The collection can be sorted by the popular name of the law, by the date of its enactment, or by descriptive category of naming convention. The categories are our attempt to bring some degree of order to the chaos.
Database of Federal Statute Names
Database of Federal Statute Popular Names
Title | Type | Popular Name | Short Title | Named For? | Classification | PL | Statute At Large | Date(s) Enacted | Interesting Part Statutized? | Leads to other named Legislation | Link/Source | Notes |
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Eaton Foreign Service Act | Sponsor | Eaton Foreign Service Act | NO short title | Probably Rep. Charles Eaton (R-NJ) (later became Foreign Affairs Comm Chair) | ch. 330, 53 Stat 1067 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000023 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Celler-Kefauver Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | Sponsor | Celler-Kefauver Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | NO short title | Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-NY); Sen. Carey Kefauver (D-TN) | ch 1184, 64 Stat 1125 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000044 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 | Sponsor | Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 | "Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994" | Rep. Donald Riegle, (D-MO) | 12 USC 4701 | 103-325 | 108 Stat 2160 | Y | short title | |||
Newlands Act (Railroad Mediation) | Sponsor | Newlands Act (Railroad Mediation) | NO short title | Sen. Francis Griffith Newlands, (D-MO) | ch 6, 38 Stat 103 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Nelson Act (Chippewa Indians of Minnesota) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Chippewa Indians of Minnesota) | NO short title | Rep. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 24, 25 Stat 642 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040; see also http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml |
nothing in statute | ||||
Hepburn Act (Interstate Commerce) | Sponsor | Hepburn Act (Interstate Commerce) | NO short title | Rep. William Peters Hepburn, (R-IA) | ch. 3591, 34 Stat 584 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000523 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Nelson Act (Bankruptcy Act of 1898) (see Bankruptcy Act) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Bankruptcy Act of 1898) (see Bankruptcy Act) | NO short title | Rep. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 541, 30 Stat 544 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040; see also http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml |
nothing in statute | ||||
Snyder Act (Indian Affairs Bureau) | Sponsor | Snyder Act (Indian Affairs Bureau) | NO short title | Rep. Homer Snyder (R-NY) | 25 USC 13 (note) | ch 115, 42 Stat 208 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000666 |
"Snyder Act" statutized by PL 105-244, 112 Stat 1581 (1998)with "(commonly known as the Snyder Act)"; authorizing approps, possibly creating BIA | |||
Ransdell Act | Sponsor | Ransdell Act | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Ransdell (D-LA) (1913-1930) | ch 320, 46 Stat 379 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000059 |
nothing in statute; establishing NIH | ||||
Ashurst-Sumners Act | Sponsor | Ashurst-Sumners Act | NO short title | Sen. Henry Fountain Ashurst, (D-AZ); Rep. Hatton William Sumners, (D-TX) | ch. 406, 48 Stat 909 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000319; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |