Emergency Price Control Act of 1942

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United States federal statute wartime economic control law

The Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 was a World War II-era U.S. law that authorized federal controls over prices and rents to curb inflation and stabilize the economy during wartime.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 canonical	4
Emergency Price Control Act	1
Stabilization Act of 1942	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T357537 — 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: Emergency Price Control Act of 1942
Context triple: [Office of Price Administration, legalBasis, Emergency Price Control Act of 1942]

A. Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917
The Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 was a World War I-era U.S. law that granted the federal government broad powers to regulate the production, distribution, and pricing of food and fuel to support the war effort and prevent hoarding and profiteering.
B. Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933
The Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933 was New Deal legislation that created the Civilian Conservation Corps to provide jobs through natural resource conservation and public works projects during the Great Depression.
C. National Industrial Recovery Act
The National Industrial Recovery Act was a 1933 New Deal law that sought to combat the Great Depression by regulating industry, supporting labor rights, and funding large-scale public works projects.
D. Emergency Quota Act of 1921
The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 was a U.S. immigration law that sharply limited and skewed immigration by imposing national-origin quotas favoring northern and western Europeans, reflecting the era’s strong nativist sentiment.
E. Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
The Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act was a 1930 U.S. law that sharply raised import duties, widely blamed for worsening international trade tensions and deepening the Great Depression.
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: Emergency Price Control Act of 1942
Target entity description: The Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 was a World War II-era U.S. law that authorized federal controls over prices and rents to curb inflation and stabilize the economy during wartime.

A. Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917
The Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 was a World War I-era U.S. law that granted the federal government broad powers to regulate the production, distribution, and pricing of food and fuel to support the war effort and prevent hoarding and profiteering.
B. Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933
The Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933 was New Deal legislation that created the Civilian Conservation Corps to provide jobs through natural resource conservation and public works projects during the Great Depression.
C. National Industrial Recovery Act
The National Industrial Recovery Act was a 1933 New Deal law that sought to combat the Great Depression by regulating industry, supporting labor rights, and funding large-scale public works projects.
D. Emergency Quota Act of 1921
The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 was a U.S. immigration law that sharply limited and skewed immigration by imposing national-origin quotas favoring northern and western Europeans, reflecting the era’s strong nativist sentiment.
E. Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
The Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act was a 1930 U.S. law that sharply raised import duties, widely blamed for worsening international trade tensions and deepening the Great Depression.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ wartime economic control law ⓘ
aimedAt	maintaining civilian access to essential goods ⓘ supporting the war effort through economic stability ⓘ
amendedBy	Stabilization Extension Act of 1944 ⓘ
appliesTo	prices of commodities ⓘ rents of housing accommodations ⓘ services related to defense production ⓘ
authorized	federal price controls ⓘ federal rent controls ⓘ rationing of scarce commodities ⓘ
constitutionalBasisClaimed	Commerce Clause ⓘ surface form: Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution
containsProvision	administrative review procedures ⓘ enforcement mechanisms for price regulations ⓘ judicial review of regulations in special courts ⓘ treble-damage civil actions by buyers against violators ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
created	Office of Price Administration ⓘ
empowered	Office of Price Administration ⓘ
enactedBy	77th United States Congress ⓘ
expiration	post–World War II period ⓘ
grantedPower	to issue rationing regulations ⓘ to regulate residential rents in defense areas ⓘ to set maximum prices for many goods and services ⓘ
historicalContext	home front economic mobilization in the United States ⓘ
impact	expanded federal role in economic regulation ⓘ limited price increases for many consumer goods ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasisFor	civil and criminal penalties for price violations ⓘ wartime price ceilings ⓘ wartime rent ceilings ⓘ
opposedBy	some business groups ⓘ
purpose	to prevent wartime inflation ⓘ to protect consumers from price gouging ⓘ to stabilize prices during World War II ⓘ to stabilize rents during World War II ⓘ
relatedTo	Second War Powers Act of 1942 ⓘ Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Stabilization Act of 1942
shortTitle	Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Emergency Price Control Act
signedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
signingDate	January 30, 1942 ⓘ
subjectOf	Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States ⓘ
supersededBy	postwar housing and rent control legislation ⓘ
supportedBy	Roosevelt administration ⓘ many consumer organizations ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II ⓘ
upheldIn	Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States ⓘ surface form: Yakus v. United States (1944)
yearOfEnactment	1942 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Price Administration → legalBasis → Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 ⓘ

77th United States Congress → passedLegislation → Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 ⓘ

Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 → relatedTo → Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stabilization Act of 1942

Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 → shortTitle → Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emergency Price Control Act

Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States → hasStatuteInvolved → Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 ⓘ

subject surface form: Yakus v. United States

Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States → upheld → Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 ⓘ