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Emergency Relief and Construction Act
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Other short titles
| - Destitution Relief Act of 1932
- Economic Rehabilitation Act of 1932
- Emergency Highway Construction Act of 1932
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Long title
| An Act to relieve destitution, to broaden the lending powers of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and to create employment by providing for and expediting a public-works program.
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Nicknames
| Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932
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Enacted by
| the
72nd United States Congress
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Effective
| July 21, 1932
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Public law
| 72-302
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Statutes at Large
| 47
Stat.
709
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Titles amended
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- Introduced
in the House as H.R. 9642 by
Edward B. Almon
(
D
-
AL
) on February 25, 1932
- Committee consideration
by
House Rules
- Passed the House
on February 27, 1932 (
205-109
)
- Passed the Senate
on July 13, 1932 (
60-10
)
- Reported by the joint conference committee
on July 15, 1932;
agreed to by the House
on July 15, 1932 (
286-48
) and by the
Senate
on July 16, 1932 (Agreed)
- Signed into law
by President
Herbert Hoover
on July 21, 1932
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The
Emergency Relief and Construction Act
(ch. 520, 47
Stat.
709
, enacted July 21, 1932), was the
United States
's first major-relief
legislation
, enabled under
Herbert Hoover
and later adopted and expanded by
Franklin D. Roosevelt
as part of his
New Deal
.
[1]
The Emergency Relief and Construction Act was an amendment
[2]
to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act which was signed on January 22, 1932. It created the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
which released funds for
public works
projects across the country. The
Brooklyn Navy Yard
received an allotment of $880,000, marked for specific projects such as $215,000 for repairs and the maintenance of
roofs
,
waterfront quays
and
docks
, and Yard's
railroad
system. The biggest chunk, $855,000, was designated for a major overhaul of the
power plant
, to put in a new
turbo generator
, piping,
boilers
, and other
engines
. The Act was designed to be a temporary means of providing employment and all the positions created in the navy yard to service the projects were therefore classified as temporary. In another preview of
New Deal
spending, the government even authorized the Act funds to start building a number of
destroyers
in the navy yards.
According to the
Department of Housing and Urban Development
, "This was the government’s first major involvement in the housing field. The RFC was authorized to make loans to private corporations providing housing for low-income families. Also in 1932, the
Federal Home Loan Bank
Board was established to make advances on the security of home mortgages and establish a Home Loan Bank System."
[3]
References
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External links
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- Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T.
"Herbert Hoover: "Address to the Conference of Governors.," April 27, 1932"
.
The American Presidency Project
. University of California - Santa Barbara.
- Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T.
"Herbert Hoover: "Special Message to the Congress on Budgetary Legislation.," May 5, 1932"
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The American Presidency Project
. University of California - Santa Barbara.
- Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T.
"Herbert Hoover: "Statement on Emergency Relief and Construction Legislation.," July 6, 1932"
.
The American Presidency Project
. University of California - Santa Barbara.
- Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T.
"Herbert Hoover: "Address to the Welfare and Relief Mobilization Conference.," September 15, 1932"
.
The American Presidency Project
. University of California - Santa Barbara.