Emergency Banking Act of 1933

Emergency Banking Act

Other short titles	Bank Conservation Act of 1933 Emergency Banking Relief Act of 1933
Long title	An Act to provide relief in the existing national emergency in banking, and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 73rd United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 73–1
Statutes at Large	48 Stat. 1
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 1491 by Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) on March 9, 1933 Passed the House on March 9, 1933 (Passed (435-0)) Passed the Senate on March 9, 1933 (Passed (96-0)) Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 9, 1933

The Emergency Banking Act (EBA) (the official title of which was the Emergency Banking Relief Act), Public Law 73-1, 48 Stat. 1 (March 9, 1933), was an act passed by the United States Congress in March 1933 in an attempt to stabilize the banking system.