Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935

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New Deal legislation United States federal statute

The Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 was a New Deal-era U.S. law aimed at stabilizing the coal industry through price regulation and labor standards, later struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Guffey-Vinson Coal Act of 1937	2
Bituminous Coal Commission	1
Guffey Coal Act	1
National Bituminous Coal Commission	1
the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 was unconstitutional in relevant part	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Deal legislation ⓘ United States federal statute ⓘ
affectedIndustry	bituminous coal mining ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 ⓘ surface form: Guffey Coal Act
challengedInCase	Carter v. Carter Coal Co. ⓘ
constitutionalBasisClaimed	Commerce Clause ⓘ surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBody	Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bituminous Coal Commission Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Bituminous Coal Commission
declaredUnconstitutionalIn	Carter v. Carter Coal Co. ⓘ
enactedBy	74th United States Congress ⓘ
enforcementMechanism	tax on bituminous coal production ⓘ tax rebate for compliance with code ⓘ
historicalContext	post-National Industrial Recovery Act regulatory efforts ⓘ
impact	influenced later federal regulation of extractive industries ⓘ prompted clarification of limits of federal commerce power ⓘ
judicialOutcome	held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
laborProvision	collective bargaining protections for miners ⓘ maximum hours for coal miners ⓘ minimum wages for coal miners ⓘ prohibition of child labor in coal mines ⓘ
legalStatus	invalidated ⓘ
legislativeChamber	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
namedAfter	Joseph F. Guffey ⓘ
partOf	New Deal ⓘ
policyType	industrial regulation ⓘ labor regulation ⓘ
purpose	improve wages and working conditions for coal miners ⓘ reduce destructive competition in coal markets ⓘ regulate prices of bituminous coal ⓘ stabilize the bituminous coal industry ⓘ
region	United States bituminous coal-producing states ⓘ
regulatoryMechanism	code of fair competition for bituminous coal ⓘ marketing regulations for coal producers ⓘ minimum price schedules for coal ⓘ
relatedTo	Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guffey-Vinson Coal Act of 1937 National Industrial Recovery Act ⓘ
replacedBy	Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guffey-Vinson Coal Act of 1937
sector	energy ⓘ mining ⓘ
signedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
signingPresident	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
subjectMatter	bituminous coal industry ⓘ coal price regulation ⓘ labor standards in coal mining ⓘ
timePeriod	Great Depression ⓘ
unconstitutionalityReason	attempted to regulate local production rather than interstate commerce ⓘ exceeded Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ

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Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → alsoKnownAs → Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guffey Coal Act

Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → createdBody → Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bituminous Coal Commission

Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → createdBody → Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Bituminous Coal Commission

Carter v. Carter Coal Co. → holding → Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 was unconstitutional in relevant part

74th United States Congress → passed → Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 ⓘ

Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → relatedTo → Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guffey-Vinson Coal Act of 1937

Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → replacedBy → Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guffey-Vinson Coal Act of 1937

Carter v. Carter Coal Co. → statuteInvolved → Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 ⓘ