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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No entry | Description | No entry | "Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1935" | Ch. 70, 48 Stat 425 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1929" | Ch. 706, 45 Stat 1607 | ||||||||
Elkins Act (Interstate Commerce) | Sponsor | Elkins Act (Interstate Commerce) | NO short title | Sen. Stephen Elkins (R-WV), chairman of Comm on Interstate Commerce | ch. 708, 32 Stat 847 | X |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkins_Act#cite_note-0; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000110; (see also p 201 of Railway regulation: an analysis of the underlying problems in railway ... |
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Hall-Mark Act | Description | Hall-Mark Act | NO short title | Hallmark is what is stamped on Gold and Silver to certify purity | 15 USC 291 | ch. 720, 33 Stat 732 | N |
(Dictionary) |
Hallmark not statutized - statute prohibits stamping of gold and silver with "U.S. assay" (still on books, never amended); No one in Congress named Hall at the time and no one ever named Mark; Seems to be "Hallmark" | |||
Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1937 | Description | Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1937 | "Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1937" | Ch. 725, 49 Stat 1827 | ||||||||
Doughton Unemployment Compensation Act | Sponsor | Doughton Unemployment Compensation Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Doughton (D-NC) | ch. 73, 53 Stat 581 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000448 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Klamath Termination Act | Location | Klamath Termination Act | NO short title | Klamath, OR | 25 USC 564 | ch. 732, 68 Stat 718 | N | name not statutized; Klamath, OR | ||||
Liqor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act | Description | Liqor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act | "Liqor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act" | 27 USC 122 | Ch. 740, 49 Stat 872 | |||||||
Byrnes Act (Transporting Strikebreakers) | Sponsor | Byrnes Act (Transporting Strikebreakers) | NO short title | Sen. James Byrnes (D-SC) | ch. 746, 49 Stat 1899 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001215 |
no name in statute | ||||
Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935 | Description | Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935 | "Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935" | Ch. 747, 49 Stat 888 |