War Powers Act of 1941

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The War Powers Act of 1941 was a World War II-era U.S. law that granted President Franklin D. Roosevelt broad emergency authority to reorganize the executive branch and mobilize the nation’s resources for war.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
emergency powers legislation ⓘ
aimedAt centralization of administrative authority in the executive branch ⓘ
rapid mobilization of the U.S. economy for war ⓘ
allowedAction allocation of materials and facilities for national defense ⓘ
control of certain contracts and procurement for war production ⓘ
creation of new executive agencies ⓘ
reorganization of executive agencies ⓘ
transfer of functions among executive agencies ⓘ
appliesDuring national emergency related to World War II ⓘ
wartime emergency ⓘ
appliesTo federal government of the United States ⓘ
beneficiary United States armed forces ⓘ
United States war production effort ⓘ
context United States entry into World War II ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
enactedDuringConflict World War II ⓘ
grantedPowerTo Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ
hasConsequence expansion of federal administrative agencies during World War II ⓘ
strengthening of presidential control over wartime administration ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II home front in the United States ⓘ
influenced later debates on executive war powers in the United States ⓘ
isDistinctFrom War Powers Resolution of 1973 ⓘ
jurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
legalArea emergency powers ⓘ
executive authority ⓘ
war powers ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
passedBy United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
purpose to grant the U.S. president broad emergency authority during World War II ⓘ
to mobilize national resources for war ⓘ
to reorganize the executive branch for wartime needs ⓘ
regulates allocation of government resources for national defense ⓘ
organization of the executive branch during wartime ⓘ
relatedTo United States home front during World War II ⓘ
United States war mobilization ⓘ
expansion of presidential power ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
subjectOf historical studies of U.S. World War II mobilization ⓘ
legal scholarship on presidential war powers ⓘ
typeOfPowerGranted temporary emergency powers ⓘ

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77th United States Congress → passedLegislation → War Powers Act of 1941 ⓘ
77th United States Congress → passedLegislation → Second War Powers Act ⓘ
linked to: War Powers Act of 1941
United States home front during World War II → legislation → Second War Powers Act ⓘ
linked to: War Powers Act of 1941
Second War Powers Act of 1942 → relatedTo → First War Powers Act of 1941 ⓘ
linked to: War Powers Act of 1941