National Industrial Recovery Act

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal legislation
United States federal statute
abbreviationOfAgencyCreated NRA
PWA
administratedBy National Recovery Administration
aimedAt economic recovery
authorizedSpendingFor large-scale public works projects
basedOn voluntary industry codes approved by the president
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdAgency National Recovery Administration
Public Works Administration
criticizedFor bureaucratic complexity
ineffectiveness in raising output and employment long term
promoting cartels
declaredUnconstitutionalBy Supreme Court of the United States
economicPolicyType planned industrial coordination
effectiveDate 1933-06-16
enactedBy 73rd United States Congress
encouraged collective bargaining
industry-wide cooperation
encouragedBusinessesToDisplay Blue Eagle
surface form: Blue Eagle emblem
historicalPeriod Great Depression
influenced Fair Labor Standards Act
National Labor Relations Act
later labor legislation
keyCourtCase Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
laborProvision Section 7(a)
laborProvisionAddressed child labor restrictions
maximum hours
minimum wages
laborProvisionGuaranteed freedom from interference in union activities
right of employees to organize and bargain collectively
legacy precedent for federal economic planning
strengthening of collective bargaining rights
opposedBy some business groups
some labor activists
partOf New Deal
surface form: First New Deal
primaryGoal combat the Great Depression
providedFor codes of fair competition
industrial regulation
public works spending
support for labor rights
publicWorksAdministeredBy Public Works Administration
reasonUnconstitutional improper regulation of intrastate commerce
unconstitutional delegation of legislative power
section Title I
Title II
shortName NIRA
signedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
signingDate 1933-06-16
status invalidated
symbolAssociated Blue Eagle
title National Industrial Recovery Act self-linksurface differs
surface form: An Act to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works, and for other purposes
titleIFocus industrial codes and fair competition
titleIIFocus public works and construction projects
unconstitutionalDecisionDate 1935-05-27
yearEnacted 1933

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Public Works Administration createdBy National Industrial Recovery Act
Hundred Days hasKeyLegislation National Industrial Recovery Act
subject surface form: Hundred Days (FDR)
this entity surface form: National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
PWA legalBasis National Industrial Recovery Act
subject surface form: Public Works Administration
this entity surface form: National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
National Recovery Administration createdBy National Industrial Recovery Act
National Recovery Administration legalBasis National Industrial Recovery Act
this entity surface form: National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
73rd United States Congress enacted National Industrial Recovery Act
Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 relatedTo National Industrial Recovery Act
National Industrial Recovery Act title National Industrial Recovery Act self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: An Act to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works, and for other purposes
Public Works Administration (PWA) createdByAct National Industrial Recovery Act
subject surface form: Public Works Administration
NRA createdBy National Industrial Recovery Act
subject surface form: National Recovery Administration
NRA legalBasis National Industrial Recovery Act
subject surface form: National Recovery Administration
this entity surface form: National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States holding National Industrial Recovery Act
this entity surface form: Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act is unconstitutional
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States lawStruckDown National Industrial Recovery Act
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States lawStruckDownPart National Industrial Recovery Act
this entity surface form: Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act
Blue Eagle associatedWithPolicy National Industrial Recovery Act
Blue Eagle legalContext National Industrial Recovery Act
this entity surface form: National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
NIRA title National Industrial Recovery Act
subject surface form: National Industrial Recovery Act
this entity surface form: National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
Public Law 73-67 officialName National Industrial Recovery Act
this entity surface form: National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
Public Law 73-67 title National Industrial Recovery Act
this entity surface form: An Act to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works, and for other purposes