Database of Federal Statute Popular Names
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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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Nelson Amendment (Agricultural Colleges) | Sponsor | Nelson Amendment (Agricultural Colleges) | NO short title | Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 2907 [part], 34 Stat 1256, 1281 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Nelson Bill | Sponsor | Nelson Bill | NO short title | Most likely Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) | 91-405, title II, sectionns 204(a)-(e ), 206(b) | 84 Stat 852, 853, 855 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000033 |
nothing in statute; providing for a delegate from DC | |||
NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008 | Acrostic | NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008 | "New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008" or "NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008" | 47 USC 609 | 110-283 | 122 Stat 2620 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
New Communities Act of 1968 | Description | New Communities Act of 1968 | "New Communities Act of 1968" | 42 USC 3901 | 90-448, title IV | 82 Stat 513 | N | short title at beginning of title IV - guarantees for financing new community land development | ||||
Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008 | Political Description | Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008 | "Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007" | 42 USC 201 | 110-204 | 122 Stat 705 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Newlands Act (Irrigation) (see Reclamation Act; National Irrigation Act of 1902) | Sponsor | Newlands Act (Irrigation) (see Reclamation Act; National Irrigation Act of 1902) | NO short title | Rep. Francis Newlands (D-NV) | 43 USC 371 | ch 1093, 32 Stat 388 | N |
http://www.ccrh.org/comm/umatilla/primary/newlands.htm; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
name not statutized; aka the Reclamation Act; introduced by Rep. Francis Newlands of NV; Amended by Reclamation Project Act of 1939 and of 1982 | |||
Newlands Act (Railroad Mediation) | Sponsor | Newlands Act (Railroad Mediation) | NO short title | Sen. Francis Griffith Newlands, (D-MO) | ch 6, 38 Stat 103 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act | Location | Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act | "Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act" | Newlands Project, NV | 109-265 | 120 Stat 668 | N | short title; Newlands Project previously named | ||||
Newlands Resolution (Annexation of Hawaii) | Sponsor | Newlands Resolution (Annexation of Hawaii) | NO short title | Rep. Francis Newlands (D-NV) | No. 55, 30 Stat 750 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Newton Amendment to Carmack Amendment | Sponsor | Newton Amendment to Carmack Amendment | NO short title | Rep. Walter Hughes Newton (R-MN) (1919-1929) (Newton resigned June 30, 1929); The only Carmack in the directory is Sen. Edward Ward Carmack, who died in 1908) | ch 208, 46 Stat 251 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000079 |
nothing in statute |