Farm Credit Act of 1933

Farm Credit Act of 1933
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Long title	An Act to provide for organizations within the Farm Credit Administration to make loans for the production and marketing of agricultural products, to amend the Federal Farm Loan Act, to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act, to provide a market for obligations of the United States, and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 73rd United States Congress
Effective	June 16, 1933
Public Law	73-75
Statutes at Large	48 Stat. 257
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 5790 by John Marvin Jones (D–TX) on May 29, 1933 Passed the House on May 31, 1933 (passed) Passed the Senate on June 10, 1933 (passed) Reported by the joint conference committee on June 10, 1933; agreed to by the House on June 10, 1933 (agreed) and by the Senate on June 10, 1933 (agreed) Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 16, 1933

The Farm Credit Act of 1933 (Pub.L. 73–75, 48 Stat. 257, enacted June 16, 1933) established the Farm Credit System (FCS) as a group of cooperative lending institutions to provide short-, intermediate-, and long-term loans for agricultural purposes. Specifically, it authorized the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) to create 12 Production Credit Associations (PCAs) and 12 Banks for Cooperatives (BCs) alongside the 12 established Federal Land Banks (FLBs), as well as a Central Bank for Cooperatives.

External links

Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Message to Congress on Consolidation of Federal Farm Credit Agencies.," March 27, 1933". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Executive Order 6084 Consolidating Federal Farm Credit Agencies.," March 27, 1933". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
"Public Law 73-75, 73d Congress, H.R. 5790" (PDF). Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASER). June 16, 1933.

United States federal agriculture legislation

Farm Bills	Federal Farm Loan Act (1916) Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933) Agricultural Adjustment Act Amendment of 1935 Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 Agricultural Act of 1948 Agricultural Act of 1949 Agricultural Act of 1954 Agricultural Act of 1956 Agricultural Act of 1961 Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 Agricultural Act of 1970 Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 Food Security Act of 1985 Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 Agricultural Act of 2014

Additional Legislation	Hatch Act of 1887 Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1905 Cotton Futures Act (1914) Cotton Futures Act (1916) Grain Standards Act (1916) Future Trading Act (1921) Grain Futures Act (1922) Capper–Volstead Act (1922) Agricultural Marketing Act (1929) Farm Credit Act of 1933 Frazier–Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act (1934) Bankhead–Jones Act of 1935 Commodity Exchange Act (1936) Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (1937) Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 National Wool Act of 1954 Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 Farm Credit Act of 1971 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972 Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1980 National Aquaculture Act of 1980 Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act of 1983 Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act of 1983 Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 Alien Species Prevention and Enforcement Act of 1992 National Wool Act Amendments of 1993 Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 Agriculture Risk Protection Act of 2000

Farm Credit Act of 1933

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