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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Purnell Act (Corn Borer Eradication) | Sponsor | Purnell Act (Corn Borer Eradication) | NO short title | Rep. Fred Sampson Purnell, (R-IN) | 7 USC 146 | ch 90, 44 Stat 1065 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000573 |
not statutized; corn borer was a kind of pest | |||
Purnell Act of 1925 | Sponsor | Purnell Act of 1925 | NO short title | Rep. Fred Sampson Purnell, (R-IN) | ch 308, 43 Stat 970 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000573 |
nothing in statute; agriculture | ||||
QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 | Description | QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 | "QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008" | 42 USC 14305 | 110-379 | 122 Stat 4075 | N | short title at beginning of statute; QI stands for Qualifying Individual, but is only spelled out in Section 2 | ||||
QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005 | Description | QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005 | "QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005" | 42 USC 1305 | 109-91 | 119 Stat 2091 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Quiet Communities Act of 1978 | Political Description | Quiet Communities Act of 1978 | "Quiet Communities Act of 1978" | 42 USC 4901 | 95-609 | 92 Stat 3079 | N | short title at beginning of statute; amending Noise Control Act of 1972 | ||||
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) | Description | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) | NO short title | 18 USC 1961 ntoes | 91-452, title IX, 901(a) | 84 Stat 941 | N | title of Title IX but no short title | ||||
Railroad Retirement Act | Description | Railroad Retirement Act | "Railroad Retirement Act" | Ch. 868, 48 Stat 1283 | ||||||||
Railway Labor Act | Description | Railway Labor Act | "Railway Labor Act" | 45 USC 151 | Ch. 691, 48 Stat 1185 | |||||||
Raker Act | Sponsor | Raker Act | NO short title | Rep. John Edward Raker, (D-CA) | ch 4, 38 Stat 242 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000019 |
nothing in statute; granting land access rights in Yosemite to the city of SFO | ||||
Raker Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | Sponsor | Raker Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | NO short title | Rep. John Edward Raker, (D-CA) | 43 USC 511 | ch 190, 42 Stat 541 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000019 |
name not statutized |