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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Burke-Wadsworth Act (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Burke-Wadsworth Act (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940" | Sen. Edward Raymond Burke (D-S.D.); Rep. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., (R-N.Y.) | 50 USC App 301 et seq | ch 720, 54 Stat 885 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001089; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000012 |
short title is "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940"; "Burke-Wadsworth" not statutized | |||
Wadsworth-Burke Bill (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wadsworth-Burke Bill (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940" | Sen. Edward Raymond Burke (D-S.D.); Rep. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., (R-N.Y.) | 50 USC App 301 | ch 720, 54 Stat 885 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001089; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000012 |
short title at end - "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940"; "Wadsworth-Burke" not statutized | |||
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" | |||
Bland Ship Requisitioning Act (see Ship Seizure Bill) | Sponsor | Bland Ship Requisitioning Act (see Ship Seizure Bill) | NO short title | Rep. Schuyler Otis Bland, (D-VA) | 50 USC App 1271 | ch 174, 55 Stat 242 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000545 |
name not statutized | |||
McCarran Act (see Internal Security Act of 1950) | Sponsor | McCarran Act (see Internal Security Act of 1950) | "Internal Security Act of 1950" | Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-N.V) | 50 USC 781 | ch 1024, 64 Stat 987 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308 |
"McCarran" not statutized; short title at beginning - "Internal Security Act of 1950" | |||
Spoils of War Act of 1994 | Political Description | Spoils of War Act of 1994 | "Spoils of War Act of 1994" | 50 USC 2201 | 103-236, title V, part B, S 551 | 108 Stat 482 | N | |||||
CIARDS Technical Corrections Act of 1992 | Abbreviation | CIARDS Technical Corrections Act of 1992 | "CIARDS Technical Corrections Act of 1992" | 50 USC 2001 | 102-496, title VIII | 106 Stat 3196 | N | Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System | ||||
David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 | Honor | David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 | "National Security Education Act of 1991" | Sen. David L. Boren (OK) | 50 USC 1901(a) | 102-183, title VIII | 105 Stat 1271 | Y |
http://www.borenawards.org/news/show/david_l_boren_attends_20th_annivers... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000639; "OU President David Boren to be honored on anniversary of establishing foreign education program," The Oklahoman, Sept. 8, 2011 (on file) |
both title and short title are "National Security Education Act of 1991"; "David L. Boren" statutized by amending short title in 106 Stat 3185 (1992); Boren authored the 1991 law | ||
Protect America Act | Political Description | Protect America Act | "Protect America Act" | 50 USC 1801 | 110-55 | 121 Stat 552 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; FISA amendment | ||||
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 | Abbreviation | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 | "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008" or the "FISA Amendments Act of 2008" | 50 USC 1801 | 110-261 | 122 Stat 2436 | N | short title at the beginning of statute; what's interesting here is that "FISA" is not part of the short title of the original bill, but it has clearly come to be known by the acronym |