Public Law 73-10

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Public Law 73-10 is the 1933 federal statute enacted during the New Deal that established the Agricultural Adjustment Act to reduce crop surpluses and raise farm prices in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal legislation
United States federal statute
affectedGroup American farmers
affectedSector agriculture
aimedAt increasing agricultural commodity prices
stabilizing farm income
appliesTo farmers in the United States
constitutionalIssue federal taxing and spending power
country United States of America
enactedBy 73rd United States Congress
fundingSource taxes on agricultural processors
geographicScope United States of America
surface form: United States
hasOfficialName Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
historicalContext Great Depression
New Deal
surface form: New Deal agricultural reforms
impact expanded federal role in agriculture
set precedent for later farm support programs
implementedBy United States Department of Agriculture
inResponseTo collapse of farm prices during the Great Depression
introducedConcept acreage reduction contracts
federal production quotas for certain crops
jurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
language English
legalForm public law
legislativeBody United States Congress
mechanism production control
subsidy payments to farmers
partOf New Deal
policyArea agricultural policy
economic policy
purpose to raise farm prices
to reduce agricultural surpluses
relatedTo Agricultural Adjustment Administration
United States agricultural subsidies
United States farm bill tradition
shortName AAA
surface form: AAA of 1933
signedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
subjectMatter crop production control
federal agricultural regulation
price support programs
timePeriod 1930s United States economic crisis

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