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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Pittman Underground Water Act | Sponsor | Pittman Underground Water Act | NO short title | Sen. Key Pittman, (D-NE) | ch 77, 41 Stat 293 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000003 |
nothing in statute; about land in NV | ||||
Volstead Act (see National Prohibition Act) | Sponsor | Volstead Act (see National Prohibition Act) | "National Prohibition Act" | Rep. Andrew John Volstead, (R-MN) | ch 85, 41 Stat 305 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000114 |
short title at beginning - "National Prohibition Act"; references "War Prohibition Act" to mean any provision of a previoulsy enacted that prohibited alcohol during WWI | ||||
Dyer Act (Motor Vehicles) (see National Motor Vehicle Theft Act) | Sponsor | Dyer Act (Motor Vehicles) (see National Motor Vehicle Theft Act) | "National Motor Vehicle Theft Act" | Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer; (R-MO) | ch 89, 41 Stat 324 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000591 |
short title at beginning - "the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act" | ||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920" | Ch. 93, 41 Stat 327 | ||||||||
Esch-Cummins Act (Railroads) (see Transportation Act, 1920) | Sponsor | Esch-Cummins Act (Railroads) (see Transportation Act, 1920) | "Transportation Act, 1920" | Rep. John Jacob Esch (R-WI); Sen. Albert Cummins (D-IA) | ch 91, 41 Sat 456 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000988 |
short title at beginning "Transportation Act, 1920"; Typo in PNT - listed as "Esch-Cummings" but is really "Esch-Cummins" | ||||
Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920 | Description | Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920 | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920" | Ch. 94, 41 Stat 502 | ||||||||
Wadsworth-Kahn Act | Sponsor | Wadsworth-Kahn Act | NO short title | Sen. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., (R-N.Y.); Rep. Julius Kahn, (R-CA) | ch 100, 41 Stat 530 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000012; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000003 |
nothing in statute; transfering surplus military supplies | ||||
Fuller Act (Pensions, Civil War, War with Mexico) | Sponsor | Fuller Act (Pensions, Civil War, War with Mexico) | NO short title | Most likely Rep. Charles Fuller (R-IL), Chair of Committee on Invalid Pensions | ch. 165, 41 Stat 585 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000407 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Merchant Marine Act, 1920 | Description | Merchant Marine Act, 1920 | "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | Ch. 250, 41 Stat 988 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Third Deficiency Act, 1920" | Ch. 253, 41 Stat 1015 |