Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935

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The Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 was a New Deal-era U.S. law aimed at stabilizing the coal industry through price regulation and labor standards, later struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal legislation ⓘ
United States federal statute ⓘ
affectedIndustry bituminous coal mining ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Guffey Coal Act ⓘ
challengedInCase Carter v. Carter Coal Co. ⓘ
constitutionalBasisClaimed Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Commerce Clause
country United States ⓘ
createdBody Bituminous Coal Commission ⓘ
National Bituminous Coal Commission ⓘ
declaredUnconstitutionalIn Carter v. Carter Coal Co. ⓘ
enactedBy 74th United States Congress ⓘ
enforcementMechanism tax on bituminous coal production ⓘ
tax rebate for compliance with code ⓘ
historicalContext post-National Industrial Recovery Act regulatory efforts ⓘ
impact influenced later federal regulation of extractive industries ⓘ
prompted clarification of limits of federal commerce power ⓘ
judicialOutcome held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
laborProvision collective bargaining protections for miners ⓘ
maximum hours for coal miners ⓘ
minimum wages for coal miners ⓘ
prohibition of child labor in coal mines ⓘ
legalStatus invalidated ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
namedAfter Joseph F. Guffey ⓘ
partOf New Deal ⓘ
policyType industrial regulation ⓘ
labor regulation ⓘ
purpose improve wages and working conditions for coal miners ⓘ
reduce destructive competition in coal markets ⓘ
regulate prices of bituminous coal ⓘ
stabilize the bituminous coal industry ⓘ
region United States bituminous coal-producing states ⓘ
regulatoryMechanism code of fair competition for bituminous coal ⓘ
marketing regulations for coal producers ⓘ
minimum price schedules for coal ⓘ
relatedTo Guffey-Vinson Coal Act of 1937 ⓘ
National Industrial Recovery Act ⓘ
replacedBy Guffey-Vinson Coal Act of 1937 ⓘ
sector energy ⓘ
mining ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
signingPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
subjectMatter bituminous coal industry ⓘ
coal price regulation ⓘ
labor standards in coal mining ⓘ
timePeriod Great Depression ⓘ
unconstitutionalityReason attempted to regulate local production rather than interstate commerce ⓘ
exceeded Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ

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74th United States Congress → passed → Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 ⓘ
Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → alsoKnownAs → Guffey Coal Act ⓘ
linked to: Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935
Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → createdBody → Bituminous Coal Commission ⓘ
linked to: Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935
Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → createdBody → National Bituminous Coal Commission ⓘ
linked to: Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935
Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → relatedTo → Guffey-Vinson Coal Act of 1937 ⓘ
linked to: Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935
Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → replacedBy → Guffey-Vinson Coal Act of 1937 ⓘ
linked to: Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935
Carter v. Carter Coal Co. → holding → the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 was unconstitutional in relevant part ⓘ
linked to: Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935
Carter v. Carter Coal Co. → statuteInvolved → Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 ⓘ
Joseph F. Guffey → notableWork → Guffey Coal Act ⓘ
linked to: Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935