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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinson-Patman-McCormack Act (see Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936) | Sponsor | Vinson-Patman-McCormack Act (see Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936) | "Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936" | Rep. Vinson (D-KY); Rep. Patman (D-TX); Rep. McCormack (D-MA) | ch 32, 49 Stat 1099 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000106; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000103; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000364 |
short title at end; Referred to as Vinson-Patman-McCormack in contemporary news about bill: http://www.fultonhistory.com/Process%20small/Newspapers/Lowvile%20Ny%20Rebulican/1936/Newspaper%20Lowville%20NY%20Journal%20Republican%201936%20-%20%28120%29.PDF | ||||
| Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act | Political Description | Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act | "Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act" | 49 USC 40101 | 108-176 | 117 Stat 2490 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| VOICE Act | Acrostic | VOICE Act | "Victims of Iranian Censorship Act" or "VOICE Act" | 22 USC 6201 | 111-84, div A, title XII, subtitle D, S1261 | 123 Stat 2553 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle D | ||||
| Volstead Act (Drainage under State Laws) | Sponsor | Volstead Act (Drainage under State Laws) | NO short title | Rep. John Andrew Volstead, (R-MN) | 43 USC 1021 | ch 181, 35 Stat 169 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000114 |
name not statutized | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Voorhis Anti-Propaganda Act | Sponsor | Voorhis Anti-Propaganda Act | NO short title | Rep. Horace (Jerry) Voorhis (D-CA) | ch 897, 54 Stat 1201 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000118 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Vreeland-Aldrich Act (National Currency Associations) | Sponsor | Vreeland-Aldrich Act (National Currency Associations) | NO short title | Rep. Edward Butterfield Vreeland, (R-N.Y.); Sen. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, R- R.I.) | ch 229, 35 Stat 546 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000122; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000083 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004 (aka Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004) | Honor | W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004 (aka Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004) | "W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004 (aka Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004)" | Rep. Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin (LA), chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce (which shared jurisdiction for satellite home viewer authorizations with Judiciary), who retired in 2004. | 17 USC 101 (note) | 108-447, div J, title IX | 118 Stat 3393 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000058 |
short title actually as "W.J. (Billy) ��_��__��_��___" | ||
| Wadsworth-Burke Bill (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wadsworth-Burke Bill (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 | 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 at end - "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940"; "Wadsworth-Burke" not statutized | |||
| 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 |