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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Heyburn Act (Pure Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) | Sponsor | Heyburn Act (Pure Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) | NO short title | Sen. Weldon Brinton Heyburn, (R-ID) | ch 3915, 34 Stat 768 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000554 |
nothing in statute | ||||
McCumber Act (Pensions) | Sponsor | McCumber Act (Pensions) | NO short title | Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-ND) | ch 468, 34 Stat 879 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Nelson Act (Criminal Appeals) (see Criminal Appeals Act) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Criminal Appeals) (see Criminal Appeals Act) | NO short title | Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 2564, 34 Stat 1246 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040 |
nothing in statute; see U.S. v. Mersky, 361 U.S. 431 (1960) at n. 5. | ||||
Nelson Amendment (Agricultural Colleges) | Sponsor | Nelson Amendment (Agricultural Colleges) | NO short title | Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 2907 [part], 34 Stat 1256, 1281 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Sulloway Act (Pensions) (see Widows' Pension Act) | Sponsor | Sulloway Act (Pensions) (see Widows' Pension Act) | NO short title | Rep. Cyrus Adams Sulloway, (R-NH) | ch 147, 35 Stat 64 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001063 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Vreeland-Aldrich Act (National Currency Associations) | Sponsor | Vreeland-Aldrich Act (National Currency Associations) | NO short title | Rep. Edward Butterfield Vreeland, (R-N.Y.); Sen. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, R- R.I.) | ch 229, 35 Stat 546 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000122; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000083 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Payne-Aldrich Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | Payne-Aldrich Act (Tariff) | NO short title | Rep. Sereno Elisha Payne, (R-N.Y.); Sen. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, (R-R.I.) | ch 6, 36 Stat 11 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000153; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000083 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Brown-Stevens Act | Sponsor | Brown-Stevens Act | NO short title | Rep. Frederick Clement Stevens, (R-MN); Sen. Norris Brown, (R-NE) | ch. 202, 36 Stat 348 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000878; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000939 |
no name in statute | ||||
Mann-Elkins Act | Sponsor | Mann-Elkins Act | NO short title | Rep. James Robert Mann, (R- IL); Sen. Stephon Benton Elkins, (R- W.VA) | ch. 309, 36 Stat 539 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000104; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000110 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Sherwood Act (Mexican, Civil War Pensions) | Sponsor | Sherwood Act (Mexican, Civil War Pensions) | NO short title | Rep. Isaac R. Sherwood, (D-IA) | ch 123, 37 Stat 112 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000355 |
nothing in statute |