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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McCumber Act (Pensions) | Sponsor | McCumber Act (Pensions) | NO short title | Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-ND) | ch 468, 34 Stat 879 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397 |
nothing in statute | ||||
McFadden-Pepper Act (see McFadden Act (Branch Banks)) | Sponsor | McFadden-Pepper Act (see McFadden Act (Branch Banks)) | NO short title | Rep. Louis Thomas McFadden (R-PA); Sen. George W. Pepper (R-PA) | ch 191, 44 Stat 1224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000434; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000219 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Wagner-Peyser Act | Sponsor | Wagner-Peyser Act | NO short title | Sen. Robert Wagner (D-NY) and Rep. Theodore Peyser (D-NY) | 29 USC 49 (note) | ch 49, 48 Stat 113 | Y |
Wagner - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; Peyser - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000281 |
statutized by amending short title to include "Wagner-Peyser Act" in 96 Stat 1397 | |||
Kramer Patent Act | Sponsor | Kramer Patent Act | NO short title | Rep. Charles Kramer (D-CA) | ch. 450, 53 Stat 1212 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000321 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Humphrey Durham Act (See Humphrey-Durham Drug Prescriptions Act) | Sponsor | Humphrey Durham Act (See Humphrey-Durham Drug Prescriptions Act) | NO short title | Rep. Carl Durham (D-NC); Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | ch 578, 65 Stat 648 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000571; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 | Sponsor | Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 | "Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982" | Rep. Fernand Joseph St. Germain (D-RI) and Sen. Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn (R-UT). | 12 USC 226 (note) | 97-320 | 96 Stat 1469 | Y |
Garn - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000072; St. Germain - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000762 |
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Towner-Sheppard Act (Maternity Hyiene) (see Maternity Act) | Sponsor | Towner-Sheppard Act (Maternity Hyiene) (see Maternity Act) | NO short title | Sen. Morris Sheppard, (D-TX); Rep. Horace Mann Towner, Ill, (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 | ||||
McCreary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | Sponsor | McCreary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | NO short title | Rep. Jame McCreary (D-KY) | ch. 14, 28 Stat 7 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000382 |
nothing in statute | ||||
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 | ||||
Morrill Act (Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges) (aka the First Morrill Act) | Sponsor | Morrill Act (Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges) (aka the First Morrill Act) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) | 7 USC 301 (note) | ch 130, 12 Stat 503 | Y |
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Morrill.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969 |
"Morrill" statutized by reference at 108 Stat 4048 |