Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917

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United States federal statute World War I-era legislation

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.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Food and Fuel Control Act	3
Lever Food Control Act	1
Lever Food and Fuel Control Act	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ World War I-era legislation ⓘ
allowedMeasure	government control of grain distribution ⓘ licensing of dealers in food and fuel ⓘ rationing of certain commodities ⓘ seizure of hoarded supplies ⓘ
appliedDuring	United States participation in World War I ⓘ
authorizedCreationOf	United States Food Administrator ⓘ surface form: United States Food Administration United States Fuel Administration ⓘ
branchOfGovernmentAffected	executive branch of the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEnacted	August 10, 1917 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
grantedPowerTo	President of the United States ⓘ United States Food Administrator ⓘ surface form: United States Food Administration United States Fuel Administration ⓘ
hadControversy	concerns about government overreach in economic affairs ⓘ
hadImpactOn	United States domestic food consumption patterns during World War I ⓘ coal and fuel consumption in the United States during World War I ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 ⓘ surface form: Food and Fuel Control Act Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 ⓘ surface form: Lever Food Control Act
hasShortName	Lever Act ⓘ
historicalPeriod	World War I ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
legalArea	economic regulation ⓘ emergency powers ⓘ war powers ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
namedAfter	Asbury Francis Lever ⓘ
penaltyType	fines ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ
purpose	to prevent hoarding of food and fuel ⓘ to prevent profiteering in food and fuel ⓘ to regulate the distribution of food and fuel during World War I ⓘ to regulate the prices of food and fuel during World War I ⓘ to regulate the production of food and fuel during World War I ⓘ to support the United States war effort in World War I ⓘ
relatedTo	Espionage Act of 1917 ⓘ United States Food Administrator ⓘ surface form: United States Food Administration United States Fuel Administration ⓘ War Industries Board ⓘ
signedBy	Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
sponsor	Asbury Francis Lever ⓘ
subjectMatter	food regulation ⓘ fuel regulation ⓘ price controls ⓘ wartime economic regulation ⓘ
yearEnacted	1917 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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United States Fuel Administration → legislativeBasis → Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 ⓘ

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