National Industrial Recovery Act

American  

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.

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Example Sentences

Roosevelt’s National Industrial Recovery Act granted workers the right to collectively bargain.

From The Wall Street Journal

The National Industrial Recovery Act — the foundational legislation of the New Deal — comes in at an economical 18 pages, but that hardly gives one a sense of its massive impact on the economy.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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