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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Wilmot Proviso (Slavery in Territories) | Sponsor | Wilmot Proviso (Slavery in Territories) | NO short title | Sen. David Wilmot (R-PA) | ch 111, 12 Stat 432 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000566 |
nothing in statute | ||||
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 | ||||
Williamson Act (Veterans' Administration) | Sponsor | Williamson Act (Veterans' Administration) | NO short title | Rep. William Williamson (R-SD) (1921-1932) | ch 863, 46 Stat 1016 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000553 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Williams Act | Sponsor | Williams Act | NO short title | Sen Harrison Williams (D-NJ) | 90-439 | 82 Stat 454 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000502 |
nothing in statute; amending SEC Act | |||
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 | Honor | William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 | "William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008" | William Wilberforce, British MP who fought to end the slave trade and abolish slavery. | 22 USC 7101 (note) | 110-457 | 122 Stat 5044 | Y |
110 CR H14113, Dec. 4, 2007; http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wilberforce_william.shtml |
Named for British MP who fought to end the slave trade | ||
William Levi Dawson Chair of Public Affairs Act | Award | William Levi Dawson Chair of Public Affairs Act | "William Levi Dawson Chair of Public Affairs Act" | Rep. William Levi Dawson (IL), attended Fisk University. | 96-374, title XIII, part H, subpart 3 (section 1381) | 94 Stat 1503 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000158 |
short title; establishing named chair at Fisk University | |||
William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998 | Honor/Sponsor | William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998 | "William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998" | Rep. William F. Goodling (PA), was Chairman of Committee on Education and the Workforce at the time. Retired in 2000. | 42 USC 1751 (note) | 105-336 | 112 Stat 3143 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000291 |
Goodling's name added in Conference -- and Goodling was a conferee! See H. Rept. 105-786. | ||
Wiley Act (Homestead Lands, Alabama) | Sponsor | Wiley Act (Homestead Lands, Alabama) | NO short title | Rep. Ariosto Appling Wiley (AL) | ch 1013, 32 Stat 1222 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000466 |
nothing in statute; homestead settlers in AL; House Congressional Record of debate from 1907 refers to legislation as the "Wiley Act" | ||||
Wiley Act (Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) | Honor | Wiley Act (Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) | NO short title | Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, head of the Division of Chemistry and crusader for pure food and drug laws. | ch 3915, 34 Stat 768 | X |
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/History/Overviews/ucm056044.htm |
nothing in statute | ||||
Wilcox Air Base Act | Sponsor | Wilcox Air Base Act | NO short title | Rep. James Wilcox (D-FL) | ch 511, 49 Stat 610 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000455 |
nothing in statute |