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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Serve America Act | Political Description | Serve America Act | "Serve America Act" | 42 USC 12501 | 111-13 | 123 Stat 1460 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990 | Political Description | Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990 | "Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990" | 42 USC 12501 | 101-610, title I, subtitle B, S 110 | 104 Stat 3132 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle B, part I | ||||
Shackleford Act | Sponsor | Shackleford Act | NO short title | Rep. Dorsey William Shackleford, (D-MO) | ch 241, 39 Stat 355 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000274 |
nothing in statute; rural post roads | ||||
Sheppard Air Corps Cadet Act (see Army Aviation Cadet Act) | Sponsor | Sheppard Air Corps Cadet Act (see Army Aviation Cadet Act) | "Army Aviation Cadet Act" | Sen. Morris Sheppard (D-TX), Chairman of Committee on Military Affairs until his death on April 9, 1941 | ch 165, 55 Stat 239 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337 |
short title at end - "Army Aviation Cadet Act" | ||||
Sheppard Bone-Dry Law in District of Columbia | Sponsor | Sheppard Bone-Dry Law in District of Columbia | NO short title | Sen. Morris Sheppard, (D-TX) | ch 165, 39 Stat 1123 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Sheppard-Towner Act (Maternity Hygiene) (see Maternity Act) | Sponsor | Sheppard-Towner Act (Maternity Hygiene) (see Maternity Act) | NO short title | Sen. Morris Sheppard, (D-TX); Rep. Horace Mann Towner, Ill, 1911-1923 (R-IA) | ch 135, 42 Stat 224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000325 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Sherley Amendment (Food and Drugs) | Sponsor | Sherley Amendment (Food and Drugs) | NO short title | Rep. Joseph Swagar Sherley, (D-KY) | ch 352, 37 Stat 416 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000343 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Sherman Act | Sponsor | Sherman Act | NO short title | Sen. John Sherman (OH) | 15 USC 1 (note) | ch 647, 26 Stat 209 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000346; http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=51 |
"Sherman Act" added as a short title - Pub. L. 94-435, title III, Sec. 305(a), Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1397, added immediately following the enacting clause of act July 2, 1890, the following: ��_��__��_��__��_��__That this Act [this section and sections 2 to 7 of this title] may be cited as the ��_��__��_��__��_��__Sherman Act��_��__��_.��_��__��_ -- but name was statutized as Sherman Antitrust Act by 69 Stat 282 | |||
Sherman Purchase of Silver Act of July 14, 1890 | Sponsor | Sherman Purchase of Silver Act of July 14, 1890 | NO short title | Sen. John Sherman (R-OH) | ch 708, 26 Stat 289 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000346 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Sherwood Act (Mexican, Civil War Pensions) | Sponsor | Sherwood Act (Mexican, Civil War Pensions) | NO short title | Rep. Isaac R. Sherwood, (D-IA) | ch 123, 37 Stat 112 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000355 |
nothing in statute |