Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917

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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.

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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 ⓘ

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United States Food Administrator → legalBasis → Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 ⓘ
Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 → hasAlternativeName → Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Food and Fuel Control Act
Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 → hasAlternativeName → Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lever Food Control Act
Lever Act → officialName → Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Food and Fuel Control Act
Lever Act → alsoKnownAs → Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lever Food and Fuel Control Act
United States Fuel Administration → legislativeBasis → Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Food and Fuel Control Act
65th United States Congress → enacted → Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lever Food and Fuel Control Act