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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Brown-Lodge Bill | Sponsor | Brown-Lodge Bill | NO short title | Rep. Clarence Brown (R-OH); Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | ch. 207, 61 Stat 246 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000909; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000394 |
no name in statute | ||||
Brown-Stevens Act | Sponsor | Brown-Stevens Act | NO short title | Rep. Frederick Clement Stevens, (R-MN); Sen. Norris Brown, (R-NE) | ch. 202, 36 Stat 348 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000878; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000939 |
no name in statute | ||||
Bryson Act | Sponsor | Bryson Act | NO short title | Rep. Joseph Raleigh Bryson, (D-SC) | 35 USC 1 | ch. 950, 66 Stat 792 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000999 |
name not statutized | |||
Buck Act | Sponsor | Buck Act | NO short title | Rep. Frank Henry Buck, (D-CA) | 4 USC 105-110 | ch. 787, 54 Stat 1059 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001017 |
name not statutized | |||
Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 | Sponsor | Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 | "Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004" | Sen. James Bunning (KY), Rep. Douglas Bereuter (NE), Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR) | 42 USC 4001 | 108-264 | 118 Stat 712 | Y |
Bunning - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001066; Bereuter - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000403; Blumenauer - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000574; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_Insurance_Reform_Act_of_2004 |
name written as short title | ||
Burke Act (Indians) | Sponsor | Burke Act (Indians) | NO short title | Rep. Charles Burke (R-SD) | 25 USC 349 | ch. 2348, 34 Stat 182 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001087 |
name not statutized | |||
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 | |||
Burton Law (Control and Regulation of Waters of Niagra Falls) | Sponsor | Burton Law (Control and Regulation of Waters of Niagra Falls) | NO short title | Most likely Rep. Theodore Burton (R-OH), Chairman of Committee on Rivers and Harbors | ch. 3621, 34 Stat 626 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001159 |
no name in statute | ||||
Burton-Hill Hospital Survey of Construction Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | Sponsor | Burton-Hill Hospital Survey of Construction Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | Sen. Harold Hitz Burton (R-OH); Sen. Joseph Lister Hill (D-AL) | ch 958, 60 Stat 1040 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001150; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000598 |
short title is "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | ||||
Butter Standard Act | Description | Butter Standard Act | NO short title | 21 USC 321a | ch 268, 42 Stat 1500 | N | it's actually just a short little statute standarizing what counts as butter |