Food and Fuel Control Act

Food and Fuel Control Act
Other short titles	Lever Food Act
Long title	An Act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of food products and fuel.
Nicknames	Lever Act
Enacted by	the 65th United States Congress
Effective	August 10, 1917
Citations
Public law	[Link is broken 65-41]
Statutes at Large	40 Stat. 276
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 4961 by Asbury Lever (D-SC) on June 23, 1917; Passed the House on July 21, 1917 (81-6); Passed the Senate on July 23, 1917 (51-8); Reported by the joint conference committee on August 2, 1917; agreed to by the House on August 3, 1917 (360-0) and by the Senate on August 8, 1917 (66-7); Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on August 10, 1917;

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 era US law that among other things created the United States Food Administration and the United States Fuel Administration, as well as the Price Fixing Committee of the War Industries Board. The three agencies set fixed prices during World War I.