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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TREAD Act | Acrostic | TREAD Act | "Transporation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act" | 49 USC 30101 | 106-414 | 114 Stat 1800 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| TRICARE Affirmation Act | Abbreviation | TRICARE Affirmation Act | "TRICARE Affirmative Act" | 26 USC 1 | 111-159 | 124 Stat 1123 | N | short title at beginning of statute; no indication what TRICARE is | ||||
| Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act | Location | Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act | "Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act" | Truckee-Carson is an irrigation district and Pyramid is a lake in Nevada. | 101-618 | 104 Stat 3294 | N | short title; names of bodies of water | ||||
| Truman-Hobbs Act (aka Hobbs Bridge Act) | Sponsor | Truman-Hobbs Act (aka Hobbs Bridge Act) | NO short title | Sen. Harry S. Truman (future POTUS); (D-MO); Rep. Samuel Francis Hobbs, (D-AL) | 33 USC 511 (note) | ch 409, 54 Stat 497 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000387; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663; |
name not statutized | |||
| Tucker Act (Admiralty-Limitations) | Sponsor | Tucker Act (Admiralty-Limitations) | NO short title | Most likely Rep. John Randolph Tucker (D-VA), who was not the sponsor of this Act, but of the 1887 Tucker Act. | ch 315, 47 Stat 420 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000401 |
refers by name to Tucker Act of Mar 3, 1887, 24 Stat. 505 | ||||
| Tucker Act (Claims) | Sponsor | Tucker Act (Claims) | NO short title | Rep. John Randolph Tucker (VA) | ch 359, 24 Stat 505 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000401; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Act |
Statutized by reference in ch 315, 47 Stat 420 (1932) | ||||
| Tunney Act | Sponsor | Tunney Act | NO short title (for this section) | Sen. John Tunney (D-CA) | 15 USC 16 | 93-528, section 2 | 88 Stat 1706 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000410 |
long title refers to Sherman Act; name not statutized by amendment to the Act, but included in Subtitle B of 2004 amendment, 118 Stat 668 | ||
| Tydings Amendment | Sponsor | Tydings Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Millard Tydings (D-MD) | ch 638, 56 Stat 1018 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute; selective service | ||||
| Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | Sponsor | Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | NO short title | Rep. John McDuffie (D-AL); Sen. Millard E. Tydings (D-MD) | ch 84, 48 Stat 456 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000427; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Tyson-Fitzgerald Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | Sponsor | Tyson-Fitzgerald Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | NO short title | Sen. Lawrence Davis Tyson, (D-TN) | ch 735, 45 Stat 735 |