Agricultural Adjustment Act

NOTE: This Act was designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses, and created the Agricultural Adjustment Administration.

RELATED SUBJECTS:

• Law and legislation

VARIANT NAMES:

• Public Law 73-10
• 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.