Federal Explosives Act of 1917

Federal Explosives Act of 1917

Long title	An Act to prohibit the manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession in time of war of explosives, providing regulations for the safe manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession of the same, and for other purposes.
Nicknames	Explosives Act of 1917
Enacted by	the 65th United States Congress
Effective	November 14, 1917
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 65–68
Statutes at Large	40 Stat. 385
Codification
Titles amended	50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense
U.S.C. sections created	50 U.S.C. ch. 8 § 121 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 3932 by Martin D. Foster (D–IL) on May 1, 1917 Passed the House on May 31, 1917 (Passed) Passed the Senate on July 17, 1917 (Passed) Reported by the joint conference committee on September 15, 1917; agreed to by the House on September 29, 1917 (Agreed) and by the Senate on September 29, 1917 (Agreed) Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on October 6, 1917

Federal Explosives Act of 1917 is a United States federal statutory law citing an incriminating act for the distribution, manufacture, possession, storage, and use of explosive material during the time of war. The Act of Congress authorizes the federal regulation of the distribution, manufacture, possession, storage, and use of incendiary material during wartime.^[1]

The Act was passed by the 65th United States Congress and enacted into law by President Woodrow Wilson on October 6, 1917.