Programs Created or Enhanced by the New Deal (Alphabetical)

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Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933, Reauthorized 1938)

Alley Dwelling Authority (1934)

Armed Forces and National Defense Industries

Army Corps of Engineers (1802)

Art & Culture Projects of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) (1934)

Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (1937)

Banking Act (1935)

Bankruptcy Reform (1934-1938)

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) (1937)

Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) (1918) – renamed Public Roads Administration (1939)

Bureau of Reclamation (1902)

Civil Aeronautics Act (1938)

Civil Rights Section, Department of Justice (1939)

Civil Works Administration (CWA) (1933)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) (1933)

Communications Act (1934)

Electric Home and Farm Authority (1934)

Emergency Banking Relief Act (1933)

Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts (1935-1943)

Export-Import Bank (1934)

Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)

Farm Credit Act (1933)

Federal Credit Unions (1934)

Federal Dance Project (1936)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (1933)

Federal Emergency Relief Act (1933)

Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) (1933)

Federal Forum Project (1936)

Federal Parks Reorganization (1933)

Federal Project Number One (Federal One) (1935)

Federal Art Project (FAP) (1935)
Federal Music Project (FMP) (1935)
Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) (1935)
Federal Theatre Project (FTP) (1935)
Historical Records Survey (HRS) (1935)

Federal Security Agency (FSA) (1939)

Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation (FSCC) (1933)- named Federal Surplus Relief Corporation (1933-1935), then Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation (1935-1940)

Federal Works Agency (FWA) (1939)

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Acts (1934)

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (1938)

Glass-Steagall Banking Act (1933)

Gold Reserve Act (1934)

Historical Records Survey (HRS) (1935)

Historic Sites Act (1935)

Home Owners’ Loan Act (1933)

Income and Wealth Taxes (1934-1941)

Indian Arts and Crafts Board (1935)

Indians in Oklahoma and Native Alaskans (1936)

Indian Reorganization Act (1934)

National Archives and Records Administration (1934)

National Cancer Institute Act (1937)

National Housing Act (1934)

National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)

National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) (1935)

National Youth Administration (NYA) (1935)

National Youth Administration Dance Group (1936)

Post Office Department (1792)

Public Buildings Administration (PBA) (1939)

Public Utility Holding Company Act (1935)

Public Works Administration (PWA) (1933)

Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) (1933)

Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA) (1935)

Quartermaster Corps (1775)

Railroad Retirement Board (1934)

Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act (1934)

Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1932-1957)

Repeal of Prohibition (1933)

Resettlement Administration (RA) (1935)

Robinson-Patman Act (1936)

Rural Electrification Act (1936)

Rural Electrification Administration (REA) (1935)

Section of Fine Arts (1934) – >called Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture from 1934-1938, then Section of Fine Arts from 1938-1943

Securities Act (1933) & Securities Exchange Act (1934)

Shelterbelt Project (1934)

Social Security Act (1935)

Soil Conservation Act (1935)

Soil Conservation Service (SCS) (1935)

Taylor Grazing Act (1934)

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (1933)

Travel Bureau (1937)

Treasury, Public Buildings Branch (PBB) (1933) – called Public Works Branch from 1933-1935, then Public Buildings Branch from 1935-1939

Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) (1935)

United States Film Service (1938)

United States Housing Act (1937)

Virgin Islands Company (1934)

Wagner-Peyser Act / United States Employment Service (1933)

Works Progress Administration (WPA) (1935) – renamed Work Projects Administration (1939)