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The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) was a program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, building on the Hoover administration's Emergency Relief and Construction Act. It was replaced in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, or FERA, Pub. L. 111–21 (text), S. 386, 123 Stat. 1617, enacted May 20, 2009, is a public law in the United States enacted in 2009. The law enhanced criminal enforcement of federal fraud laws, especially regarding financial institutions , mortgage fraud , and securities fraud or commodities fraud.
Despite the word "emergency", this act was created to address a long-term problem. [7] He asked Congress for $4.88 billion [8] – two thirds would go to finance work relief, and the rest would end the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the work program created by Roosevelt in 1933 which replaced the Civil Works Administration. [9]
Introduced in the House as "Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989" H.R. 1278 by Henry B. Gonzalez (D-TX) on March 6, 1989; Committee consideration by House Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House Government Operations, House Judiciary, House Rules, House Ways and Means
Roosevelt transferred the Federal Emergency Relief Administration land program to the Resettlement Administration under Executive Order 7028 on May 1, 1935. [3] However, Tugwell's goal of moving 650,000 people from 100,000,000 acres (400,000 km 2) of agriculturally exhausted, worn-out land was unpopular among the majority in Congress. [4]
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Created the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933 to create a hydroelectric project on the Tennessee River. Created the National Recovery Administration in order to regulate competition amongst businesses (declared unconstitutional in 1935). Created the Federal Emergency Relief Administration in order to create state and local jobs.
Federal Emergency Relief Administration camp for unemployed women in Maine (1934) The She-She-She Camps were camps in the United States for unemployed women. The camps were organized by Eleanor Roosevelt as a female counterpart to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) programs designed for unemployed men. Roosevelt found that the men-only focus ...