Agricultural Adjustment Act

Enacted by the	73rd United States Congress
Effective	May 12, 1933
Citations
Public Law	73-10
Stat.	48 Stat. 31
Codification
Title(s) amended	7 U.S.C.: Agriculture
U.S.C. sections created	Template:Usc-title-chap § 601 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as Template:USbill by on Passed the House on March 22, 1933 (315-98) Passed the Senate on April 28, 1933 (64-20) Reported by the joint conference committee on May 10, 1933; agreed to by the House on May 10, 1933 (passed) and by the Senate on May 10, 1933 (53-28) Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 12, 1933
Major amendments
Relevant Supreme Court cases
United States v. Butler

The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a United States federal law of the New Deal era. it was designed to raise agricultural prices by having fewer surpluses. The Government bought livestock to kill, and they paid farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land. The money for these subsidies was generated through a tax on companies which processed farm products. The Act created a new agency, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to oversee the distribution of the subsidies. view more...