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.
Aliases (4)
- National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 ×6
- 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 ×1
- Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act ×1
- Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act is unconstitutional ×1
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 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
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industrial regulation → public works spending → support for labor rights → |
| publicWorksAdministeredBy | Public Works Administration → |
| reasonUnconstitutional |
improper regulation of intrastate commerce
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unconstitutional delegation of legislative power → |
| section |
Title I
→
Title II → |
| shortName | NIRA → |
| signedBy |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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surface form: "Franklin D. Roosevelt"
|
| signingDate | 1933-06-16 → |
| status | invalidated → |
| symbolAssociated | Blue Eagle → |
| title |
National Industrial Recovery Act
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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 → |
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "National Recovery Administration"
subject surface form: "Public Works Administration"
subject surface form: "Hundred Days (FDR)"
this entity surface form: "National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933"
this entity surface form: "Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act is unconstitutional"
this entity surface form: "Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act"
this entity surface form: "National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933"
subject surface form: "National Recovery Administration"
this entity surface form: "National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933"
subject surface form: "Public Works Administration"
this entity surface form: "National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933"
this entity surface form: "National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933"
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"