → Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 ⓘ