Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936

Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936

Other short titles	Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act act
Long title	An Act to promote the conservation and profitable use of agricultural land resources by temporary Federal aid to farmers and by providing for a permanent policy of Federal aid to States for such purposes.
Enacted by	the 74th United States Congress
Effective	February 29, 1936
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 74–461
Statutes at Large	49 Stat. 1148
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 3780 on January 30, 1936 Committee consideration by Senate Agriculture and Forestry, House Agriculture Passed the Senate on February 15, 1936 (56-20) Passed the House on February 21, 1936 (267-97) Reported by the joint conference committee on February 24, 1936; agreed to by the House on February 27, 1936 (Agreed) and by the Senate on February 27, 1936 (Agreed) Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 29, 1936

The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 74–461, enacted February 29, 1936) is a United States federal law that allowed the government to pay farmers to reduce production so as to conserve soil and prevent erosion.