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1-843: The Federal Alcohol Administration was a United States government agency created in 1935 (as part of the Department of the Treasury ) by the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, title 27 chapter 8 of the United States Code . It was created to regulate the alcohol industry after the repeal of Prohibition , replacing a previous body (the Federal Alcohol Control Administration) which did not have statutory powers. The Act still partly continues in force, underpinning
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