National Industrial Recovery Act

noun

1. an act of Congress (1933, declared unconstitutional in 1936) that enabled the president and the National Recovery Administration to formulate and execute measures for reducing industrial unemployment. : NIRA, N.I.R.A.

Example Sentences

The National Industrial Recovery Act, also known as the Blue Eagle Act, was the centerpiece of what is known as the First New Deal, which ran from 1933 to 1935.

From Washington Post

The doctrine is basically a creation of the Supreme Court in the later 19th century, and even then it did not control the outcomes of cases; the court has only twice in its entire history applied the doctrine as a matter of constitutional law, invalidating the central components of the New Deal’s National Industrial Recovery Act in 1935 — some 150 years after the Constitution’s structural provisions were written.

From Washington Post

Within his first 100 days, Roosevelt had done a great deal to restore confidence in government, providing emergency financial aid to those who were struggling, passing the National Industrial Recovery Act and the Securities Act, and implementing a number of other regulatory and relief measures.

From Salon

Most notorious was the very centerpiece of Roosevelt’s recovery effort, the National Industrial Recovery Act.

From Slate

With the National Industrial Recovery Act gone, America needed some kind of new labor law.

From Slate