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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United States Arbitration Act | Description | United States Arbitration Act | "United States Arbitration Act" | Ch. 213, 43 Stat 883 | ||||||||
Uniform Fiduciaries Act | Description | Uniform Fiduciaries Act | "Uniform Fiduciaries Act" | ch. 545, 45 Stat 509 | ||||||||
Underwood Tariff Act | Sponsor | Underwood Tariff Act | NO short title | Rep Oscar Wilder Underwood, (D-AL) | ch 16, 38 Stat 114 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000013 |
nothing in statute | ||||
U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 | Acrostic | U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 | "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001" or "U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006" | 15 USC 58 | 109-455 | 120 Stat 3372 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Tyson-Fitzgerald Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | Sponsor | Tyson-Fitzgerald Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | NO short title | Sen. Lawrence Davis Tyson, (D-TN) | ch 735, 45 Stat 735 | |||||||
Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | Sponsor | Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | NO short title | Rep. John McDuffie (D-AL); Sen. Millard E. Tydings (D-MD) | ch 84, 48 Stat 456 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000427; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Tydings Amendment | Sponsor | Tydings Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Millard Tydings (D-MD) | ch 638, 56 Stat 1018 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute; selective service | ||||
Tunney Act | Sponsor | Tunney Act | NO short title (for this section) | Sen. John Tunney (D-CA) | 15 USC 16 | 93-528, section 2 | 88 Stat 1706 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000410 |
long title refers to Sherman Act; name not statutized by amendment to the Act, but included in Subtitle B of 2004 amendment, 118 Stat 668 | ||
Tucker Act (Claims) | Sponsor | Tucker Act (Claims) | NO short title | Rep. John Randolph Tucker (VA) | ch 359, 24 Stat 505 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000401; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Act |
Statutized by reference in ch 315, 47 Stat 420 (1932) | ||||
Tucker Act (Admiralty-Limitations) | Sponsor | Tucker Act (Admiralty-Limitations) | NO short title | Most likely Rep. John Randolph Tucker (D-VA), who was not the sponsor of this Act, but of the 1887 Tucker Act. | ch 315, 47 Stat 420 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000401 |
refers by name to Tucker Act of Mar 3, 1887, 24 Stat. 505 |