The Food and Fuel Control Act, Pub. L. 65–41, 40 Stat. 276, enacted August 10, 1917, also called the Lever Act or the Lever Food Act was a World War I...
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2690 of August 23, 1917, pursuant to the Food and Fuel Control Act. The administration managed the use of coal and oil. To conserve energy, it introduced...
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Food and Fuel Control Act or Lever Act. This gave the President the power to "regulate the distribution, export, import, purchase and storage of food...
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to the Food and Fuel Control Act, and was abolished by Executive Order 3320 on August 21, 1920. Herbert Hoover was appointed to serve as Food Administrator...
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Progressive Era (redirect from United States Economy and Business:1900-1909)
1917, the Lever Food and Fuel Control Act banned production of distilled spirits for the duration of the war. The War Prohibition Act, November 1918,...
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growth, supervised agriculture and food production through the Food and Fuel Control Act, took over control of the railroads, and suppressed left-wing anti-war...
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United States in World War I (redirect from World War I and the United States)
that were continuing to export food and other supplies to Germany. Through measures like the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917, the US was able to put...
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powers granted by the Food and Fuel Control Act, the Food Administration supervised food production throughout the United States, and the administration...
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hell on earth, it is Milwaukee." In 1917, the Food and Fuel Control Act shut down all distilleries and one year later a wartime prohibition amendment...
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Coastal Zone Management Act Cogeneration Committee on Climate Change Science and Technology Integration Common alcohol fuel mixtures Community bicycle...
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Girl Food and Fuel Control Act (similar to that described in the film) The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Food Gamblers...
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David F. Houston (section Early life and family)
Act of 1914, the Federal Farm Loan Act, the Tobacco Inspection Act, and the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916. However following the Food and Fuel Control...
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Act of 1916, Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916 that created the Farm Credit Administration, and the Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 that created a Food...
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and 2,000 arrested. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signed the Food and Fuel Control Act into law. Convicted Swedish serial killer Hilda Nilsson committed...
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The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the United States' primary federal air quality law, intended to reduce and control air pollution nationwide. Initially enacted...
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Edward G. Chace (section Fuel and financial industry)
resources under the Food and Fuel Control Act. It also established Daylight saving time. During his career, Chace also served as a director and president of...
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known as the Flood Control Act (FCA). Typically, they are enacted to control irrigation because of floods or other natural disasters and are administered...
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clean energy and carbon dioxide or biomass, and biodiesel), Hydrogen fuel (when produced with renewable processes), and fully synthetic fuel (also known...
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Carbon pricing in Canada (redirect from An Act to Repeal the Carbon Tax)
as a tax levied on the carbon content of fuels at the provincial, territorial, or federal level. Provinces and territories of Canada are allowed to create...
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Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA) and several others have expanded EPA's present authority to oversee the sales and use of pesticides with emphasis...
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Alternative fuels, also known as non-conventional and advanced fuels, are fuels derived from sources other than petroleum. Alternative fuels include gaseous...
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have conserved food and coal much earlier had not liquor interests been placed above public welfare. This led to the War Time Prohibition Act in 1918. The...
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The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, caffeine products...
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criticism. The act was revised in 1968 when industries burning coal, gas or other fuels were ordered to use tall chimneys. In 1974 the first Control of Air Pollution...
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Subchapters D, N, and O (Parts 100–140, 401–471, and 501–503). Technically, the name of the law is the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The first FWPCA...
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Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (section Chapter IV - Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice)
From Aircraft and Aircraft Engines Clean-Fuel Vehicles Control of Emissions From New and In-Use Nonroad Compression-Ignition Engines Control of Emissions...
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When the Act was introduced in the Senate in June 2007, it was combined with Senate Bill S. 1419: Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency...
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Adulterant (redirect from Adulteration of food)
substances that are adulterated include but are not limited to food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, fuel, or other chemicals, that compromise the safety or effectiveness...
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State Implementation Plan (redirect from Best available control technology)
methods, systems, and techniques, including fuel cleaning, clean fuels, or treatment or innovative fuel combustion techniques for control of each such pollutant...
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