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Agricultural Adjustment Act

The Agricultural Adjustment Act was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. The government bought livestock for slaughter and paid farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their... Wikipedia
Originally published: May 12, 1933
Other short titles: Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933; The Farm Relief Bill
Public law: Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 73–10
Statutes at Large: 48 Stat. 31
Titles amended: 7 U.S.C.: Agriculture
U.S.C. sections created: 7 U.S.C. ch. 26 § 601 et seq