Public Law 74-846
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Public Law 74-846 is the formal statutory designation of the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, a New Deal-era U.S. labor law that set minimum wage, maximum hours, and labor standards for government supply contracts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Public Law 74-846 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11484737 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Law 74-846 Context triple: [Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, publicLawNumber, Public Law 74-846]
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Public Law 76-783
Public Law 76-783 is the U.S. federal statute enacted in 1940 that established the first peacetime military draft in American history.
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Public Law 84-627
Public Law 84-627 is the formal designation of the landmark 1956 U.S. legislation that created the Interstate Highway System and massively expanded federal funding for road construction.
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C.
Public Law 78-346
Public Law 78-346 is the landmark 1944 U.S. federal legislation, commonly known as the original GI Bill, that provided World War II veterans with benefits such as education funding, low-cost mortgages, and unemployment compensation.
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D.
Public Law 87-794
Public Law 87-794 is the U.S. federal statute commonly known as the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which granted the president broad authority to negotiate tariff reductions and reshape American trade policy in the postwar era.
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E.
Public Law 74-333
Public Law 74-333 is the 1935 U.S. federal statute commonly known as the Federal Power Act, which established a comprehensive framework for regulating interstate electricity transmission and wholesale power sales.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Law 74-846 Target entity description: Public Law 74-846 is the formal statutory designation of the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, a New Deal-era U.S. labor law that set minimum wage, maximum hours, and labor standards for government supply contracts.
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A.
Public Law 76-783
Public Law 76-783 is the U.S. federal statute enacted in 1940 that established the first peacetime military draft in American history.
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B.
Public Law 84-627
Public Law 84-627 is the formal designation of the landmark 1956 U.S. legislation that created the Interstate Highway System and massively expanded federal funding for road construction.
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C.
Public Law 78-346
Public Law 78-346 is the landmark 1944 U.S. federal legislation, commonly known as the original GI Bill, that provided World War II veterans with benefits such as education funding, low-cost mortgages, and unemployment compensation.
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D.
Public Law 87-794
Public Law 87-794 is the U.S. federal statute commonly known as the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which granted the president broad authority to negotiate tariff reductions and reshape American trade policy in the postwar era.
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E.
Public Law 74-333
Public Law 74-333 is the 1935 U.S. federal statute commonly known as the Federal Power Act, which established a comprehensive framework for regulating interstate electricity transmission and wholesale power sales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Deal legislation
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United States federal statute ⓘ labor law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
United States Department of Labor
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Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ |
| affects |
businesses seeking to supply goods to the U.S. government
ⓘ
workers employed on federal supply contracts ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
U.S. government supply contracts
ⓘ
contractors and subcontractors on covered federal supply contracts ⓘ contracts for the manufacture or furnishing of materials, supplies, articles, or equipment to the U.S. government ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| enactedBy | 74th United States Congress ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanism |
contract cancellation and withholding of payments for noncompliance
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debarment of contractors from future government contracts ⓘ |
| excludes | certain types of contracts such as public works construction contracts ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to prevent the federal government from contracting with sweatshop operators
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to use federal purchasing power to improve labor standards ⓘ |
| hasShortName |
Walsh-Healey Act
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linked to:
Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
|
| historicalEra | Great Depression ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Fair Labor Standards movement ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
federal government of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| legalCitation | Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Arthur Healey
ⓘ
David I. Walsh ⓘ |
| partOf | New Deal ⓘ |
| policyArea |
labor policy
ⓘ
public procurement policy ⓘ |
| precedes |
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
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linked to:
Fair Labor Standards Act
|
| regulates | labor conditions in federal supply contracting ⓘ |
| setsRequirement |
maximum hours for employees working on covered federal supply contracts
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minimum wage for employees working on covered federal supply contracts ⓘ prohibition of employment of boys under 16 years of age on covered contracts ⓘ prohibition of employment of convict labor on covered contracts, with limited exceptions ⓘ prohibition of employment of girls under 18 years of age on covered contracts ⓘ safe and sanitary working conditions on covered contracts ⓘ |
| signedBy |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| subject |
government procurement
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labor standards ⓘ maximum hours ⓘ minimum wage ⓘ |
| typeOfRegulation |
occupational labor standards regulation
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wage and hour regulation ⓘ |
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Subject: Public Law 74-846 Description of subject: Public Law 74-846 is the formal statutory designation of the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, a New Deal-era U.S. labor law that set minimum wage, maximum hours, and labor standards for government supply contracts.
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