Rural Electrification Act of 1936

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The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 was a New Deal law that financed and promoted the extension of electric power to rural and farm areas across the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal legislation ⓘ
United States federal law ⓘ
administeredBy Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ
aim to reduce disparity between urban and rural access to electricity ⓘ
appliesTo rural United States ⓘ
associatedWithPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
beneficiary farm households ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
rural electric cooperatives ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Code Title 7 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdAgency Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ
dateSigned 1936-05-20 ⓘ
effect growth of rural electric cooperatives ⓘ
increased agricultural productivity through electrification ⓘ
rapid expansion of electric service in rural United States ⓘ
enactedBy 74th United States Congress ⓘ
focusArea farm areas ⓘ
rural areas ⓘ
fundingType low-interest federal loans ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
historicalContext Great Depression ⓘ
New Deal era ⓘ
linked to: New Deal
implementationModel cooperative ownership of rural electric systems ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legislativeStatus enacted ⓘ
longTermImpact near-universal electrification of rural America by mid-20th century ⓘ
mechanism federal loans to public power districts ⓘ
federal loans to rural electric cooperatives ⓘ
partOf New Deal ⓘ
policyType economic development policy ⓘ
infrastructure development policy ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
purpose to improve living standards in rural America through access to electricity ⓘ
to promote electrification of rural and farm areas ⓘ
to provide federal financing for rural electric infrastructure ⓘ
relatedProgram Rural Electrification Administration loan program ⓘ
sector electric power ⓘ
shortName Rural Electrification Act ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
sponsorType Democratic Party-supported legislation ⓘ
subjectMatter electric power distribution ⓘ
rural utilities ⓘ
targetInfrastructure electric distribution lines ⓘ
rural power plants ⓘ
typeOfSupport federal financial assistance ⓘ
yearEnacted 1936 ⓘ

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Rural Electrification Administration → legalBasis → Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ⓘ
Rural Utilities Service → legalBasis → Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ⓘ
Executive Order 7037 → followedBy → Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ⓘ
Executive Order 7037 → relatedTo → Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ⓘ
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 → shortName → Rural Electrification Act ⓘ
linked to: Rural Electrification Act of 1936
Rural Utilities Service → legalAuthority → Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ⓘ
subject linked to: RUS
New Deal agricultural programs → hasPart → Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ⓘ