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.


Statements (57)
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
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 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 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt
signingDate 1933-06-16
status invalidated
symbolAssociated Blue Eagle
title 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

Referenced by (17)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
National Recovery Administration
National Recovery Administration
Public Works Administration
createdBy
National Recovery Administration ("National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933")
National Recovery Administration ("National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933")
Public Works Administration ("National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933")
legalBasis
National Industrial Recovery Act ("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")
National Industrial Recovery Act ("National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933")
title
Blue Eagle
associatedWithPolicy
Public Works Administration
createdByAct
73rd United States Congress
enacted
Hundred Days (FDR) ("National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933")
hasKeyLegislation
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States ("Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act is unconstitutional")
holding
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
lawStruckDown
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States ("Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act")
lawStruckDownPart
Blue Eagle ("National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933")
legalContext
Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935
relatedTo

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