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111Beer And Wine Revenue Act, 1933 — Passed on 22 March 1933 the Beer Act repealed the Volstead Act of 1919 and confirmed the end of prohibition under the Twenty First Amendment to the Constitution. It permitted the manufacture and sale of alcohol, as well as raising revenue by… …
112Bonus Act, 1936 — Passed in January 1936 over President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s veto, the Bonus Act authorized the immediate payment of the bonus due to veterans of World War I. The payment had been due to be paid in 1945, but protests from veterans, such as… …
113Civil Defense Act, 1951 — Passed by Congress on 2 January 1951, the Civil Defense Act was intended to provide for the country’s defense in the event of atomic attack. It initiated a three year program of building bomb shelters and provided for the coordination of state …
114Economic Stabilization Act, 1942 — Passed on 2 October 1942, the Economic Stabilization Act (sometimes known as the Antiinflation Act) was intended to control the cost of living. It increased the power of the Office of Price Administration to include rationing and gave the… …
115Emergency Price Control Act, 1942 — Passed in January 1942 to control inflation during World War II, the Emergency Price Control Act reorganized the Office of Price Administration to give it more power under a single administrator and the authority to fix prices or rents,… …
116Emergency Relief Appropriations Act, 1935 — Passed on 8 April 1935, the Emergency Relief Appropriations Act of 1935 provided $4.8 billion for work relief programs to alleviate unemployment. This was the largest peace time appropriation up to that point. It led to the creation of the… …
117Home Owners’ Loan Act, 1933 — Passed in June 1933, the Home Owners’ Loan Act enabled the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation to offer government bonds to lenders to cover defaulted mortgages, preventing foreclosure and loss of homes …
118Miller-Tydings Act, 1937 — Passed after the National Recovery Administration was been declared unconstitutional, the Miller Tydings Act legalized price maintenance agreements between manufacturers and retailers as a way of curbing competition and stabilizing prices… …
119National Housing Act, 1937 — Passed in 1937 and also known as the Wagner Steagall Act, the National Housing Act of 1937 was intended to deal with the issue of poor housing and provide for slum clearance. It established the United States Housing Authority (USHA) to provide …
120National Housing Act, 1949 — Passed on 15 July 1949, the National Housing Act of 1949 provided $1.5 billion for slum clearance and proposed a public housing development of 810,000 new homes. Only about 300,000 were built. See also National Housing Act, 1934; National… …