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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Jones Amendment (Liquor Advertisements) | Sponsor | Jones Amendment (Liquor Advertisements) | NO short title | Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | ch. 162, section 5, 39 Stat 1069 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
nothing in statute; See The Reed "Bone-Dry" Amendment, John K. Graves, Virginia Law Review , Vol. 4, No. 8 (May, 1917), pp. 634-642 (the other Sen. Jones did not enter into office until Mar. 4, 1917, after the Amendment was introduced) | ||||
Reed Amendment | Sponsor | Reed Amendment | NO short title | Sen. James A. Reed (D-MO) | ch 162, section 5, 39 Stat 1069 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000118 |
nothing in statute; prohibiting mailing ads for alcohol; see The Reed "Bone-Dry" Amendment, John K. Graves, Virginia Law Review , Vol. 4, No. 8 (May, 1917), pp. 634-642 | ||||
Sheppard Bone-Dry Law in District of Columbia | Sponsor | Sheppard Bone-Dry Law in District of Columbia | NO short title | Sen. Morris Sheppard, (D-TX) | ch 165, 39 Stat 1123 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Esch Car Service Act | Sponsor | Esch Car Service Act | NO short title | Rep. John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | ch. 23, 40 Stat 101 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Barbour Espionage Act (see Espionage Act) | Sponsor | Barbour Espionage Act (see Espionage Act) | NO short title | Rep. Henry Ellsworth Barbour, (R-CA) | ch 30, 40 Stat 217 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000126 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Lever Act (Food and Fuel Control) | Sponsor | Lever Act (Food and Fuel Control) | NO short title | Rep. Asbury Francis Lever, (D-S.C.) | ch. 53, 40 Stat 276 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000259 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Doughton Bond Limitation Act (see Second Liberty Bond Act) | Sponsor | Doughton Bond Limitation Act (see Second Liberty Bond Act) | NO short title | Rep. Robert Lee Doughton, (D-N.C.) | ch 56, 40 Stat 288 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000448 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Trading with the enemy Act | Description | Trading with the enemy Act | "Trading with the Enemy Act" | NOTE - referred to by Ch. 64, 40 Stat 535 (passed 4/28/1918) | ||||||||
Johnson Act (Maritime Workers' Compensation) | Sponsor | Johnson Act (Maritime Workers' Compensation) | NO short title | Sen. Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | ch. 97, 40 Stat 395 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000140 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1918 | Description | Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1918 | "The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act" | Ch. 20, 40 Stat 440 |