Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Emergency_Relief_and_Construction_Act_of_1932
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Statements (21)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:authorizedAgency gptkb:Reconstruction_Finance_Corporation
gptkbp:authorizedSpending $300 million for state relief
$322 million for public works
gptkbp:dateEnacted July 21, 1932
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:expandedPowersOf gptkb:Reconstruction_Finance_Corporation
gptkbp:followedBy New Deal legislation
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Great_Depression
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932
gptkbp:nickname RFC Relief Act
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Reconstruction_Finance_Corporation_Act
gptkbp:providedFundsFor public works projects
gptkbp:providedLoansTo states for relief projects
gptkbp:purpose provide emergency relief and public works construction
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Federal_Emergency_Relief_Administration
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkbp:significance first major federal relief legislation of the Great Depression
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:15_U.S.C._§§_901-910
gptkb:Reconstruction_Finance_Corporation_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7