Rural Electrification Act

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Agriculture
gptkbp:amendedBy 1944
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Public_Law_74-605
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:createdAgency gptkb:Rural_Electrification_Administration
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1936-05-20
gptkbp:effect increased access to electricity in rural America
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historicalSignificance transformed rural life in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rural Electrification Act
gptkbp:longTitle An Act to provide for rural electrification, and for other purposes.
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:New_Deal
gptkbp:purpose to provide federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve isolated rural areas of the United States
gptkbp:relatedTo New Deal legislation
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:George_W._Norris
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5