Food and Fuel Control Act

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.