Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937

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The Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937 was a New Deal-era U.S. law that aimed to improve rural livelihoods by providing federal assistance for tenant farmers to purchase land and by enabling government acquisition and conservation-focused management of submarginal farmland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal legislation ⓘ
United States federal statute ⓘ
aimedAt promoting farm ownership ⓘ
protecting submarginal lands from cultivation ⓘ
reducing farm tenancy ⓘ
associatedWith New Deal farm security policies ⓘ
authorizedAgency Farm Security Administration ⓘ
United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 7 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsProvision Title I farm tenant purchase program ⓘ
Title III land conservation and utilization program ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
enables federal purchase of submarginal farmland ⓘ
long-term conservation leases and uses of acquired land ⓘ
resettlement of farm families on more productive land ⓘ
enactedDuring Great Depression ⓘ
New Deal era ⓘ
linked to: New Deal
geographicScope rural areas of the United States ⓘ
historicalContext response to soil erosion and land degradation ⓘ
response to widespread farm tenancy in the 1930s United States ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalCitation 50 Stat. 522 ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
longTermImpact contributed to creation and expansion of national grasslands ⓘ
expanded federal role in land conservation ⓘ
influenced later federal rural credit and conservation programs ⓘ
namedAfter John H. Bankhead II ⓘ
linked to: John H. Bankhead

Marvin Jones ⓘ
policyArea agricultural policy ⓘ
land conservation ⓘ
land reform ⓘ
rural development ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
primaryPurpose assist tenant farmers in purchasing farmland ⓘ
enable federal acquisition of submarginal farmland ⓘ
improve rural livelihoods ⓘ
promote conservation-focused management of submarginal land ⓘ
provides credit assistance for farm ownership ⓘ
federal loans to tenant farmers ⓘ
relatedTo Agricultural Adjustment Act ⓘ
Resettlement Administration programs ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
targetPopulation farm laborers ⓘ
sharecroppers ⓘ
tenant farmers ⓘ
typeOfAssistance long-term, low-interest loans ⓘ
yearEnacted 1937 ⓘ

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Land Utilization Division → legalBasis → Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937 ⓘ
Farm Security Administration → legalBasis → Bankhead–Jones Farm Tenant Act ⓘ
linked to: Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937
New Deal agricultural programs → hasPart → Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act ⓘ
linked to: Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937
Title III land conservation and utilization program → partOf → Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act ⓘ
linked to: Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937
Title III land conservation and utilization program → legalBasis → Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937 ⓘ
linked to: Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937