Public Law 81-439

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Public Law 81-439 is the federal statute commonly known as the Agricultural Act of 1949, a foundational U.S. farm policy law that established long-term price support and commodity programs.

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Public Law 81-439 canonical 2
P.L. 81-439 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
agricultural policy law ⓘ
farm bill ⓘ
administeredBy Commodity Credit Corporation ⓘ
United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
affects farmers in the United States ⓘ
markets for basic agricultural commodities ⓘ
amendedBy Agricultural Act of 1954 ⓘ
Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 ⓘ
subsequent farm bills ⓘ
appliesToSector agriculture ⓘ
chamberInvolved United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
commonName Agricultural Act of 1949 ⓘ
congressNumber 81st United States Congress ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateSigned 1949-10-31 ⓘ
enactedBy 81st United States Congress ⓘ
enactmentDate 1949-10-31 ⓘ
establishes acreage allotment programs ⓘ
loan and purchase programs for eligible commodities ⓘ
long-term commodity support programs ⓘ
marketing quotas for certain commodities ⓘ
permanent price support authority for major commodities ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundational post–World War II U.S. farm policy statute ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legalStatus permanent law ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
officialName Public Law 81-439 ⓘ
partOf United States farm bill framework ⓘ
policyGoal ensure adequate food supply ⓘ
stabilize agricultural commodity prices ⓘ
stabilize farm income ⓘ
policyType permanent farm legislation ⓘ
providesFor commodity loan rates ⓘ
parity price concepts in farm policy ⓘ
price support for basic agricultural commodities ⓘ
supply management mechanisms ⓘ
publicLawNumber P.L. 81-439 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 81-439
relationship forms part of the permanent baseline for U.S. farm programs ⓘ
serves as fallback authority when temporary farm bills expire ⓘ
shortTitle Agricultural Act of 1949 ⓘ
signedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
signingPresident Harry S. Truman ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 63 Stat. 1051 ⓘ
subjectMatter agricultural commodities ⓘ
agricultural policy ⓘ
commodity programs ⓘ
farm income support ⓘ
price support programs ⓘ
soil conservation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Agricultural Act of 1949 → hasTitleNumber → Public Law 81-439 ⓘ
Public Law 81-439 → officialName → Public Law 81-439 ⓘ
Public Law 81-439 → publicLawNumber → P.L. 81-439 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 81-439