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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Burke-Wadsworth Act (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Burke-Wadsworth Act (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940" | Sen. Edward Raymond Burke (D-S.D.); Rep. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., (R-N.Y.) | 50 USC App 301 et seq | ch 720, 54 Stat 885 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001089; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000012 |
short title is "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940"; "Burke-Wadsworth" not statutized | |||
Wadsworth-Burke Bill (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wadsworth-Burke Bill (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940" | Sen. Edward Raymond Burke (D-S.D.); Rep. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., (R-N.Y.) | 50 USC App 301 | ch 720, 54 Stat 885 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001089; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000012 |
short title at end - "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940"; "Wadsworth-Burke" not statutized | |||
Winslow Partial Payment Act (Railroads) (See Partial Payments Act (Railroads)) | Sponsor | Winslow Partial Payment Act (Railroads) (See Partial Payments Act (Railroads)) | NO short title | Rep. Samuel Ellsworth Winslow, (R-MA) | ch 72, 41 Stat 1145 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000639 |
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 | ||||
Wagner-O'Day Act (see Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act) | Sponsor | Wagner-O'Day Act (see Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act) | NO short title | Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY); Rep. Caroline O'Day (D-NY) | ch 697, 52 Stat 1196 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000033 |
nothing in statute (blind-made products) | ||||
Saltonstall-Kennedy Act | Sponsor | Saltonstall-Kennedy Act | NO short title | Sen. Leverett Saltonstall (MA); unsure which Kennedy | 15 USC 713c-3 (note) | ch 696, section 2, 53 Stat 1412 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000021 |
The 1939 Act is referred to in statute by S. 210, 94 Stat 3287 (1980) as "commonly referred to as the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act", but Saltonstall was not in Congress in 1939, so it seems more likely that Saltonstall-Kennedy was one of the amendments. | |||
Miller-Tydings Fair Trade Act (see Fair Trade Act) | Sponsor | Miller-Tydings Fair Trade Act (see Fair Trade Act) | NO short title | Sen. John Miller (D-AR); Sen. Millard Tydings (D-MD) | ch 690, title VIII, 50 Stat 693 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000738; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Wagner-Lea Act (see Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Investment Company Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wagner-Lea Act (see Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Investment Company Act of 1940) | short title at end of title I - "Investment Company Act of 1940"; short title at end of title II - "Investment Advisers Act of 1940" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-NY) | 15 USC 80a-51 | ch 686, title I, 54 Stat 789 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
"Wagner-Lea" not statutized; Investment Advisers Act is ch 686, title II, 54 Stat 847, codified at 15 USC 80b-20 | |||
Lea-Wagner Act (see Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Investment Company Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Lea-Wagner Act (see Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Investment Company Act of 1940) | short title at end of title I - "Investment Company Act of 1940"; short title at end of title II - "Investment Advisers Act of 1940" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-NY) | 15 USC 80a-51 | ch 686, title I, 54 Stat 789 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
"Lea-Wagner" not statutized | |||
Crosser-Wheeler Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (see Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act) | Sponsor | Crosser-Wheeler Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (see Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act) | "Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act" | Rep. Robert Crosser, (D-OH); Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT). | 45 USC 367 | ch 680, 52 Stat 1094 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000932; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330 |
short title at end; "Crosser-Wheeler" not statutized |