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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Walsh-Healey Act | Sponsor | Walsh-Healey Act | NO short title | Sen. David Walsh, (D-MA); Rep. Arthur Healey (D-MA) | 41 USC 101 (note) | ch 881, 49 Stat 2036 | Y |
Walsh - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000097; Healey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000423 |
amended to include "Walsh-Healey Act" as short title in 1994 by 108 Stat 3409 | |||
Walsh Act (Contempts) | Sponsor | Walsh Act (Contempts) | NO short title | Sen. Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT) | ch 762, 44 Stat 835 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000104 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Walsh Act (Additional Federal Judges) | Sponsor | Walsh Act (Additional Federal Judges) | NO short title | Rep. Joseph Walsh (R-MA) | ch 306, 42 Stat 837 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000101 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Walker Tariff Act | Sponsor | Walker Tariff Act | NO short title | Treasury Secretary Robert Walker | ch 74, 9 Stat 42 | X | nothing in statute | |||||
Wagner-Steagall Housing Act | Sponsor | Wagner-Steagall Housing Act | "United States Housing Act Amendments of 1938" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. Henry Bascom Steagall, (D-AL) | ch 554, title VI, 52 Stat 820 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
short title at end of Title VI (only applies to title VI) | ||||
Wagner-Peyser Act | Sponsor | Wagner-Peyser Act | NO short title | Sen. Robert Wagner (D-NY) and Rep. Theodore Peyser (D-NY) | 29 USC 49 (note) | ch 49, 48 Stat 113 | Y |
Wagner - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; Peyser - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000281 |
statutized by amending short title to include "Wagner-Peyser Act" in 96 Stat 1397 | |||
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) | ||||
Wagner-Lewis $500,000,000 Emergency Relief Act (see A.A.A. Farm Relief and Inflation Act) | Sponsor | Wagner-Lewis $500,000,000 Emergency Relief Act (see A.A.A. Farm Relief and Inflation Act) | NO short title | Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) (1927-1949); Probably Sen. James H. Lewis (D-IL), who was Democratic whip at the time, but unclear. No conferees were named Lewis in either chamber and no Lewis played a significant role in the debates. (Though it is clear that Sen. Lewis was present and asking questions -- no Lewis appears in the House proceedings at all.) | ch 25, 48 Stat 31 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000284 |
nothing in statute; Neither the Lewis in the House or Senate participated in the debates on the bill and neither was a conferee; Sen. Lewis didn't even vote on the conference report | ||||
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 | |||
Wagner-Connery Wages and Hours Act (see Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Wagner-Connery Wages and Hours Act (see Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938) | "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. William Patrick Connery, Jr., 1923-37, (D-MA). | 29 USC 201 | ch 676, 52 Stat 1060 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000694; see also http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/flsa1938.htm |
ST at beginning; "Wagner-Connery" not statutized |