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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Smith-Lever Act | Sponsor | Smith-Lever Act | NO short title | Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) and Rep. Asbury Lever (D-SC) | 7 USC 341 (note) | ch 79, 38 Stat 372 | Y |
Smith-Lever Act, Green 'N' Growing: The History of Home Demonstration and 4-H Youth Development in North Carolina, http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/greenngrowing/essay_smith_lev... http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/aee501/camp.html; Lever - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000259; Smith - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551 |
amended to include "Smith-Lever Act" as short title by 112 Stat 525 | |||
Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act | Sponsor | Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act | NO short title | Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) and Rep. Dudley Hughes (D-GA) | 20 USC 11 (note) | ch 114, 39 Stat 929 | Y |
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/aee501/camp.html; Smith - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551; Hughes - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000920 |
"Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act" statutized by 60 Stat 775 | |||
Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act (see War Labor Disputes Act) | Sponsor | Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act (see War Labor Disputes Act) | "War Labor Disputes Act" | Sen. Thomas Connally (D-TX); Rep. Howard Worth (D-VA) | 50 USC App 1501 | ch 144, 57 Stat 163 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000684; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000554 |
"Smith-Connally" not statutized; short title at end - "War Labor Disputes Act" | |||
Smith Act of 1940 | Sponsor | Smith Act of 1940 | "Alien Registration Act, 1940" | Rep. Howard W. Smith of (D-VA) | ch 439, title I, 54 Stat 670 | N |
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/smithactof1940.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000554 |
short title is "Alien Registration Act, 1940" - section 41 | ||||
Smith Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | Sponsor | Smith Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | NO short title | Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) | 43 USC 621 | ch 319, 39 Stat 506 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551 |
name not statutized | |||
Sisk Act | Sponsor | Sisk Act | NO short title | Rep. Bernice Sisk (D-CA) (male) | 16 USC 484a (note) | 90-171 | 81 Stat 531 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000454 |
"Sisk Act" statutized in definitions section 2(a)(11) of 120 Stat 1218; though also mentioned in as "commonly known as Sisk Act" in S.340 of 111 Stat 1603 | ||
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act | Honor | Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act | "Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act" | Silvo Conte was a champion of preservation, including of the Connecticut River. | 16 USC 668dd (note) | 102-212 | 105 Stat 1655 | Y |
Findings in text of legislation. |
long title and short title; establishing refuge named for Conte, findings | ||
Sills Act (Pensions, Spanish War, Philippine Insurrection, China Relief Expedition) | Sponsor | Sills Act (Pensions, Spanish War, Philippine Insurrection, China Relief Expedition) | NO short title | Rep. Sam Riley Sells (R-TN) | ch 245, 41 Stat 982 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000235 |
nothing in statute; PNT error - listed as "Sills" but should be "Sells", who was sponsor | ||||
Sikes Act Improvement Act of 1997 | Sponsor | Sikes Act Improvement Act of 1997 | "Sikes Act Improvement Act of 1997" | Rep. Robert Sikes (D-FL) | 16 USC 670 (note) | 105-85, div B, title XXIX | 111 Stat 2016 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000406 |
short title; also Section 2903 codifies the name "Sikes Act" | ||
Sikes Act Amendments of 1978 | Sponsor | Sikes Act Amendments of 1978 | "Sikes Act Amendments of 1978" | Rep. Robert Sikes (D-FL) | 16 USC 670 (note) | 95-420 | 92 Stat 921 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000406 |
short title in enacting clause, starts at section 2 |