instruction: What is the Jones-Connally Act?
output: The Jones–Connally Act was passed by the US Congress in April 1934.  It was an extension to the Agricultural Adjustment Act.  It was part of the New Deal and was in response to the drought of 1933-1934.  It made cattle a basic commodity giving the government authority over the distribution and processing of the cattle for public relief purposes.
input: The Jones–Connally Act was a New Deal Initiative passed by Congress in April 1934 as an extension to the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Largely in response to the great drought of 1933–1934, cattle ranchers acted against their former opposition to the commodification of cattle and appealed to the government for assistance in ridding of themselves of the millions of cattle they could no longer afford to feed or to keep alive without a loss on return.