Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933

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New Deal legislation United States federal statute

The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was a New Deal law that sought to raise farm prices and reduce surpluses by paying farmers to limit agricultural production.

Aliases (2)

Agricultural Adjustment Act ×1
An Act To relieve the existing national economic emergency by increasing agricultural purchasing power, to raise revenue for extraordinary expenses incurred by reason of such emergency, to provide emergency relief with respect to agricultural indebtedness, to provide for the orderly liquidation of joint-stock land banks, and for other purposes ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Deal legislation → United States federal statute →
administeredBy	Agricultural Adjustment Administration →
affectedCommodity	corn → cotton → dairy products → hogs → rice → tobacco → wheat →
beneficiaries	farmers →
codifiedIn	Public Law 73-10 →
controversy	destruction of crops and livestock during a depression →
country	United States →
createdAgency	Agricultural Adjustment Administration →
criticizedFor	displacement of sharecroppers and tenant farmers → favoring large landowners over tenant farmers →
dateSigned	1933-05-12 →
declaredUnconstitutionalBy	United States Supreme Court →
economicGoal	increase farm income → stabilize agricultural markets →
enactedBy	73rd United States Congress →
fundingSource	processing taxes → tax on agricultural processors →
historicalPeriod	Great Depression →
impact	contributed to rise in farm prices in mid-1930s →
introducedAs	H.R. 3835 →
legalBasisClaimed	general welfare clause of the U.S. Constitution →
legalChallenge	United States v. Butler →
legislativeChamber	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
mechanism	voluntary reduction of livestock numbers → voluntary reduction of planted acreage →
partiallyInvalidatedBy	United States v. Butler →
partOf	New Deal →
policyTool	acreage reduction contracts → production controls → subsidy payments to farmers →
purpose	raise agricultural commodity prices → reduce agricultural surpluses →
replacedBy	Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 → Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 →
sectorAffected	agriculture →
shortName	AAA →
signedBy	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
statutesAtLargeCitation	48 Stat. 31 →
title	An Act To relieve the existing national economic emergency by increasing agricultural purchasing power, to raise revenue for extraordinary expenses incurred by reason of such emergency, to provide emergency relief with respect to agricultural indebtedness, to provide for the orderly liquidation of joint-stock land banks, and for other purposes →
tookEffectOn	1933-05-12 →
yearDeclaredUnconstitutional	1936 →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 → Butler → Farm Credit Act of 1933 →	relatedTo
Agricultural Adjustment Administration → United States federal farm programs →	legalBasis
Agricultural Adjustment Administration →	createdByAct
73rd United States Congress →	enacted
Hundred Days (FDR) →	hasKeyLegislation
Public Law 73-10 →	hasOfficialName
AAA ("Agricultural Adjustment Act") →	namedAfter
United States v. Butler →	relatedLegislation
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 →	replaced
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 →	replaces
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ("An Act To relieve the existing national economic emergency by increasing agricultural purchasing power, to raise revenue for extraordinary expenses incurred by reason of such emergency, to provide emergency relief with respect to agricultural indebtedness, to provide for the orderly liquidation of joint-stock land banks, and for other purposes") →	title