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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Harter Act (Carriage of Goods by Sea) | Sponsor | Harter Act (Carriage of Goods by Sea) | NO short title | Rep. Michael Harter (D-OH) | ch. 105, 27 Stat 445 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000296 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Vinson-Patman-McCormack Act (see Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936) | Sponsor | Vinson-Patman-McCormack Act (see Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936) | "Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936" | Rep. Vinson (D-KY); Rep. Patman (D-TX); Rep. McCormack (D-MA) | ch 32, 49 Stat 1099 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000106; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000103; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000364 |
short title at end; Referred to as Vinson-Patman-McCormack in contemporary news about bill: http://www.fultonhistory.com/Process%20small/Newspapers/Lowvile%20Ny%20Rebulican/1936/Newspaper%20Lowville%20NY%20Journal%20Republican%201936%20-%20%28120%29.PDF | ||||
Lanham Patent Act | Sponsor | Lanham Patent Act | NO short title | Rep. Fritz Garland Lanham (D-TX) | ch. 451, 53 Stat 1212 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000076 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Humphrey-Durham Drug Prescriptions Act | Sponsor | Humphrey-Durham Drug Prescriptions Act | NO short title | Rep. Carl Durham (D-NC); Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | ch. 578, 65 Stat 648 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000571; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953 |
nothing in statute | ||||
McFadden Act (Branch Banks) | Sponsor | McFadden Act (Branch Banks) | NO short title | Rep. Louis Thomas McFadden, (R-PA) | ch. 191, 44 Stat 1224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000434 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Copeland Anti-Kickback Act | Sponsor | Copeland Anti-Kickback Act | NO short title | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland (D-NY) | ch. 482, 48 Stat 948 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
nothing in statute; also listed in PNT as "Kick-Back" Racket Act | ||||
Morrill Act (Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges) (aka the First Morrill Act) | Sponsor | Morrill Act (Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges) (aka the First Morrill Act) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) | 7 USC 301 (note) | ch 130, 12 Stat 503 | Y |
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Morrill.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969 |
"Morrill" statutized by reference at 108 Stat 4048 | |||
Willis-Campbell Act | Sponsor | Willis-Campbell Act | NO short title | Sen. Frank Bartlett Willis, (R-OH); Rep. Philip Pitt Campbell, (R-KA) | ch 134, 42 Stat 222 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000561; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000097 |
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. | ||||
Pittman Underground Water Act | Sponsor | Pittman Underground Water Act | NO short title | Sen. Key Pittman, (D-NE) | ch 77, 41 Stat 293 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000003 |
nothing in statute; about land in NV |