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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Wadsworth-Kahn Act | Sponsor | Wadsworth-Kahn Act | NO short title | Sen. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., (R-N.Y.); Rep. Julius Kahn, (R-CA) | ch 100, 41 Stat 530 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000012; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000003 |
nothing in statute; transfering surplus military supplies | ||||
Fuller Act (Pensions, Civil War, War with Mexico) | Sponsor | Fuller Act (Pensions, Civil War, War with Mexico) | NO short title | Most likely Rep. Charles Fuller (R-IL), Chair of Committee on Invalid Pensions | ch. 165, 41 Stat 585 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000407 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Merchant Marine Act, 1920 | Description | Merchant Marine Act, 1920 | "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | Ch. 250, 41 Stat 988 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Third Deficiency Act, 1920" | Ch. 253, 41 Stat 1015 | ||||||||
Jones Act (Merchant Marine) (see Merchant Marine Act, 1920) | Sponsor | Jones Act (Merchant Marine) (see Merchant Marine Act, 1920) | "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | ch 250, 41 Stat 988 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
short title at end - "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | ||||
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 | ||||
Federal Water Power Act | Description | Federal Water Power Act | "The Federal Water Power Act" | ch. 285, 41 Stat 1063 | ||||||||
Esch Water Power Act (see Federal Power Act) | Sponsor | Esch Water Power Act (see Federal Power Act) | "The Federal Water Power Act" | John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | 16 USC 791a | ch 285, 41 Stat 1063 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
"Esch" not statutized; short titled at end | |||
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 | ||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1921" | Ch. 89, 41 Stat 1156 |