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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No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1924" | Ch. 4, 43 Stat 672 | ||||||||
Saulsbury Resolution (District of Columbia Rents) | Sponsor | Saulsbury Resolution (District of Columbia Rents) | NO short title | Sen. Willard Saulsbury, Jr., (D-DE) | ch 90, 40 Stat 593 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000073 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Lesinski Pension Increase Act | Sponsor | Lesinski Pension Increase Act | NO short title | Rep. John Lesinski (D-MI) | ch 246, 54 Stat 237 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000251 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Adams Act (Agricultural Experimental Stations) | Sponsor | Adams Act (Agricultural Experimental Stations) | NO short title | Rep. Henry Cullen Adams (R-WI) | 59 PL 47 | 34 Stat 63 | X |
The Adams Act, Charles E Rosenberg, Agricultural History, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3739939; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000037 |
Repealed Aug. 11, 1955 by 69 Stat 674 - repealing statute refers to it as the "Adams Act" | |||
Revenue Act of 1936 | Description | Revenue Act of 1936 | "Revenue Act of 1936" | Ch. 690, 49 Stat 1648 | ||||||||
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 | ||
Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century | Honor | Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century | "Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century" | Sen. Wendell H. Ford (KY), former Chair of the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, retired in 1998. | 49 USC 40101 (note) | 106-181 | 114 Stat 61 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000268 |
short title | ||
Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008 | Honor | Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008 | "Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008" | Sen. Paul Wellstone (MN); amends the 2001 MD-CARE Act which was sponsored by Wellstone. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-361 | 122 Stat 4010 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000288 |
short title | ||
Securities Act of 1933 | Description | Securities Act of 1933 | "Securities Act of 1933" | 15 USC 77a | Ch. 38, 48 Stat 74 | |||||||
McMahon Atomic Energy Act (see Atomic Energy Act of 1954) | Sponsor | McMahon Atomic Energy Act (see Atomic Energy Act of 1954) | "Atomic Anergy Act of 1946" | Sen. Brien McMahon (D-CT) | 42 USC 2011 | ch 724, 60 Stat 755 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000559 |
short title at end - "Atomic Energy Act of 1946" |