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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June Act (Pensions) | Undefined | June Act (Pensions) | NO short title | Likely named for the month in which it was passed -- June. | ch 634, 26 stat 182 | N | nothing in statute -- passed in June? | |||||
Wherry Act (Housing Near Military Establishments) | Sponsor | Wherry Act (Housing Near Military Establishments) | NO short title | Sen. Kenneth Wherry (R-NE) | ch 403, section 1, 63 Stat 570 |
06/27/1934 08/08/1949 |
X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000344 |
nothing in statute | |||
Curtis Act (Indians in Indian Territory) | Sponsor | Curtis Act (Indians in Indian Territory) | NO short title | Rep. Charles Curtis (R-KS), future chair of the committee on Indian Depredations | ch. 517, 30 Stat 495 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001008 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Filled Cheese Act | Description | Filled Cheese Act | NO short title | ch 337, 29 Stat 253 | X | |||||||
Wilson Act (Northern Pacific Railraod) | Sponsor | Wilson Act (Northern Pacific Railraod) | NO short title | Sen. John Lockwood Wilson (R-WA) | ch 546 [part], 30 Stat 597, 620 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000602 |
nothing in statute; also unclear why 620 is included | ||||
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 | ||||
Dockery Act (Accounting) | Sponsor | Dockery Act (Accounting) | NO short title | Rep. Alexander Dockery (D-MO) | ch. 174, 28 Stat 205 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000384 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Sherman Purchase of Silver Act of July 14, 1890 | Sponsor | Sherman Purchase of Silver Act of July 14, 1890 | NO short title | Sen. John Sherman (R-OH) | ch 708, 26 Stat 289 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000346 |
nothing in statute | ||||
First Morrill Act (aka the Morrill Act) | Sponsor | First Morrill Act (aka the 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 | |||
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 |