Database of Federal Statute Popular Names

Titlesort descending 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
Smith Act of 1940 Sponsor Smith Act of 1940 "Alien Registration Act, 1940" Rep. Howard W. Smith of (D-VA) ch 439, title I, 54 Stat 670 N

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/smithactof1940.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000554

 short title is "Alien Registration Act, 1940" - section 41
Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act (see War Labor Disputes Act) Sponsor Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act (see War Labor Disputes Act) "War Labor Disputes Act" Sen. Thomas Connally (D-TX); Rep. Howard Worth (D-VA) 50 USC App 1501 ch 144, 57 Stat 163 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000684; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000554

 "Smith-Connally" not statutized; short title at end - "War Labor Disputes Act"
Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act Sponsor Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act NO short title Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) and Rep. Dudley Hughes (D-GA) 20 USC 11 (note) ch 114, 39 Stat 929 Y

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/aee501/camp.html; Smith - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551; Hughes - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000920

 "Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act" statutized by 60 Stat 775
Smith-Lever Act Sponsor Smith-Lever Act NO short title Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) and Rep. Asbury Lever (D-SC) 7 USC 341 (note) ch 79, 38 Stat 372 Y

Smith-Lever Act, Green 'N' Growing: The History of Home Demonstration and 4-H Youth Development in North Carolina, http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/greenngrowing/essay_smith_lev... http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/aee501/camp.html; Lever - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000259; Smith - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551

 amended to include "Smith-Lever Act" as short title by 112 Stat 525
Smith-Sears Act Sponsor Smith-Sears Act NO short title Rep. William Joseph Sears (D-FL); Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) ch 107, 40 Stat 617 X

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000211; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551

 nothing in statute; vocational ed for vets
Smoot-Burton Act (British War Debt) Sponsor Smoot-Burton Act (British War Debt) NO short title Sen. Reed Smoot, (R-UT); Sen. Theodore Elijah Burton, (R-OH) ch 146, 42 Stat 1325 X

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001159

 nothing in statute
Smoot-Hawley Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) Sponsor Smoot-Hawley Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) "Tariff Act of 1930" Sen. Reed Smoot, 1903-1933, (R-UT); Rep. Willis Chatman Hawley, (R-OR) 19 USC 1654 (short title) ch 497, 46 Stat 590 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000379

 "Smoot-Hawley" never statutized; short title at end - "Tariff Act of 1930"
Snyder Act (Indian Affairs Bureau) Sponsor Snyder Act (Indian Affairs Bureau) NO short title Rep. Homer Snyder (R-NY) 25 USC 13 (note) ch 115, 42 Stat 208 Y

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000666

 "Snyder Act" statutized by PL 105-244, 112 Stat 1581 (1998)with "(commonly known as the Snyder Act)"; authorizing approps, possibly creating BIA
Social Security Act Description Social Security Act "Social Security Act" 42 USC 1305 Ch. 531, 49 Stat 620
Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 Description Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 "Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006" 30 USC 262 109-338, title I 120 Stat 1786 N short title at beginning of subtitle title I; no idea what this is about

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