Popular Name Statutes: by type
Title | Type | Popular Name Statutized? | Date Enacted | Interesting Part Statutized? | Leads to other named Legislation | Link/Source | Named For? | Notes | PL | Short Title | Statute At Large | |
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"SPARS" Act | Abbreviation | U | 02/19/1941 | 11/23/1942 | Y |
http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/08/womens-equality-day-2011/uscg-spar... |
An acronym for the Coast Guard's motto, Semper Paratus, Always Ready | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 8, title IV, as added ch 639, S 1, 56 Stat 1020 | ||
ADAMHA Reorganization Act | Institution | Y | 07/10/1992 | N | short title; ADAMHA = Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration | 102-321 | "ADAMHA Reorganization Act" | 106 Stat 323 | ||||
Adams Act (Agricultural Experimental Stations) | Sponsor | U | 03/16/1906 | X |
The Adams Act, Charles E Rosenberg, Agricultural History, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3739939; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000037 |
Rep. Henry Cullen Adams (R-WI) | Repealed Aug. 11, 1955 by 69 Stat 674 - repealing statute refers to it as the "Adams Act" | 59 PL 47 | NO short title | 34 Stat 63 | ||
Adamson Law (Eight Hour Day) | Sponsor | N | 09/05/1916 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000051 |
Rep. William C. Adamson (D-GA_ | name not statutized; | NO short title | 39 Stat 721 | |||
Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936 | Description | Y | 01/27/1936 | "Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936" | Ch. 32, 49 Stat 1099 | |||||||
Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 | Honor | Y | 11/29/1999 | Y |
Nance - NYT Obit published 5/15/99 - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507EFD61F3FF936A25756C0A... Donovan - Cong record V. 145, Pt. 21, 31003, Nov 19, 1999 |
Rear Admiral James Nance was an aide to Jesse Helms who died in May 1999 ; Meg Donovan was a Deputy Asst Secretary of State in the Clinton Admin and before that, a long-time staffer at House International Relations, who died in 1998 | 106-113 div B Section 1000(a)(7) | "Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001" | 113 Stat 1536, 1501A-405 | |||
ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 | Acrostic | Y | 08/03/2007 | Y | both are in short title at beginning of Title XXI of the "Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act" | 110-53 | "Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2007" or "ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007" | 121 Stat 526 | ||||
AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 | Abbreviation | N | 07/13/2004 | N | short title is only abbrivation; amending the African Growth and Opportunity Act | 108-274 | "AGOA Accelleration Act of 2004" | 118 Stat 820 | ||||
Agricultural Credits Act of 1923 | Description | Y | 03/04/1923 | "Agricultural Credits Act of 1923" | Ch. 252, 42 Stat 1454 | |||||||
Agricultural Marketing Act | Description | Y | 06/15/1929 | "Agricultural Marketing Act" | Ch. 24, 46 Stat 11 | |||||||
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 | Description | Y | 06/03/1937 | "Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937" | Ch. 296, 50 Stat 246 | |||||||
Aimee's Law | Victim | Y | 10/28/2000 | Y | Named for Aimee Willard, George Mason student who was killed by a paroled convicted murder in 1996. | Requires states to pay for the prosecution and incarceration of any violent felons who commit crimes in other states after they are paroled. | 106-386 div. C Section 2001 | "Aimee's Law" | 114 Stat 1539 | |||
Air Commerce Act of 1926 | Description | Y | 05/20/1926 | "Air Commerce Act of 1926" | Ch. 34, 44 Stat 568 | |||||||
Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Act of 1994 | Institution | Y | 10/20/1994 | Y | Albert Einstein | Name is the name of the program | 103-382, title V, part A (sec 511 et seq) | "Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Act of 1994" | 108 Stat 4042 | |||
Aldrich Act (Currency) | Sponsor | N | 03/04/1907 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000083 |
Sen. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, (R-R.I) | Repealed by PL 103-325, 108 Stat 2293 - popular name not mentioned in repeal | NO short title | 34 Stat 1289 | |||
Aldrich-Vreeland Act (National Currency Assocations) | Sponsor | N | 05/30/1908 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000083; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000122 |
Sen. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, (R-R.I); Rep. Edward Butterfield Vreeland, (R-N.Y.) | Repealed by PL 103-325, 108 Stat 2292 - popular name not mentioned in repeal | NO short title | 35 Stat 546 | |||
Amber Hagerman Child Protection Act of 1996 | Victim | Y | 09/30/1996 | Y |
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/january052010/amber_bus.php |
Amber Hagerman was abducted and murdered in Arlington, TX in 1996. AMBER Alert also named for her. | 104-208, div A, title I | "Amber Hagerman Child Protection Act of 1996" | 110 Stat 3009, 3009-26, 3009-31 | |||
America COMPETES Act | Acrostic | Y | 08/09/2007 | Y | Reauthorized in 2010 at PL 111-358 | 110-69 | "America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act" or "America COMPETES Act" | 121 Stat 572 | ||||
America the Beautiful Act of 1990 | Political Description | Y | 11/28/1990 | N | creating tree-planting foundation | 101-624 | "America the Beautiful Act of 1990" | 104 Stat 3553 | ||||
Amy Boyer's Law | Victim | Y | 12/21/2000 | Y |
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/03/23/48hours/main175556.shtml |
Amy Boyer murdered in Nashua, NH, after being a victim of cyber-stalking for years. | Title listed in Sec 635(a); | 106-553, Sec 635 (a) | "Amy Boyer's Law" | 114 Stat 2762, 2762A-114 | ||
Amy Somers Volunteers at Food Banks Act | Honor | Y | 08/07/1998 | Y |
CRS Report 98-959; http://fortunaty.net/org/wikileaks/CRS/wikileaks-crs-reports/98-959.pdf; also Congressional Record V. 144, Pt. 10, June 25, 1998, 14003; http://articles.sfgate.com/1995-12-10/news/17821397_1_food-banks-canned-... |
Amended by Rep Cass Ballenger to be named for Amy Somers, the Executive Director of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, who had passed away. | Amends Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. | 105-221 | "Amy Somers Volunteers at Food Banks Act" | 112 Stat 1248 | ||
ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998 | Abbreviation | Y | 10/31/1998 | N | short title at the end of the statute; amending the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act | 105-333 | "ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998" | 112 Stat 3129 | ||||
Anderson-Price Atomic Energy Damages Act | Sponsor | Y | 08/01/1946 | Y |
Anderson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000186; Price - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522 |
Rep. Clinton Anderson (D-NM) and Rep. Charles Melvin Price (D-IL), both of whom went on to chair the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. | "Price-Anderson" statutized by reference in 102 Stat 1066 | 85-256 | NO short title | 71 Stat 576 | ||
Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money Laundering Act | Sponsor | Y | 10/28/1992 | Y |
Annunzio - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000212; Wylie - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000781 |
Rep. Frank Annunzio (D-IL); Rep. Chalmers Wylie (R-OH) | 102-550, title XV | "Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money Laundering Act" | 106 Stat 4044 | |||
Anti-Smuggling Act | Description | Y | 08/05/1935 | "Anti-Smuggling Act" | Ch. 438, 49 Stat 517 | |||||||
Anton's Law | Victim | Y | 12/04/2002 | Y |
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20135130,00.html |
Named for Anton Skeen, 4-year-old killed in car accident when front safety belt did not restrain him. | 107-318 | "Anton's Law" | 116 Stat 2772 | |||
Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007 | Honor | Y | 06/29/2007 | Y |
H. Rept. 110-139. |
Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks was a 22 years old when he was killed by an IED in Ar Ramadi, Iraq on July 8, 2006. He had been assigned to the 54th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade out of Bamberg. | Introduced by Rep. Bart Stupak; Micks was his constituent. Amends the law to allow the governor (or mayor of DC) to fly the U.S. flag at half-staff in the case of the death of active duty service members and officials, and requires flags at federal buildings within the jurisdiction to be flown at half-staff as well. | 110-41 | "Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007" | 121 Stat 233 | ||
ART Act | Acrostic | Y | 04/27/2005 | N | short title at beginning of Title I of the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 | 109-9, title I | "Artists' Rights and Theft Prevention Act of 2005 or the ART Act" | 119 Stat 218 | ||||
Ashurst-Sumners Act | Sponsor | N | 06/06/1934 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000319; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |
Sen. Henry Fountain Ashurst, (D-AZ); Rep. Hatton William Sumners, (D-TX) | NO short title | ch. 406, 48 Stat 909 | ||||
Ashurst-Sumners Act (Shipment in Interstate Commerce of Convict Made Goods) | Sponsor | N | 07/24/1935 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000319; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |
Sen. Henry Fountain Ashurst, (D-AZ); Rep. Hatton William Sumners, (D-TX) | name not statutized (neither Ashurst-Summers nor Shipment in Interstate��_��__��_��___) | NO short title | 49 Stat 494 | |||
Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990 | Honor | Y | 11/03/1990 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000367 |
Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins (CA) who retired in 1990 | short title | 101-501 | "Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990" | 104 Stat 1222 | ||
Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 | Honor/Sponsor | Y | 04/28/1988 | Y |
Hawkins - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000367; Stafford - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000776 |
Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins (CA) was chairman of the Education and Labor Committee at the time the bill passed. Sen. Robert T. Stafford (VT) retired in 1988. Hawkins sponsored the House legislation but Stafford was not the sponsor of the Senate vehicle. | short title; Gus Hawkins was chair of the Ed and Labor Comm at the time; Stafford was Sen from VT (Stafford loans are named for him) but was not Ed Comm chair | 100-297 | "Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988" | 102 Stat 130 | ||
Automobile Dealers' Day in Court Act | Political Description | N | 08/08/1956 | N | not statutized, but the official title is the longest and most political I've ever seen | NO short title | ch 1038, 70 Stat 1125 | |||||
Baby Doe Amendment | Case | N | 10/09/1984 | N |
Kathryn Moss, "The 'Baby Doe' Legislation Its Rise and Fall" Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 15, Issue 4 (June 1987) |
Series of "Baby Doe" child endangerment cases in the early 1980s. | services and treatment for disabled infants -- possible that "Baby Doe" was an individual infant and this was passed in response?? | 98-457, title I part B | NO short title | 98 Stat 1752 | ||
Bacharach Act | Sponsor | U | 05/29/1928 | X | Rep. Isaac Bacharach (R-NJ) (1915-1936) | nothing in statute | NO short title | 45 Stat 955 | ||||
Bailey Merchant Marine Act | Sponsor | U | 06/29/1940 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000046 |
Sen. Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC) | nothing in statute; Hard to tell where the name comes from. No info from quick google search. | NO short title | 54 Stat 684 | |||
Baldwin Amendment | Sponsor | N | 08/28/1965 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000092 |
Rep. John Finley Baldwin, Jr., (R-CA) | "Baldwin" not statutized; highway safety programs | 89-139 section 4(a) | NO short title | 79 Stat 578 | ||
Ball Act | Sponsor | U | 10/22/1919 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000100 |
Sen. Lewis Heisler Ball, (R-DE) | (Rents in the District of Columbia) | NO short title | ch 80, title II, 41 Stat 298 | |||
Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934 (see Bankhead Cotton-Control Act, see Cotton Control Act) | Sponsor | Y | 04/13/1937 | Y |
Bankhead, John Hollis, Thefreedictionary.com, http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Bankhead,+John+Hollis; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000110; Jones - |
Sen. John Bankhead, (D-AL) | "Bankhead Cotton Act" statutized by reference in 49 Stat 777 | NO short title | ch 157, 48 Stat 598 | |||
Bankhead-Jones Act | Sponsor | Y | 06/29/1935 | Y |
Bankhead - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000110; Jones - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236 |
Sen. John Bankhead (D-AL) and Rep. John Jones (D-TX) | statutized by reference in 91 Stat 1021 (1977) | NO short title | 49 Stat 436 | |||
Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act | Sponsor | Y | 07/22/1937 | Y |
Bankhead - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000110; Jones - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236 |
Sen. John Bankhead (D-AL) and Rep. John Jones (D-TX) | short title in unnumbered section 1 | "Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act" | 50 Stat 522 | |||
Banking Act of 1933 | Description | Y | 06/16/1933 | "Banking Act of 1933" | Ch. 89, 48 Stat 162 | |||||||
Banking Act of 1935 | Description | Y | 08/23/1935 | "Banking Act of 1935" | Ch. 614, 49 Stat 684 | |||||||
Barbour Espionage Act (see Espionage Act) | Sponsor | U | 06/15/1917 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000126 |
Rep. Henry Ellsworth Barbour, (R-CA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 30, 40 Stat 217 | |||
Barbour Fight Film Act | Sponsor | N | 06/29/1940 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000132 |
Sen. William Warren Barbour, (R-N.J.) | act to remove prize fight films from interstate commerce (repealing 1921 law prohibiting films); name not codified anywhere | NO short title | ch. 443, 54 Stat 686 | |||
Barkley-Cole Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (see Trust Indenture Act of 1939) | Sponsor | N | 05/27/1933 | 08/03/1939 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000145; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000616 |
Sen. Alben William Barkley (D-KY); Rep. William Purington Cole Jr. (D-MD) | "Barkley-Cole" not statutized | "Trust Indenture Act of 1939" | ch 411, 53 Stat 1149 | ||
Barkley-Norris Resolution (T.V. Authoirty) | Sponsor | U | 04/04/1938 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000145; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139 |
Sen. Alben Barkley (D-KY); Sen. George Norris (I-NE) | nothing in statute; establishing a joint committee to investigate the Tenn. Valley Authority - wonder if Barkley/Norris were chairs or sponsors? | NO short title | ch. 61, 52 Stat 154 | |||
Bartlett Act (Three Mile Fishery Jurisdiction) | Sponsor | N | 05/20/1964 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000201 |
Sen. Edward Lewis Bartlett, (D-Alask) | name not statutized; also not in USC or repealing legislation (PL 94-265) | 88-308 | NO short title | 78 Stat 194 | ||
Bartlett Act (Twelve Mile Fishery Jurisdiction) | Sponsor | N | 10/14/1966 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000201 |
Sen. Edward Lewis Bartlett, (D-Alask) | name not statutized; also not in USC or repealing legislation (PL 94-265) | 89-658 | NO short title | 80 Stat 908 | ||
Bayh-Dole Act (University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980) | Sponsor | Y | 12/12/1980 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000254; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000401 |
Sen. Birch Bayh, (D-IN); Sen. Bob Dole, (R-KA) | "Bayh-Dole Act" referenced in 114 Stat 1742; "University annd Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980" does not show up anywhere | 96-517 | NO short title | 94 Stat 3018 | ||
Berry Amendment | Sponsor | Y | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000420; http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/ic/berry_amendment_faq.html |
Likely named for Rep. Marion Berry (AR) who was in office when the provision was made permanent. There was no one named Berry serving in Congress when the first provision was included in the Defense Approprations Act in 1941. | Originally passed by Congress in 1941 as a part of the defense appropriation, and included in subsequent defense appropriations acts. It was made permanent in Fiscal Year 1994 by section 8005 of PL 103-139 and subsequently codified as 10 U.S.C. 2533a in 2002 by section 832 of PL 107-107. ; "Berry" statutized in title of Section 827, 117 Stat 1392. | NO short title | |||||
Betty Dick Residence Protection Act | Private Law | Y | 05/12/2006 | Y |
S.Rpt.109-146 |
Betty Dick, 83-year-old woman residing in a cabin within Rocky Mountain National Park. The bill granted her a life estate. | short title; - noted here because the private laws are generally not included in the Popular Name Table -- wonder why this one is | Private Law 109-1 | "Betty Dick Residence Protection Act" | 120 Stat 3705 | ||
Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act | Honor | Y | 11/16/1990 | Y |
H.Rpt. 104-661; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000174 |
Rep. Bill Emerson (MO) who worked to have the legislation making the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act have the full force of law passed during the 104th Congress, but who died on June 22, 1996. The bill was amended to be named to honor Emerson. | PL 89-642 was the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966," which seems to have been amended by PL 101-610, the "Good Samaritan Food Donation Act," which was meant as a model act and had no force of law. PL 104-210 (110 Stat 3011) renamed the Good Samaritan act the "Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act" and gave it the full force of law. | 89-642 (formerly 101-610) | "Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act" | 104 Stat 3183 | ||
Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act | Honor | Y | 12/03/1980 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000174 |
Rep. Bill Emerson (MO) died in 1996. | law amended to change short title to "Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act" by 112 Stat 3466 (1998) ("Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act of 1998") | 96-494 (Title III) | "Food Security Wheat Reserve Act of 1980" | 94 Stat 2578 | ||
Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act of 1998 | Honor | Y | 11/13/1998 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000174 |
Rep. Bill Emerson (MO) died in 1996. | short title; Named for Emerson in Short Title and also as name of Subtitle B | 105-385 (Title II, subtitle B) | "Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act of 1998" | 112 Stat 3465 | ||
Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows and Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows Program Act of 2008 | Honor | Y | 05/13/2002 | Y |
116 Stat 335, PL 101-171, Section 4404 |
Rep. Bill Emerson (MO) and Rep. George T. (Mickey) Leland (TX) served together in the House and were friends who worked across the aisle on hunger and poverty issues. | Original statute passed in 2002 as "Congressional Hunger Fellows Act of 2002", which named fellowship for Emerson and Leland and included info about them in the statute's findings. The 2008 Act (122 Stat 1132) amended the program and also statutized the names in the short title. | 107-171 (Section 4404) | "Congressional Hunger Fellows Act of 2002" | 116 Stat 335 | ||
Black-Connery Fair Labor Standards Act (see Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938) | Sponsor | N | 06/25/1938 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000499; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000694; see also http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/flsa1938.htm |
Sen. Hugo Lafayette Black (Future justice); (D-AL); Rep. William Patrick Connery, Jr., 1923-37, (D-MA). | ST at beginning; "Black-Connery" not statutized | S2475 | "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938" | ch 676, 52 Stat 1060 | ||
Black-McKellar Act | Sponsor | U | 06/12/1934 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000499; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000499 |
Sen. Hugo Black (D-AL); Sen. Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 466, 48 Stat 933 | |||
Bland Change of Masters Act | Sponsor | U | 05/31/1939 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000545 |
Rep. Schuyler Otis Bland (D-VA) | no name in statute | NO short title | ch. 159, 53 Stat 794 | |||
Bland Merchant Marine Act | Sponsor | U | 08/04/1939 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000545 |
Rep. Schuyler Otis Bland (D-VA) | no name in statute, amending the Merchant Marine Act | NO short title | ch. 417, 53 Stat 1182 | |||
Bland Ship Requisitioning Act (see Ship Seizure Bill) | Sponsor | N | 06/06/1941 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000545 |
Rep. Schuyler Otis Bland, (D-VA) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 174, 55 Stat 242 | |||
Bland War-Risk Insurance Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) | Sponsor | N | 06/29/1936 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000545 |
Schuyler Otis Bland, (D-VA) | Section 906 gives short title as "Merchant Marine Act, 1936"; "Bland War-Risk" not statutized | "Merchant Marine Act, 1936" | ch 858, 49 Stat 1985 | |||
Bland-Allison Act (Coinage of Silver) [see Coinage Act (Silver Dollar)] | Sponsor | U | 02/28/1878 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000544; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000160 |
Rep. Richard Bland (D-MO); Sen. William Boyd (R-IA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 20, 20 Stat 25 | |||
Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 | Honor | Y | 12/02/2002 | Y |
Text of Legislation, Section 1(b) |
Rep. Robert L. Stump (AZ) who retired in 2002 | Rep Bob Stump honored in Section 1(b) | 107-314 | "Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003" | 116 Stat 2458 | ||
Bodie Protection Act of 1994 | Location | Y | 10/31/1994 | Y | Bodie Bowl, CA | Named for "Bodie Bowl" in CA | 103-433 (Title X) | "Bodie Protection Act of 1994" | 108 Stat 4509 | |||
Boggs Act | Sponsor | N | 11/02/1951 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000594 |
Rep. Thomas Hale Boggs (D-LA) | name not statutized, repealed | NO short title | ch. 666, 65 Stat 767 | |||
Bonner Act (see Federal Boating Act of 1958) | Sponsor | U | 09/02/1958 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000621 |
Rep. Herbert Covington Bonner, (D-SC) | short title - "Federal Boating Act of 1958" | 85-911 | "Federal Boating Act of 1958" | 72 Stat 1754 | ||
Booth Act (California School Lands) | Sponsor | U | 05/01/1877 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000630 |
Sen. Newton Booth (Ind. Rep. - CA) | no name in statute | NO short title | ch 81, 19 Stat 267 | |||
Borah Act | Sponsor | U | 08/25/1937 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000634 |
Sen. William Borah (R-ID) | no name in statute | NO short title | ch 777, 50 Stat 810 | |||
Borah Resolution (Armament Conference) (see Disarmament Conference Resolution) | Sponsor | U | 07/12/1921 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000634 |
Sen. William Edgar Borah, (R-ID) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 44 ��_��__9, 42 stat 141 | |||
Borland Amendment | Sponsor | U | 07/21/1914 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000643 |
Rep. William Patterson Borland, (D-MO) | no name in statute | NO short title | ch 191, 38 Stat 524 | |||
Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 | Description | Y | 08/05/2002 | N |
Text of legislation |
Adds "born-alive infant" to defintion of "person" in 1 USC 1 | short title at beginning of statute | 107-207 | "Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002" | 116 Stat 926 | ||
Boulder Canyon Project Act | Description | Y | 12/21/1928 | "Boulder Canyon Project Act" | Ch. 42, 45 Stat 1056 | |||||||
Bowman Act (Claims) | Sponsor | U | 03/03/1883 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000705 |
Rep. Selwyn Bowman (R-MA) | no name in statute | NO short title | ch 116, 22 Stat 485 | |||
Boykin Merchant Marine Act | Sponsor | U | 06/06/1939 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000725 |
Rep. Frank Boykin (D-AL) | names that it is amending Merchant Marine Act of 1936 | NO short title | ch 186, 53 Stat 810 | |||
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act | Honor | Y | 11/30/1993 | Y |
http://www.bradycampaign.org/legislation/backgroundchecks/bradylaw |
James Brady, Ronald Reagan's press secretary who was shot by Hinkley in the course of his assassination attempt. | name in short title; also Title I listed as "Brady Handgun Control" | 103-159 (Title I) | "Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act" | 107 Stat 1536 | ||
Brookhart Act | Sponsor | U | 07/03/1930 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000873 |
Sen. Smith Wildman Brookhart (R-IA) (1921-1926; 1927-1932) | no name in statute | NO short title | ch 850, 46 Stat 1003 | |||
Brooks Act (Architects and Engineers) (see Brooks Architect-Engineers Act) | Sponsor | Y | 06/30/1949 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000884 |
Rep. Overton Brooks (D-LA), served on the Committee on Science and Aeronautics. | Kind of odd. Info in Table is "June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title IX, as added Oct 27, 1972, Pub. L. 92-582, 86 Stat. 1278" No name in statute; amended to add short title "Brooks Architect-Engineers Act" by 108 Stat 3409 in 1994 | 92-582 | NO short title | 86 Stat 1278 | ||
Brooks Act (Data Processing) (see Brooks Automatic Data Processing Act) | Sponsor | U | 06/30/1949 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000884 |
Rep. Overton Brooks (D-LA) | nothing in statute; Same as above. Originally passed June 30, 1949 but PL and USSL cited is much later. No information about name in statute. | 89-306 | NO short title | 79 Stat 1127 | ||
Brown-Lea Natural Gas Act | Sponsor | N | 06/21/1938 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000941 (for information regarding Sen. Brown's involvement in the bill, see The Fpc and Indefinite Price Escalation Clauses: Remedy for Administrative Breakdown, 73 Yale L.J. 1283 (1964), n. 26) |
Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Prentiss Brown (D-MI) | short title at end; | "Natural Gas Act" | ch 556, 52 Stat 821 | |||
Brown-Lodge Bill | Sponsor | U | 07/07/1947 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000909; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000394 |
Rep. Clarence Brown (R-OH); Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | no name in statute | NO short title | ch. 207, 61 Stat 246 | |||
Brown-Stevens Act | Sponsor | U | 05/06/1910 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000878; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000939 |
Rep. Frederick Clement Stevens, (R-MN); Sen. Norris Brown, (R-NE) | no name in statute | NO short title | ch. 202, 36 Stat 348 | |||
Bryson Act | Sponsor | N | 07/19/1952 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000999 |
Rep. Joseph Raleigh Bryson, (D-SC) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch. 950, 66 Stat 792 | |||
Buck Act | Sponsor | N | 10/09/1940 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001017 |
Rep. Frank Henry Buck, (D-CA) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch. 787, 54 Stat 1059 | |||
Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 | Sponsor | Y | 06/30/2004 | Y |
Bunning - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001066; Bereuter - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000403; Blumenauer - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000574; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_Insurance_Reform_Act_of_2004 |
Sen. James Bunning (KY), Rep. Douglas Bereuter (NE), Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR) | name written as short title | 108-264 | "Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004" | 118 Stat 712 | ||
Burke Act (Indians) | Sponsor | N | 05/08/1906 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001087 |
Rep. Charles Burke (R-SD) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch. 2348, 34 Stat 182 | |||
Burke-Wadsworth Act (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | Sponsor | N | 09/16/1940 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001089; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000012 |
Sen. Edward Raymond Burke (D-S.D.); Rep. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., (R-N.Y.) | short title is "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940"; "Burke-Wadsworth" not statutized | "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940" | ch 720, 54 Stat 885 | |||
Burton Law (Control and Regulation of Waters of Niagra Falls) | Sponsor | U | 06/29/1906 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001159 |
Most likely Rep. Theodore Burton (R-OH), Chairman of Committee on Rivers and Harbors | no name in statute | NO short title | ch. 3621, 34 Stat 626 | |||
Burton-Hill Hospital Survey of Construction Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | Sponsor | U | 08/13/1946 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001150; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000598 |
Sen. Harold Hitz Burton (R-OH); Sen. Joseph Lister Hill (D-AL) | short title is "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | ch 958, 60 Stat 1040 | |||
Butter Standard Act | Description | N | 03/04/1923 | N | it's actually just a short little statute standarizing what counts as butter | NO short title | ch 268, 42 Stat 1500 | |||||
Buy American Act | Political Description | Y | 03/03/1933 | N | amended to include "Buy American Act" as short title in 1994 by 108 Stat 3409 | NO short title | ch 212, title III, 47 Stat 1520 | |||||
Buy American Act of 1988 | Political Description | Y | 08/23/1988 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 100-418, title VII | "Buy American Act of 1988" | 102 Stat 1545 | ||||
Buy Indian Act | Description | N | 06/25/1910 | Y | statutized by PL 103-435, 108 Stat 4566 (1994) with parenthetical "commonly referred to as the 'Buy Indian Act'" | NO short title | ch 431, section 23, 36 Stat 861 | |||||
Byrnes Act (Transporting Strikebreakers) | Sponsor | U | 06/24/1936 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001215 |
Sen. James Byrnes (D-SC) | no name in statute | NO short title | ch. 746, 49 Stat 1899 | |||
Cable Act (Naturalization and Citizenship Act of Married Women) (see Married Women's Citizenship Act) | Sponsor | U | 09/22/1922 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000007 |
Rep. John Levi Cable, (R-OH) | no name in statute | NO short title | ch. 411, 42 Stat 1021 | |||
Calder Act (Daylight Savings Act) | Sponsor | Y | 03/19/1918 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000025 |
Sen. William Calder (D-NY) | Calder Act statutized by 114 Stat 2811; (amend an act ��_��__��_��___ commonly known as the "Calder Act") | NO short title | ch. 24, 40 Stat 450 | |||
CALM Act | Acrostic | Y | 12/15/2010 | Y | both in short title at the beginning of statute | 111-311 | "Commercial Advertisment Loudness Mitigation Act" or "CALM Act" | 124 Stat 3294 | ||||
Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 (aka K.T. Safety Act of 2007) | Victim | Y | 02/28/2008 | Y |
http://www.citizen.org/autosafety/article_redirect.cfm?ID=17564 |
Named for Cameron Gulbransen, 2-yr-old who was killed when his father backed over him in the driveway. | written as title; short title has both Gulbransen and "K.T. Safety Act of 2007" | 110-189 | "Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007" or "K.T. Safety Act of 2007" | 122 Stat 639 | ||
Camp W. G. Williams Land Exchange Act of 1989 | Location | Y | 11/28/1990 | Y | Army National Guard camp named for Brigadier Gen. W. G. Williams | short title at Title IX; name of camp | 101-628 (title IX) | At Title IX - "Camp W. G. Williams Land Exchange Act of 1989" | 104 Stat 4499 | |||
CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 | Acrostic | Y | 12/16/2003 | N | both in short title at the beginning of statute | 108-187 | "Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 or CAN-SPAM Act of 2003" | 117 Stat 2699 | ||||
Capeheart Housing Act | Sponsor | U | 08/11/1955 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000128 |
Sen. Homer Capeheart (R-IN) | no name in statute, although it specifies that it amends the "National Housing Act" | NO short title | ch. 783, 69 Stat 646 | |||
Capper-Ketcham Act | Sponsor | Y | 05/22/1928 | Y |
Capper - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; Ketcham - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000151 |
Sen. Arthur Capper (R-KS) and Rep. John Ketcham (R-MI) | statutized by reference in 67 Stat 84 (1953) | NO short title | ch. 687, 45 Stat 711 | |||
Capper-Lenroot-Anderson Act (Agricultural Credits) (see Agricultural Credits Act of 1923) | Sponsor | N | 03/04/1923 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000241; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000233 |
Sen. Arthur Capper, (R-KA); Sen. Irvine Luther Lenroot, (R-WI); Rep. Sydney Anderson, (R-MN) | not statutized (repealed) | "Agricultural Credits Act of 1923" | ch 252, 42 Stat 1454 | |||
Capper-Tincher Act (Grain Futures) (See Commodity Exchange Act) | Sponsor | N | 09/21/1922 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000282 |
Sen. Arthur Capper, 1919-45, (R-KA); Rep. Jasper Napoleon Tincher, (R-KA | "Capper-Tincher" not statutized | "The Grain Futures Act" | ch 369, 42 Stat 998 | |||
Capper-Volstead Act (See Co-operative Marketing Assocations Act) | Sponsor | Y | 02/18/1922 | Y |
Capper - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; Volstead - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000114; http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/info/capper.html |
Sen. Arthur Capper (R-KS) and Rep. Andrew Volstead (R-MN) | "Capper-Volstead" statutized by reference in 94 Stat 374 (1980 amendment to 7 USC 292) | NO short title | ch 57, 42 Stat 388 | |||
CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 | Abbreviation | Y | 10/20/2010 | N | reauthorizing Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act | 111-320 | "CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010" | 124 Stat 3459 | ||||
Carey Act (Irrigation) | Sponsor | N | 08/18/1894 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000145 |
Sen. Joseph Maull Carey, (R-WY) | name not statutized but noted in USC | NO short title | ch. 301, 28 Stat 422 | |||
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 | Honor | Y | 08/12/2006 | Y | short title is in 109-270 | 88-210, 109-270 | "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvements Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 683 | ||||
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvements Act of 2006 | Honor | Y | 08/12/2006 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000230 |
Rep. Carl D. Perkins (KY) was chair of the Committee on Education and Labor for 16 years until his death in 1984. | separate entry in table - hard to tell what it really is | 109-270 | "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvements Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 683 | ||
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 | Honor | Y | 09/25/1990 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000230 |
Rep. Carl D. Perkins (KY) was chair of the Committee on Education and Labor for 16 years until his death in 1984. | in short title, and formal title amends "Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act" | 101-392 | "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990" | 104 Stat 753 | ||
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998 | Honor | Y | 10/31/1998 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000230 |
Rep. Carl D. Perkins (KY) was chair of the Committee on Education and Labor for 16 years until his death in 1984. | short title, also is amending law previously named for Perkins | 105-332 | "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998" | 112 Stat 3076 | ||
Carlin Act (Larceny from Interstate Carriers) | Sponsor | U | 02/13/1913 | N | Rep. Charles Carlin (D-VA) | ch. 50, 37 Stat 670 | ||||||
Carlisle Act (Internal Revenue) | Sponsor | N | 05/28/1880 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000152 |
Rep. John Griffin Carlisle (D-KY) | PNT has 21 Stat 148 but it has to be wrong | NO short title | ch. 108, 21 Stat 145 | |||
Carlisle Act (Spirits Regauging) | Sponsor | U | 08/27/1894 | X |
http://www.treasury.gov/about/history/pages/jgcarlisle.aspx; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000152 |
Former Sen., then Treasury Secretary John Carlise | NO short title | ch. 349, Section 50, 28 Stat 564 | ||||
Carmack Amendment to Hepburn Act (Insterstate Commerce) | Sponsor | U | 06/29/1906 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000157 |
Sen. Edward Ward Carmack, (D-TN) | no name in statute or in 1978 amendment | NO short title | ch. 3591, 34 Stat 595 | |||
Carol M White Physical Education Program | Honor | Y | 01/08/2002 | Y | Cannot find any information about Carol M. White. | Definitely written in to 107-110 -- originally 89-10, but that did not have Carol M White name; White added in NCLB | 107-110 | "Carol M. White Physical Education Program" | 115 Stat 1841 | |||
Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008 | Victim | Y | 07/29/2008 | Y |
http://www.cancer.gov/aboutnci/ncicancerbulletin/archive/2008/072208/page6 |
Named for daughter of Rep. Deborah Pryce (sponsor) who died from neuroblastoma at age 9 in 1999. | NOTE - name changed in committee, guessing it was someone other than price who made the change | 110-285 | "Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 2628 | ||
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act | Description | Y | 04/16/1936 | "Carriage of Goods by Sea Act" | Ch. 229, 40 Stat 1207 | |||||||
Carriers Taxing Act of 1937 | Description | Y | 06/29/1937 | "Carriers Taxing Act of 1937" | Ch. 405, 50 Stat 435 | |||||||
Case-Zablocki Act | Sponsor | Y | 08/22/1972 | Y |
Festus Ugboaja Ohaegbulum, A culture of deference, http://books.google.com/books?id=R0EtC4ox0ZMC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&a...... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000220; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Z000001 |
Sen. Clifford Case (R-NJ) and Rep. Clement Zablock (D-WI) | statutized in title of Section 7121, 118 Stat 3638 | 92-403 Section 1 | NO short title | 86 Stat 619 | ||
Celler Act (Liquor Prescriptions) | Sponsor | U | 03/31/1933 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264 |
Rep. Emanuel Celler, (D-N.Y.) | no name in statute | NO short title | ch. 18, 48 Stat 23 | |||
Celler Anti-Merger Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | Sponsor | U | 12/29/1950 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264 |
Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-NY) | no name in statute | NO short title | ch. 1184, 64 Stat 1125 | |||
Celler-Hennings Act of 1958 | Sponsor | N | 08/25/1958 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000502 |
Rep. Emanuel Celler, (D-NY); Sen. Thomas Carey Hennings, Jr., (D-MO). | name not statutized | 85-752 | NO short title | 72 Stat 845 | ||
Celler-Kefauver Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | Sponsor | U | 12/29/1950 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000044 |
Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-NY); Sen. Carey Kefauver (D-TN) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 1184, 64 Stat 1125 | |||
Chacoan Outliers Protection Act of 1995 | Location | Y | 05/18/1995 | Y | Chaco was a city in New Mexico a thousand years ago, now protected as a National Historical Park | 104-11 | "Chacoan Outliers Protection Act of 1995" | 109 Stat 158 | ||||
Chamberlain-Ferris Act | Sponsor | U | 06/09/1916 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000277; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000091 |
Sen. George Earle Chamberlain, (D-OR); Rep. Scott Ferris, (D-OK) | no name in statute; railroad/telegraph land grant | NO short title | ch. 137, 39 Stat 218 | |||
Chandler Act (Bankruptcy Revision) | Sponsor | U | 06/22/1938 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000296 |
Rep. Walter Chandler (D-TN) | no name in statute | NO short title | ch. 575, 52 Stat 840 | |||
Chandler Rail Bankruptcy Act | Sponsor | U | 07/28/1939 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000296 |
Rep. Walter Chandler (D-TN) | no name in statute | NO short title | ch. 393, 53 Stat 1134 | |||
Charles "Pete" Conrad Astronomy Awards Act | Honor | Y | 12/30/2005 | Y | Charles "Pete" Conrad, astronaut and third person to walk on the moon. | name of section 613; awards are named for Conrad | 109-155, Title VI, Section 613 | "Charles 'Pete' Conrad Astronomy Awards Act" | 119 Stat 2932 | |||
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Enhancement Act of 2000 | Location | Y | 12/11/2000 | Y | Park in Montana was previously named for Charles M. Russell | name in short title; odd note in SAL: "Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Enhancement Act of 2000. Montana. | 106-541, Title VIII | "Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Enhancement Act of 2000" | 114 Stat 2699 | |||
Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act | Honor | Y | 12/21/2007 | Y |
CR H2192, Mar. 6, 2007; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000159 |
Rep. Charles W. Norwood, Jr. (R-GA), died in office in 2007 | Originally introduced by Rep. Charlie Norwood (GA) as the "Living Kidney Organ Donation Clarification Act" | 110-144 | "Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act" | 121 Stat 1813 | ||
Check 21 Act | Description | Y | 10/28/2003 | Y | both in short title at beginning of statute | 108-100 | "Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act" or "Check 21 Act" | 117 Stat 1177 | ||||
Chimp Haven is Home Act | Institution | Y | 12/26/2007 | Y | Chimp Haven is a "retirement community" for lab chimps. | Closed a loophole in the CHIMP Act that would have allowed retired lab chimps to return to labs under some circumstances. Chimp Haven is the "retirement community" - http://www.chimphaven.org/view-news.cfm?id=38 | 110-170 | "Chimp Haven is Home Act" | 121 Stat 2465 | |||
Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act | Acrostic | N | 12/20/2000 | Y | obvious abbreviation is not included anywhere in bill, nor does it come up in floor debates (no report) | 106-551 | "Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act" | 114 Stat 2752 | ||||
Chris Zajicek Memorial Land Exchange Act of 2004 | Honor | Y | 12/08/2004 | Y |
http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/101600/met_4344221.html |
Likely named for Chris Zajicek, accquisition specialist w/ the US Forest Service. | 108-447, div. E, Title III, Section 347 | "Chris Zajicek Memorial Land Exchange Act of 2004" | 118 Stat 3106 | |||
Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act | Honor | Y | 03/30/2009 | Y |
http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?b=4455033&... |
Christopher Reeve, actor best known for playing Superman, and his wife Dana, who became advocates for people living with paralysis and spinal cord injuries after Reeve became paralyzed as a result of an accident. | short title | 111-11, title XIV | "Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act" | 123 Stat 1452 | ||
CIARDS Technical Corrections Act of 1992 | Abbreviation | Y | 10/24/1992 | N | Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System | 102-496, title VIII | "CIARDS Technical Corrections Act of 1992" | 106 Stat 3196 | ||||
Claiborne Pell Institute for International Relations and Public Policy Act | Honor | Y | 10/19/1996 | Y | grant to establish and maintain a center at Salve University named for Sen. Claiborne Pell (RI) | title of Title III and short title | 104-319, title III | "Claiborne Pell Institute for International Relations and Public Policy Act" | 110 Stat 3867 | |||
Clark Amendment (Angolan Assistance Limitation) | Sponsor | U | 06/30/1976 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000448 |
Sen. Dick Clark (D-IA) | nothing in statute | 94-329, title IV, section 404 | NO short title | 90 Stat 757 | ||
Clarke-McNary Act (Reforestration) | Sponsor | U | 06/07/1924 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000465; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000583 |
Rep. John Davenport Clarke, (R-NY); Sen. Charles Linza McNary, (R-OR) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 348, 43 Stat 653 | |||
Clason Naturalization Act | Sponsor | U | 07/02/1940 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000473 |
Rep. Charles Clason (R-MA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 512, 54 Stat 715 | |||
CLASS Act | Acrostic | Y | 03/23/2010 | Y | both in short title at beginning of statute - establishing CLASS program | 111-148, title VIII | "Communitive Living Assistance Services and Supports Act" or "CLASS Act" | 124 Stat 828 | ||||
Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 | Honor | Y | 11/03/1990 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000218 |
Sen. Claude Pepper (FL) who introduced similar legislation, then died on May 30, 1989. | Claude Pepper had introduced a "Young Americans Act in 1989" and then passed away, this bill was added in to a different piece of legislation | 101-501, title IX | "Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990" | 104 Stat 1262 | ||
Clayton Act (Antitrust) | Sponsor | Y | 10/15/1914 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000495 |
Rep. Henry Clayton (D-AL), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and sponsor. | name statutized by 90 Stat 1383, "Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976" | NO short title | ch. 323, 38 Stat 730 | |||
Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935 | Description | Y | 08/27/1935 | "Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935" | Ch. 747, 49 Stat 888 | |||||||
Cochran-Hull Act | Sponsor | U | 07/08/1932 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000565; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000940 |
Probably Rep. John J. Cochran (D-MO) (1926-1947); Probably Sen. Cordell Hull (D-TN) (1931-1933); | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 464, 47 Stat 649 | |||
Cochran-Patterson Act (see Kidnapping Act) | Sponsor | U | 06/22/1932 | 05/18/1934 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000127; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000565 |
Sen. Roscoe Patterson (R-MO); Rep. John J. Cochran (D-MO) | This is a great example of when the PNT's practice of listing two dates for an act -- one for when it was first enacted and another for an amendment -- is confusing. Sen. Patterson and Cochran sponsored the original act passed in 1932, which is ch. 271, 47 Stat. 326. The USSL citation given in the PNT is to a 1934 amendment to that law, which was sponsored by different Members. | NO short title | ch 301, 48 Stat 781 | ||
Code Adam Act of 2003 | Victim | Y | 04/30/2003 | Y |
http://missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=e... |
Named for Adam Walsh (son of John Walsh), who disappeared from a store at age 6 in 1981. "Code Adam" describes the procedures to be followed when a child goes missing in a store. | short title - missing children procedures in public buildings | 108-21, title III, subtitle D (section 361) | "Code Adam Act of 2003" | 117 Stat 665 | ||
Commodore Bill | Sponsor | U | 04/09/1943 | X | Establishing the rank of Commodore in the Navy and Marine Corps. | No idea who commodore is | NO short title | ch 38, 57 Stat 59 | ||||
Communications Act of 1934 | Description | Y | 06/19/1934 | "Communications Act of 1934" | Ch. 652, 48 Stat 1064 | |||||||
COMPETE Act of 2006 | Acrostic | Y | 12/22/2006 | Y | both in short title at the beginning of statute | 109-463 | "Creating Opportunities for Minor League Professionals, Entertainers, and Teams through Legal Entry Act of 2006" or the "COMPETE Act fof 2006" | 120 Stat 3477 | ||||
Comstock Act | Honor | U | 03/03/1873 | X | Anthony Comstock, an anti-obscenity law advocate. | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 258, 17 Stat 598 | ||||
Congenital Heart Futures Act | Description | Y | 03/23/2010 | N | short title at beginning of Section; national congenital heart disease surveillance system | 111-148, title X, section 10411 | "Congenital Heart Futures Act" | 124 Stat 988 | ||||
Congressional Tribute to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Act of 2006 | Award | Y | 12/14/2006 | N | awarding congressional gold medal -- but this is the only one named as "Congressional Tribute" | 109-395 | "Congressional Tribute to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 2708 | ||||
Connally Hot Oil Act (aka the Hot Oil Act) | Sponsor | N | 02/22/1935 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000684 |
Sen. Thomas Terry Connally, (D-TX) | not statutized | NO short title | ch. 18, 49 Stat 30 | |||
Cooley Tobacco Act (see Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938) | Sponsor | N | 02/16/1938 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000736 |
Rep. Harold Dunbar Cooley (D-NC) | "Cooley Tobacco Act" not statutized | "Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938" | ch 30, 52 Stat 31 | |||
Coolie Trade Prohibition Act | Description | N | 02/19/1862 | Y | The "Coolie Trade" refers to the trafficking of persons from Asia, mostly China and India, to work as slaves or low-wage laborers. The term "Coolie" is a perjorative. | "Coolie Trade" actually in the name of the statute: "An Act to prohibit the "Coolie Trade" by American Citizens in American Vessels | No short title, but long title includes "Coolie Trade" | ch. 27, 12 Stat 340 | ||||
Cooper-Hawes Act (Convict Made Goods) (see Hawes-Cooper Act) | Sponsor | U | 01/19/1929 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000362; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000752 |
Probably Rep. Henry Allen Cooper (R-WI) (1893-1919, 1921-1931); Sen. Harry Bartow Hawes (D-MO) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 79, 45 Stat 1084 | |||
Copeland Anti-Kickback Act | Sponsor | U | 06/13/1934 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland (D-NY) | nothing in statute; also listed in PNT as "Kick-Back" Racket Act | NO short title | ch. 482, 48 Stat 948 | |||
Copeland Anti-Racketeering Act (see Anti-Racketeering Act) | Sponsor | U | 06/18/1934 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland (D-NY) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 569, 48 Stat 979 | |||
Copeland Firearms Act | Sponsor | N | 06/30/1938 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, (D-N.Y.) | "Copeland" never statutized, act repealed; short title (at end) | "Federal Firearms Act" | ch 850, 52 Stat 1250 | |||
Copeland Pure Food and Drugs Act (see Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/25/1938 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, 1923-38, (D-NY), | short title - Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; Copeland never statutized | "Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act" | ch 675, 52 Stat 1040 | |||
Copeland-Guffey-Gibson Ship Subsidy Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) | Sponsor | N | 06/29/1936 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000519; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000158 |
Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, (D-N.Y); Sen. Joseph F. Guffey, (D-PA); Sen. Ernest Willard Gibson, (R-VA) | Section 906 gives short title as "Merchant Marine Act, 1936"; "Copeland-Guffey-Gibson" not statutized | "Merchant Marine Act, 1936" | ch 858, 49 Stat 1985 | |||
Corey Shea Act | Victim | Y | 10/13/2010 | Y |
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2010/10/01/news/8022590.txt |
Army Specialist Corey Shea was killed in Iraq in November 2008. His mother fought for the legislation to allow interment in military cemeteries of parents of deceased veterans who do not have spouses or children. | short title of Sec. 502 - internment in national cemeteries of parents of certain deceased veterans | 111-275, title V, section 502 | "Corey Shea Act" | 124 Stat 2882 | ||
Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933 | Description | Y | 05/27/1933 | "Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933" | Ch. 38, title II, 48 Stat 74 | |||||||
Covering-in Act | Description | U | 06/20/1874 | N | no idea what "covering-in" is | NO short title | ch 328, section 5, 18 Stat 110 | |||||
Craig Recreation Land Purchast Act | Location | Y | 10/13/2004 | N | Craig, AK | Craig is a city in Alaska | 108-325 | "Craig Recreation Land Purchase Act" | 118 Stat 1268 | |||
Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008 | Honor | Y | 03/30/2009 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000162; http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=4108 |
Sen. Craig Thomas (WY), died in 2007 | Snake River is a place; | 111-11, title V, Section 5002 | "Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008" | 123 Stat 1147 | ||
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act | Sponsor | Y | 11/28/1990 | Y |
Cranston - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000877; Gonzalez - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000272; See also Presidential Signing Statement: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=19102#axzz1ITSjt4eM |
Sen. Alan Cranston (D-CA), Chiarman of the Committee on Veterans Affairs, and Rep. Henry Gonzalez (D-TX), Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. | 101-625 | "Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act" | 104 Stat 4079 | |||
Crawford Act (Claims) (see Ominbus Claims Act) | Sponsor | U | 03/04/1915 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000891 |
Rep. Joel Crawford, (R-GA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 140, ��_��__5, 38 Stat 996 | |||
Crawford National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act | Institution | Y | 10/01/1996 | N | Fish hatchery previously named "Crawford" | short title - fish hatchery was already named Crawford | 104-215 | "Crawford National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act" | 110 Stat 3018 | |||
Credit CARD Act of 2009 | Acrostic | Y | 05/22/2009 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 111-24 | "Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009" or "Credit CARD Act of 2009" | 123 Stat 1734 | ||||
Crosser-Wheeler Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (see Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/25/1938 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000932; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330 |
Rep. Robert Crosser, (D-OH); Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT). | short title at end; "Crosser-Wheeler" not statutized | "Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act" | ch 680, 52 Stat 1094 | |||
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 | Political Description | Y | 03/12/1996 | Y |
Section by Section Analysis of Title II, H.Rpt. 104-202, July 24, 1995 |
Seems likely that "LIBERTAD" is included because portions of the statute are purposively modeled on the FREEDOM Support Act of 1992. (LIBERTAD is Spanish for FREEDOM.) | short title at beginning of statute; seeking sanctions | 104-114 | "Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996" | 110 Stat 785 | ||
Cullom Act (Interstate Commerce) (see Interstate Commerce Act) | Sponsor | U | 02/04/1887 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000973 |
Sen. Shelby Cullom (R-IL) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 104, 24 Stat 379 | |||
Curt Flood Act of 1998 | Honor | Y | 10/27/1998 | Y |
Introductory remarks of Sen. Hatch (S 53), CR S418, Jan. 21, 1997. |
Curt Flood was a Major League Baseball player who challenged the league's reserve clause in a suit that went before the Supreme Court as Flood v. Kuhn. He died of throat cancer the day before the bill was introduced. | Amends the Clayton Act to specify that baseball is subject to antitrust laws. Named for MLB player Curt Flood, who was litigant in SCOTUS case Flood v. Kuhn that overturned Federal Baseball Club. Senate and House bills were introduced on the first day of the 105th Congress. The House version (introduced by Conyers) was HR 21, for Flood's uniform number for the Cardinals. | 105-297 | "Curt Flood Act of 1998" | 112 Stat 2824 | ||
Curtis Act (Five Civilized Tribes) | Sponsor | U | 04/26/1906 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001008 |
Rep. Charles Curtis (R-KS), chair of Comm. On Indian Depredations | NO short title | ch. 1876, 34 Stat 137 | ||||
Curtis Act (Indians in Indian Territory) | Sponsor | U | 06/28/1898 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001008 |
Rep. Charles Curtis (R-KS), future chair of the committee on Indian Depredations | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 517, 30 Stat 495 | |||
Curtis Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | Sponsor | N | 02/13/1911 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001008 |
Sen. Charles Curtis, (R-KA) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch. 49, 36 Stat 902 | |||
D'Alesandro Repatriation Act | Sponsor | U | 07/02/1940 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000007 |
Rep. Thomas D'Alesandro (D-MD) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 509, 54 Stat 715 | |||
Dale Bumpers Wilderness Resources Protection Act (also known as the Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984) | Sponsor | N | 10/19/1984 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001057 |
Sen. Dale Bumpers, (D-AK). | "Dale Bumpers" not statutized; named as "Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984" in the enacting clause | 98-508 | Enacting Clause - "Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984" | 98 Stat 2349 | ||
Dandini Research Park Conveyance Act | Institution | Y | 09/21/2005 | Y |
S.Rpt.109-38 |
Name "Dandini Research Park" pre-existed statute. | short title | 109-69 | "Dandini Research Park Conveyance Act" | 119 Stat 2007 | ||
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lake Champlain Basin Program Act of 2002 | Honor | Y | 11/27/2002 | Y |
http://www.lcbp.org/lcbpsumr.htm; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001054 |
Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (NY) | short title; Moynihan was one of the sponsors of the underlying bill (1990, Lake Champlain Special Designation Act), he had retired from the Senate in 2000 | 107-303, title II | "Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lake Champlain Basin Program Act of 2002" | 116 Stat 2358 | ||
Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009 | Honor | Y | 05/17/2010 | Y |
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/world/18press.html?pagewanted=print |
named for reporter Daniel Pearl killed in Pakistan | 111-166 | "Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009" | 124 Stat 1186 | |||
Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act | Victim | Y | 08/14/2008 | Y |
http://schakowsky.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14... |
Danny Keysar was a 17-month-old child killed in 1998 when a portable crib collapsed on him. | short title at Section 104(a) | 110-314, title I, Section 104 | "Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act" | 122 Stat 3028 | ||
Dante B. Fascell North-South Center Act of 1991 | Honor | Y | 10/28/1991 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000041 |
Rep. Dante B. Fascell (FL) | 1991 act created "North/South Center" but "Dante B. Fascell" was statutized by 113 Stat 54 (in 1996), which both named the Center for Fascell and amended the earlier act to change the short title | 102-138, title II, Section 208 | "North/South Center Act of 1991" | 105 Stat 694 | ||
David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 | Honor | Y | 12/04/1991 | Y |
http://www.borenawards.org/news/show/david_l_boren_attends_20th_annivers... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000639; "OU President David Boren to be honored on anniversary of establishing foreign education program," The Oklahoman, Sept. 8, 2011 (on file) |
Sen. David L. Boren (OK) | both title and short title are "National Security Education Act of 1991"; "David L. Boren" statutized by amending short title in 106 Stat 3185 (1992); Boren authored the 1991 law | 102-183, title VIII | "National Security Education Act of 1991" | 105 Stat 1271 | ||
Davis-Bacon Act | Sponsor | Y | 03/03/1931 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000019; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000111 |
Rep. Robert L. Bacon (R-NY) (1923-1938); Sen. James John Davis (R-PA) (1930-1945) | statutized as "Davis-Bacon Act" by 116 Stat. 1062 (2002); also listed in PNT as "Bacon-Davis Act" | NO short title | ch. 411, 46 Stat 1494 | |||
Dawes Act (Indians) (see Indian General Allotment Act) | Sponsor | N | 02/08/1887 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000148 |
Sen. Henry Laurens Dawes, (R-MA) | nothing in statute; name not statutized | NO short title | ch 119, 24 Stat 388 | |||
Dawes Act (Marriage with Indian Women) | Sponsor | N | 08/09/1888 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000148 |
Sen. Henry Laurens Dawes, (R-MA) | nothing in statute; name not statutized | NO short title | ch. 818, 25 Stat 392 | |||
Dawson Family Community Protection Act | Victim | Y | 12/29/2006 | Y |
Findings in legislation. PL 109-469, Section 302. |
Carnell and Angela Dawson were killed, along with their five children, when their house was fire-bombed in apparent retaliation for Mrs. Dawson's notification to police about persistent drug distribution activity in their neighborhood. | short title at Section 302(a) | 109-469, title III, Section 302 | "Dawson Family Community Protection Act" | 120 Stat 3524 | ||
Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998 | Political Description | Y | 06/24/1998 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 105-187 | "Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998" | 112 Stat 618 | ||||
Debbie Smith Act of 2004 | Victim | Y | 10/30/2004 | Y |
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/15/cbsnews_investigates/main59837... |
Debbie Smith was a rape survivor who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the importance of testing the backlog of rape kits. | short title; also "Title II -- Debbie Smith Act of 2004" | 108-405, title II | "Debbie Smith Act of 2004" | 118 Stat 2266 | ||
Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008 | Victim | Y | 10/08/2008 | Y |
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/15/cbsnews_investigates/main59837... |
Debbie Smith was a rape survivor who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the importance of testing the backlog of rape kits. | 110-360 | "Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 4008 | |||
Delaney Amendment (see Food Addititves Amendment of 1958) | Sponsor | N | 09/06/1958 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000211 |
Rep.James Joseph Delaney, (D-NY) | short title at beginning - "Food Additives Amendment of 1958" | 85-929 | "Food Additives Amendment of 1968" | 72 Stat 1784 | ||
Dent Act | Sponsor | U | 03/02/1919 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000256 |
Rep. Stanley Hubert Dent, Jr., (D-AL) | nothing in statute; granting emergency power to the Secretary of War -- maybe Dent is secretary of war? | NO short title | ch. 94, 40 Stat 1272 | |||
Dick Act of 1903 (see Militia Act of 1903) | Sponsor | U | 01/21/1903 | X | Sen. Charles W F Dick (R-OH), sponsor and chair of the Committee on the Militia | NO short title | ch 196, 32 Stat 775 | |||||
Dickinson Dam Bascule Gates Settlement Act of 2000 | Location | Y | 12/23/2000 | N | Dickinson Dam; bascule is the type of structure | Dickinson is the name of the dam; Bascule is the type of structure | 106-566, Title VIII | "Dickinson Dam Bascule Gates Settlement Act of 2000" | 114 Stat 2828 | |||
Dickstein Alien Officials Act (see Immigration Act of 1924) | Sponsor | N | 05/26/1924 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000335 |
Samuel Dickstein, (D-NY) | short title at beginning - "The Immigration Act of 1924" | "The Immigration Act of 1924" | ch 190, 43 Stat 153 | |||
Dill-Crosser Railway Labor Act (see Railway Labor Act) | Sponsor | N | 05/20/1926 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000932; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000345 |
Rep. Robert Crosser, (D-OH); Sen. Clarence Cleveland Dill, (D-WA) | name not statutized | "Railway Labor Act" | ch 347, 44 Stat 577 | |||
Dill-Rayburn Communications Act | Sponsor | N | 06/19/1934 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000345; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082 |
Sen. Clarence Cleveland Dill, (D-WA); Rep. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, (D-TX) | "Dill-Rayburn" not statutized; short title at end - "Communications Act of 1934" (creating FCC) | "Communications Act of 1934" | ch 652, 48 Stat 1064 | |||
Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act | Sponsor | Y | 08/09/1950 | Y |
Dingell - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000354; Johnson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000127; http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/research-mgmt/sport-fish.cfm |
Rep. John Dingell (Sr.)(D-MI) and Sen. Edwin Johnson (D-CO) | statutized as "Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act" by S. 101(c ) of 114 Stat 1762 | NO short title | 64 Stat 430 | |||
Dingley Act (Shipping) | Sponsor | U | 06/26/1884 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000356 |
Rep. Nelson Dingley (R-ME) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 121, 23 Stat 53 | |||
Dingley Act (Tarriff) | Sponsor | U | 07/24/1897 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000356 |
Rep. Nelson Dingley (R-ME) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 11, 30 Stat 151 | |||
District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act | Description | Y | 06/12/1934 | "District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act" | Ch. 465, 48 Stat 930 | |||||||
District of Columbia Credit Unions Act | Description | Y | 06/23/1932 | "District of Columbia Credit Unions Act" | Ch. 272, 47 Stat 326 | |||||||
District of Columbia minimum wage law | Description | Y | 09/19/1918 | N | short title at end | "District of Columbia minimum-wage law" | ch 174, 40 Stat 960 | |||||
District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act | Description | Y | 08/28/1935 | "District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act" | Ch. 794, 49 Stat 946 | |||||||
Dockery Act (Accounting) | Sponsor | U | 07/13/1894 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000384 |
Rep. Alexander Dockery (D-MO) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 174, 28 Stat 205 | |||
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act | Sponsor | Y | 07/21/2010 | Y |
Damian Paletta, It Has a Name: the Dodd/Frank Act, Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2010, http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/06/25/it-has-a-name-the-doddfrank-act/; Dodd - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000388; Frank - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000339 |
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), each were Chairmen of the respective Committees of jurisdiction. | title of bill and short title | 111-203 | "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" | 124 Stat 1376 | ||
Dollinger Act (Food and Drugs) | Sponsor | U | 08/31/1957 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000402 |
Rep. Isidore Dollinger (D-NY) | nothing in statute | 85-250 | NO short title | 71 Stat 567 | ||
Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative | Honor | Y | 07/01/1944 | Y | Donald J. Cohen, child psychologist and pioneer in the field of childrens' mental health, who died in 2001. | No short title in original legislation or in 2000 amendment indicated in PNT. Amended to add short title "Donald J. Cohen Traumatic Stress Initiative" by 115 Stat 2201 (2002) | 106-310 | 1944 - NO short title; 2000 - "Youth Drug and Menthal Health Services Act"; 2001 - "Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative" | 114 Stat 1169 | |||
Doug Barnard, Jr. -- 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olypmic Games Commemorative Coin Act | Honor/Sponsor | Y | 10/06/1992 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000153 |
Rep. Doug Barnard, Jr. (GA), retired 1992. | Barnard was the sponsor, but the version he introduced did not include his name, which was added some time during the House consideration. | 102-390 | "Doug Barnard, Jr. -- 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olypmic Games Commemorative Coin Act" | 106 Stat 1620 | ||
Doug Bereuter Section 502 Single Family Housing Loan Guarantee Act | Sponsor | Y | 11/28/1990 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000403 |
Rep. Douglas Bereuter (R-NE) retired in 2004. | short title is added by 118 Stat 917 in 2004, which renames section 502 of the 1990 Cranston-Gonzalez Act for Doug Bereuter, who is credited for drafting that section | 101-625, Title VII, Section 706(b) | NO short title | 104 Stat 4284 | ||
Doughton Bond Limitation Act (see Second Liberty Bond Act) | Sponsor | U | 09/24/1917 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000448 |
Rep. Robert Lee Doughton, (D-N.C.) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 56, 40 Stat 288 | |||
Doughton Current Tax Payment Act of 1943 (see Current Tax Payment Act of 1943) | Sponsor | N | 06/09/1943 | x |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000448 |
Rep. Robert Lee Doughton, (D-N.C.) | short title at end; Rep. Doughton was chairman of House Ways and Means - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Doughton | "Current Tax Payment Act of 1943" | ch 120, 57 Stat 126 | |||
Doughton Unemployment Compensation Act | Sponsor | U | 04/19/1939 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000448 |
Rep. Robert Doughton (D-NC) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 73, 53 Stat 581 | |||
Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007 | Honor | Y | 12/26/2007 | Y |
H. Rept. 110-057 |
Dr. James Allen is a professor of opthamology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine. He worked for 33 years at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Wisconsin. (Bill sponsored by Rep. Tammy Baldwin (WI)). | 110-157 | "Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007" | 121 Stat 1831 | |||
Drive for Teen Employment Act | Political Description | Y | 10/31/1998 | Y | Cutesy play-on-words -- statute changes the exemption to child labor provisions of the FLSA for teenagers driving cars and trucks in the course of employment. | short title at beginning of statute | 105-334 | "Drive for Teen Employment Act" | 112 Stat 3137 | |||
Dugger Mountain Wildnerness Act of 1999 | Location | Y | 12/09/1999 | Y |
http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&recAreaId=... |
Dugger Mountain in Alabama. | short title; act is naming area of federal lands as "Dugger Mountain Wilderness", named for Dugger Mountain | 106-156 | "Dugger Mountain Wildnerness Act of 1999" | 113 Stat 1741 | ||
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 | Honor | Y | 10/14/2008 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000981 |
Rep. Duncan Lee Hunter, chair of the House Armed Services Committee, retired in 2008. | title of bill and short title; Hunter was chair of House Armed Services but was a Republican -- this bill was passed by the Dems in 2008 | 110-417 | "Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009" | 122 Stat 4356 | ||
Durham-Humphrey Drug Prescriptions Act (see Humphrey-Durham Drug Prescriptions Act) | Sponsor | U | 10/26/1951 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000571; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953 |
Rep. Carl Durham (D-NC); Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 578, 65 Stat 648 | |||
Dutch John Federal Property Disposition And Assistance Act of 1998 | Location | Y | 10/30/1998 | Y |
Text of legislation |
Dutch John, UT | short title; | 105-326 | "Dutch John Federal Property Disposition And Assistance Act of 1998" | 112 Stat 3040 | ||
Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Development Act of 1992 | Honor | Y | 07/23/1992 | Y | President Dwight D. Eisenhower | establishing Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Program; PL 89-329 is Higher Education Act of 1965 | 102-325 Title X Section 1004; 89-329, Title X, part D | "Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Development Act of 1992" | 106 Stat 783 | |||
Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act | Honor | Y | 04/11/1965 | Y | President Dwight D. Eisenhower | short title of Part A of PL 100-297 enacted Apr 28, 1988 | 89-10, title II, part A; 100-297, title I, Section 1001 | "Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act" | 102 Stat 219 | |||
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center Act | Honor | Y | 10/21/1972 | Y | President Dwight D. Eisenhower | title in enacting clause; also strange b/c the bill starts at Sec 2 | 92-520 | "Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center Act" | 86 Stat 1019 | |||
Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921 | Description | Y | 05/27/1921 | "Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921" | Ch. 14, 42 Stat 9 | |||||||
Dyer Act (Motor Vehicles) (see National Motor Vehicle Theft Act) | Sponsor | N | 10/29/1919 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000591 |
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer; (R-MO) | short title at beginning - "the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act" | "National Motor Vehicle Theft Act" | ch 89, 41 Stat 324 | |||
Dylan Lee James Act (aka the Family Opportunity Act of 2005) | Honor/Victim | Y | 02/08/2006 | Y |
http://www.petesessions.com/downsyndrome.htm; "Medicaid to expand its coverage," The Daily News, Feb. 9, 2001 at A3 (Galveston) (on file). |
Dylan Lee James of Mesquite, TX (introduced by Rep. Pete Sessions), boy born with Down Syndrome and a severe heart condition who died in 2000. | short title: may be cited as either the "Family Opportunity Act of 2005" or the "Dylan Lee James Act" | 109-171, Title VI, subtitle A, chapter 6, subtitle A | "Family Opportunity Act of 2005" or the "Dylan Lee James Act" | 120 Stat 96 | ||
EARLY Act | Acrostic | Y | 03/23/2010 | N | short title at beginning of section | 111-148, title X, S10413 | "Young Women's Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009" or "EARLY Act" | 124 Stat 990 | ||||
Eaton Foreign Service Act | Sponsor | U | 07/19/1939 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000023 |
Probably Rep. Charles Eaton (R-NJ) (later became Foreign Affairs Comm Chair) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 330, 53 Stat 1067 | |||
ED 1.0 Act | Political Description | Y | 12/26/2007 | N | titled in statute (functionally a short title); providing grants for wireless communication on certain college campuses -- really not clear what "ED 1.0" maens | 110-161, div. B, title V, Section 536 | "ED 1.0 Act" | 121 Stat 1932 | ||||
Edge Act (Federal Reserve Banks) | Sponsor | N | 12/24/1919 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000044 |
Sen. Walter Evans Edge (R-NJ) | not statutized; amending the Federal Reserve Act; | NO short title | ch. 18, 41 Stat 378 | |||
Edge Act (see Mineral Leasing Act) | Sponsor | N | 02/25/1920 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000044 |
Sen. Walter Evans Edge, (R-NJ) | "Mineral Leasing Act" referenced in 74 Stat 781 | NO short title | ch 85, 41 Stat 437 | |||
Edmunds Act (Polygamy) | Sponsor | U | 03/22/1882 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000056 |
Sen. George Edmunds (R-VT) | nothing in statute (made polygamy a felony) | NO short title | ch. 47, 22 Stat 30 | |||
Edmunds-Tucker Act (Polygamy) | Sponsor | U | 03/03/1887 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000056; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000401 |
Sen. George Edmunds (R-VT); Rep. John Tucker (D-VA) | nothing in statute; named for Sen Edmunds and Rep Tucker; repealed in 1978 | NO short title | ch. 397, 24 Stat 635 | |||
Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (see Serve America Act) | Sponsor | Y | 04/21/2009 | Y |
David M. Herszenhorn, Senate Moves to Expand National Service Programs, N.Y. Times, Mar. 26, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/us/politics/27cong.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch1.asp |
Sen. Edward Kennedy, (D-MA) | short title is "Serve America Act" but long title is "An Act Entitled The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and reform the national service laws." | 111-13 | "Serve America Act" | 123 Stat 1460 | ||
Edward William Brooke III Congressional Gold Medal Act | Award | Y | 07/01/2008 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000871 |
Sen. Edward William Brooke III (MA), who was the first African-American in the Senate after Reconstruction. | title of statute and short title; nothing noted in USC | "Edward William Brooke III Congressional Gold Medal Act" | 122 Stat 2433 | |||
Elkins Act (Interstate Commerce) | Sponsor | U | 02/19/1903 | X |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkins_Act#cite_note-0; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000110; (see also p 201 of Railway regulation: an analysis of the underlying problems in railway ... |
Sen. Stephen Elkins (R-WV), chairman of Comm on Interstate Commerce | NO short title | ch. 708, 32 Stat 847 | ||||
Ellender Sugar Act (see Sugar Act of 1937) | Sponsor | U | 09/01/1937 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000112 |
Sen. Allen Ellender (D-LA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 898, 50 Stat 903 | |||
Emergency Adjusted Compensation Act, 1931 | Description | Y | 02/27/1931 | "Emergency Adjusted Compensation Act, 1931" | Ch. 318, 46 Stat 1429 | |||||||
Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 | Description | Y | 06/19/1934 | "Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935" | Ch. 648, title II, 48 Stat 1021 | |||||||
Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, 1933 | Description | Y | 06/16/1933 | "Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, 1933" | ch. 91, 48 Stat 211 | |||||||
Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932 | Description | Y | 07/21/1932 | "Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932" | Ch. 520, 47 Stat 709 | |||||||
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 | Description | Y | 04/08/1935 | "Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935" | Ch. 48, 49 Stat 115 | |||||||
Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 | Victim | Y | 10/07/2008 | Y |
H.Rpt.110-200, June 19, 2007. |
Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African-American young man from Chicago who was brutally tortured and murdered after allegedly whistling at a white woman. The killers were tried but acquitted by an all-white jury. | title of statute and short title | 110-344 | "Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007" | 122 Stat 3934 | ||
EMTALA | Abbreviation | N | 04/07/1986 | N | originally ch 541 title XVIII section 1867; updated April 7, 1986; nothing in short title, but EMTALA stands for Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act | 99-272, title IX, section 9121(b) | NO short title | 100 Stat 164 | ||||
ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004 | Acrostic | Y | 12/23/2004 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 108-494, title I | "Ensuring Needed Help Arrives Near Callers Employing 911 Act of 2004" or "ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004" | 118 Stat 3986 | ||||
ENHANCED Act of 2009 | Acrostic | Y | 03/23/2010 | Y | short title at beginning of S 10410 | 111-148, title X, section 10410 | "Establishing a Network of Health-Advancing National Centers of Excellence for Depression Act of 2009" or "ENHANCED Act of 2009" | 124 Stat 984 | ||||
Equal Access Act | Political Description | Y | 08/11/1984 | Y | Making it unlawful for a public secondary school or a school that receives Federal financial assistance to deny equal access to school facilities for meetings based on religious, political or philsophical content | short title of Title VIII and name of Title; | 98-377, title VIII | "Equal Access Act" | 98 Stat 1302 | |||
Erdman Act of 1898 | Sponsor | U | 06/01/1898 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000199 |
Rep. Constantine Jacob Erdman (D-PA) | Although Erdman was not in the House when the bil was finally signed into law, he had worked on previous versions which had passed the House in earlier Congresses. (See, eg, The House Devotes a Day to Labor Legislation, NY Times, Feb. 26, 1895) | NO short title | ch 370, 30 Stat 424 | |||
Esch Act (Hours of Service on Railroads) (see Hours of Service Act (Railroads)) | Sponsor | N | 03/04/1907 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
Rep. John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 2939, 34 Stat 1415 | |||
Esch Car Service Act | Sponsor | U | 05/29/1917 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
Rep. John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 23, 40 Stat 101 | |||
Esch Water Power Act (see Federal Power Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/10/1920 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | "Esch" not statutized; short titled at end | "The Federal Water Power Act" | ch 285, 41 Stat 1063 | |||
Esch-Cummins Act (Railroads) (see Transportation Act, 1920) | Sponsor | N | 02/28/1920 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000988 |
Rep. John Jacob Esch (R-WI); Sen. Albert Cummins (D-IA) | short title at beginning "Transportation Act, 1920"; Typo in PNT - listed as "Esch-Cummings" but is really "Esch-Cummins" | "Transportation Act, 1920" | ch 91, 41 Sat 456 | |||
Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 | Honor | Y | 12/14/2006 | Y |
"Esther Martinez, 94; Preserved Language," Washington Post, Sept. 19, 2006. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/18/AR200609... |
Esther Martinez was a storyteller, linguist, and teacher who worked to preserve the Tewa language. | short title | 109-394 | "Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 2705 | ||
Eugene Land Conveyance Act | Location | Y | 12/22/2006 | N | Eugene, OR | short title; Eugene refers to city | 109-457 | "Eugene Land Conveyance Act" | 120 Stat 3392 | |||
Evarts Act (Circuit Courts of Appeals) (see Circuit Court of Appeals Act) | Sponsor | U | 03/03/1891 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000262 |
Sen. William Evarts (R-NY) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 517, 26 Stat 826 | |||
Export Apple Act | Description | N | 06/10/1933 | Y | amended to include short title as "Export Apple Act" by 113 Stat 1321 (1999); cross-listed as "Export Apple and Pear Act", promiting the export of apples and pears | NO short title | ch 59, 48 Stat 123 | |||||
Fact Finders' Act | Sponsor | U | 12/05/1924 | N | "Fact Finders' Act" not listed anywhere, but indicated in USC short title note; name not statutized | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1924" | ch 4, section 4, 43 Stat 701 | |||||
Faddis Machine Tool Act | Sponsor | N | 10/10/1940 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000001 |
Rep. Charles Isiah Faddis (D-PA) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch. 836, 54 Stat 1090 | |||
Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 | Tribe | Y | 11/16/1990 | Y | Fallon Paiute Shoshone is the name of a Tribe. | title of bill and short title; | 101-618 | "Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990" | 104 Stat 3289 | |||
Fallon Rail Freight Loading Facility Transfer Act | Location | Y | 12/16/2002 | N | Fallon, NV | short title; Fallon is a city in NV | 107-339 | "Fallon Rail Freight Loading Facility Transfer Act" | 116 Stat 2887 | |||
Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 | Honor | Y | 07/27/2006 | Y |
Hamer - http://www.biography.com/people/fannie-lou-hamer-205625; Parks - http://www.biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715?page=1; Scott King - http://www.biography.com/people/coretta-scott-king-9542067. |
Fannie Lou Hamer was a voting rights activist and SNCC organizer. Rosa Parks was a civil rights leader. Coretta Scott King was a civil rights activist and founder of the Center for Nonviolent Social Change. | short title in Statutes at Large is the "Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006" | 109-246 | "Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 577 | ||
Farm Credit Act of 1933 | Description | Y | 06/16/1933 | "Farm Credit Act of 1933" | Ch. 98, 48 Stat 257 | |||||||
Fascell Fellowship Act | Sponsor | Y | 08/27/1986 | Y |
Notable Members of Congress and the Laws They Sponsored, http://congress.indiana.edu/notable-members-congress-and-laws-they-spons... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000041 |
Rep. Dante Fascell, (D-FL) | short title at beginning of S 1001 | 99-399 | "Fascell Fellowship Act" | 100 Stat 893 | ||
Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act | Sponsor | Y | 10/24/1990 | Y |
Notable Members of Congress and the Laws They Sponsored, http://congress.indiana.edu/notable-members-congress-and-laws-they-spons... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000041 |
Rep. Dante Fascell, (D-FL) | short title at beginning of S 9 | 101-454 | "Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act of 1990" | 104 Stat 1065 | ||
Father Aull Site Transfer Act of 1996 | Location | U | 09/30/1996 | N |
104 Cong. Rec. 12399 (Aug. 11, 1995) (statement of Sen. Domenici) |
Father Roger Aull, a German Jesuit priest who lived near Silver City, NM. His home and chapel were on BLM land, which was isolated and vandalized. The bill transferred the land to a local church to maintain. | nothing in statute | 104-208, div A, title I, Section 101(d) | NO short title | 110 Stat 3009-181 | ||
Father Theodore M. Hesburgh Congressional Gold Medal Act | Award | Y | 12/09/1999 | Y | Father Theodore Hesburgh was president of Notre Dame University. | title of statute and short title; awarding congressional gold medal | 106-153 | "Father Theodore M. Hesburgh Congressional Gold Medal Act" | 113 Stat 1733 | |||
Federal Alcohol Adminstration Act | Description | Y | 08/29/1935 | "Federal Alcohol Administration Act" | Ch. 813, 49 Stat 977 | |||||||
Federal Credit Union Act | Description | Y | 06/26/1934 | "Federal Credit Union Act" | Ch. 750, 48 Stat 1216 | |||||||
Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933 | Description | Y | 05/12/1933 | "Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933" | Ch. 30, 48 Stat 55 | |||||||
Federal Farm Loan Act | Description | Y | 07/17/1916 | "Federal Farm Loan Act" | ch. 245, 39 Stat. 360 | |||||||
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act | Description | Y | 01/31/1934 | "Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act" | Ch. 7, 48 Stat 344 | |||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank Act | Description | Y | 07/22/1932 | "Federal Home Loan Bank Act" | Ch. 522, 47 Stat 725 | |||||||
Federal Register Act | Description | Y | 07/26/1935 | "Federal Register Act" | Ch. 417, 49 Stat 500 | |||||||
Federal Switchblade Act | Description | N | 08/12/1958 | N | not statutized (though amended in 1986 by 100 Stat 3207) | 85-623 | NO short title | 72 Stat 562 | ||||
Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996 | Description | Y | 04/09/1996 | Y | The law this bill repealed required that all tea imported had to be tested for quality, not just safety. | repealing the Tea Importation Act | 104-128 | "Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996" | 110 Stat 1198 | |||
Federal Water Power Act | Description | Y | 06/10/1920 | "The Federal Water Power Act" | ch. 285, 41 Stat 1063 | |||||||
FEGLI Living Benefits Act | Abbreviation | Y | 10/25/1994 | N | short title; "FEGLI" = Federal Employees Group Life Insurance | 103-409 | "FEGLI Living Benefits Act" | 108 Stat 4230 | ||||
FERA | Abbreviation | Y | 05/20/2009 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 111-21 | "Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009" or "FERA" | 123 Stat 1617 | ||||
Fess-Kenyon Act (see the Vocational Rehabilitation Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/02/1920 | 07/06/1943 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000096; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000129 |
Sen. Simeon Davison Fess, (R-OH); Sen. William Squire Kenyon, (R-IA) | short title at end; "Fess-Kenyon" not statutized | "Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1943" | ch 190 ��_��__1, 57 Stat 374 | ||
Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006 | Political Description | Y | 07/19/2006 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 109-242 | "Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 570 | ||||
Filled Cheese Act | Description | U | 06/06/1896 | X | NO short title | ch 337, 29 Stat 253 | ||||||
Filled Milk Act | Description | N | 03/04/1923 | Y | Filled milk is a term for milk containing a substitute for butterfat. | statutized by 57 Stat 499 (1943) | NO short title | ch 262, 42 Stat 1486 | ||||
Financial Stability Act of 2010 | Political Description | Y | 07/21/2010 | Y | short title at beginning of title I; full bill is Dodd-Frank | 111-203, title I | "Financial Stability Act of 2010" | 124 Stat 1391 | ||||
First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928 | Description | Y | 12/02/1927 | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928" | ch. 5, 45 Stat 2 | |||||||
First Deficiency Appropriations Act, fiscal year 1936 | Description | Y | 06/22/1936 | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936" | Ch. 689, 49 Stat 1597 | |||||||
First Inventor Defense Act | Description | Y | 11/29/1999 | N | Subtitle C - starts at 1501A-555 | 106-113, div B, section 1000(a)(9) | "First Investor Defense Act of 1999" | 113 Stat 1536, 1501A-555 | ||||
First Morrill Act (aka the Morrill Act) | Sponsor | Y | 07/02/1862 | Y |
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Morrill.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969 |
Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) | "Morrill" statutized by reference at 108 Stat 4048 | NO short title | ch. 130, 12 Stat 503 | |||
Fiscal Year 1990 Dire Emergency Supplemental to Meet the Needs of Natural Disasters of National Significance | Political Description | Y | 10/26/1989 | N | short title being added as Section 108 (e ) | 101-130, 101-100 ? | "the fiscal year 1990 Dire Emergency Supplemental to Meet the Needs of Natural Disasters of National Significance" | 103 Stat 775 | ||||
Fitzgerald Act (Apprentice Labor) (see National Apprenticeship Act) | Sponsor | N | 08/06/1937 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000169 |
Rep. William Joseph Fitzgerald, (D-CT) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 663, 50 Stat 664 | |||
Fitzgerald-Tyson Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | Sponsor | U | 05/24/1928 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000456; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000166 |
Sen. Lawrence Davis Tyson (D-TN); Rep. Roy G. Fitzgerald (R-OH) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 735, 45 Stat 735 | |||
Five Civilized Tribes Act (Disposition of Affairs) | Description | U | 04/26/1906 | X | Double entry in PNT | NO short title | ch 1876, 34 Stat 137 | |||||
FLAME Act of 2009 | Acrostic | Y | 10/30/2009 | N | short title at beginning of Title V | 111-88, div A, title V | "Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act of 2009" or "FLAME Act of 2009" | 123 Stat 2968 | ||||
Fletcher-Rayburn Securities Act of 1933 (see Securities Act of 1933) | Sponsor | N | 05/27/1933 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000200; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082 |
Sen. Duncan Upshaw Fletcher, (D-FL); Rep. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, (D-TX) | short title at beginning; "Fletcher-Rayburn" not statutized | "Securities Act of 1933" | 48 Stat 74 | |||
Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 | Honor/Sponsor | Y | 10/30/2000 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000718 |
Rep. Floyd D. Spence (SC), Chair of the House Armed Services Committee (106th Cong.), died in office in 2001. | Actual act passed simply enacted HR 5408 from the previous Congress; Floyd D. Spence is short title at beginning of HR 5408, no short title to act.H185; Originally introduced by Rep. Spence without his name attached, seems to have been added in Committee. | 106-398, section 1 | "Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001" | 114 Stat 1654, 1654A-1 | ||
FOARAM Act | Acrostic | Y | 03/30/2009 | N | short title at beginning of Subtitle D | 111-11, title XII, subtitle D | "Federal Ocean Acification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009" or "FOARAM Act" | 123 Stat 1436 | ||||
Follow Through Act | Political Description | Y | 08/13/1981 | Y | "Follow Through" programs are available after "Head Start" programs. | short title of subchapter C; post Head Start programs | 97-35, title VI, subtitle A, ch 8, sbch D | "Follow Through Act" | 95 Stat 508 | |||
Food and Forage Act | Description | U | 03/02/1861 | X | R.S. 3732; nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 84, S 10, 12 Stat 220 | |||||
Food and Rest Law | Description | N | 06/29/1906 | N | name not statutized; aka the Cruelty to Animals Act, the Live Stock Transportation Act, and the Twenty-Eight Hour Law in PNT; nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 3594, 34 Stat 607 | |||||
Food for Peace Act | Political Description | Y | 07/10/1954 | Y | Bill title and all references changed to "Food for Peace Act" by 122 Stat 1821 (2008) | "Argicultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954" | ch 469, 68 Stat 454 | |||||
Food for Peace Act of 1966 | Political Description | Y | 11/11/1966 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; amending Argicultural Trade Development and Assistance Act | 89-808 | "Food for Peace Act of 1966" | 80 Stat 1526 | ||||
Food for Progress Act of 1985 | Political Description | Y | 12/23/1985 | Y | short title at beginning of S 1110 | 99-198, title XI, S 1110 | "Food for Progress Act of 1985" | 99 Stat 1472 | ||||
FOR VETS Act of 2010 | Acrostic | Y | 12/22/2010 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 111-338 | "Formerly Owned Resources for Veterans to Express Thanks for Service Act of 2010" or "FOR VETS Act of 2010" | 124 Stat 3590 | ||||
Foraker Act (Puerto Rico) | Sponsor | N | 04/12/1900 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000253 |
Sen. Joseph Foraker (R-OH), Chairman of Comm. On Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico | aka Puerto Rico Civil Code; nothing in short title | NO short title | ch 191, 31 Stat 77 | |||
Force Act (Suits Against Revenue Officers) | Description | U | 03/02/1833 | X | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 57, S3, 4 Stat 633 | |||||
Force Act of 1870 | Description | U | 05/31/1870 | X | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 114, 16 Stat 140 | |||||
Fordney-McCumber Act (see Tariff Act of 1922) | Sponsor | U | 09/22/1922 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000271; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397 |
Rep. Joseph Warren Fordney, (R-MI); Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-N.D.) | "Tariff Act of 1922" | ch 356, 42 Stat 858 | ||||
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 | Abbreviation | Y | 07/10/2008 | N | short title at the beginning of statute; what's interesting here is that "FISA" is not part of the short title of the original bill, but it has clearly come to be known by the acronym | 110-261 | "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008" or the "FISA Amendments Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 2436 | ||||
Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 | Description | Y | 05/07/1926 | "Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926" | Ch. 250, 44 Stat 403 | |||||||
Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act | Award | Y | 09/27/2006 | Y | Awarding Congressional Gold Medal to the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. | title and short title; awarding congressional gold medal | 109-287 | "Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act" | 120 Stat 1231 | |||
Fourth Liberty Bond Act | Description | Y | 07/09/1918 | "The Fourth Liberty Bond Act" | Ch. 142, 40 Stat 844 | |||||||
Frank Annunzio Act | Honor | Y | 05/13/1992 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000212 |
Rep. Frank Annunzio (IL), retired in 1992. | Creating Christopher Columbus coins and fellowships. | 102-281 | "Frank Annunzio Act" | 106 Stat 139 | ||
Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010 | Honor | Y | 01/04/2011 | Y | Frank Melville, philanthropist and founder of the Melville Charitable Trust, which focused on alleviating homelessness. | short title | 111-374 | "Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010" | 124 Stat 4089 | |||
Frazier-Lemke Farm-Mortgage Act | Sponsor | U | 06/28/1934 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000354; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000238 |
Sen. Lynn Frazier (R-ND); Rep. William Lemke (Non-Partisan/R-ND) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 869, 48 Stat 1289 | |||
FREEDOM Support Act | Acrostic | Y | 10/24/1992 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 102-511 | "Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992" or "FREEDOM Support Act" | 106 Stat 3320 | ||||
Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 | Political Description | Y | 07/24/2006 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 109-243 | "Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005" | 120 Stat 572 | ||||
FRIENDSHIP Act | Acrostic | Y | 12/17/1993 | Y | Act for Reform In Emerging New Democracies and Support and Help for Improved Partnership with Russia, Ukraine, and Other New Independent States; both abbreviation and long version are in short title at beginning of statute | 103-199 | "Act for Reform In Emerging New Democracies and Support and Help for Improved Partnership with Russia, Ukraine, and Other New Independent States" or "FRIENDSHIP Act" | 107 Stat 2317 | ||||
Fulbright-Hays Act (see Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961) | Sponsor | Y | 09/21/1961 | Y |
Richard D. Scarfo, The History of Title VI and Fulbright-Hayes, www.international.ucla.edu/pacrim/title6/Over2-Scarfo.pdf; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000401. |
Sen. J. William Fulbright, (D-AK) | "Fulbright-Hays" statutized by PL 102-138, 105 Stat 647 with "(commonly referred to as the 'Fulbright-Hays Act')", codified at 22 USC 1475h | 87-256 | "Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961" | 75 Stat 527 | ||
Fuller Act (Pensions, Civil War, War with Mexico) | Sponsor | U | 05/01/1920 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000407 |
Most likely Rep. Charles Fuller (R-IL), Chair of Committee on Invalid Pensions | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 165, 41 Stat 585 | |||
Garfield Act (Compulsory Railway Connection) | Sponsor | N | 06/15/1866 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000063 |
Rep. James Abram Garfield, (future POTUS), (R-OH) | R.S. Section 5258 - no idea what this means; nothing in statute; | NO short title | ch. 124, 14 Stat 66 | |||
Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 | Sponsor | Y | 10/15/1982 | Y |
Garn - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000072; St. Germain - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000762 |
Rep. Fernand Joseph St. Germain (D-RI) and Sen. Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn (R-UT). | 97-320 | "Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982" | 96 Stat 1469 | |||
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act | Victim | Y | 10/21/2004 | Y |
CR S9020-9023, Sept. 9, 2004. Statement of Sen. Gordon Smith. |
Garrett Lee Smith was the son of Sen. Gordon Smith (OR). He committed suicide on Sept. 8, 2003; the Senate passed the bill (after House action) on Sept. 9, 2004, Garrett Smith's birthday. | statute relates to preventing teen suicide | 108-355 | "Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act" | 118 Stat 1404 | ||
Gasque Spanish War Pensions Act | Sponsor | U | 05/24/1938 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000092 |
Rep. Allard Gasque (D-SC) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 268, 52 Stat 440 | |||
Gay Act (Public Lands in Louisiana) | Sponsor | U | 03/02/1889 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000103 |
Rep. Edward Gay (D-LA) | nothing in statute; returning land in Louisiana to the public domain, but no indication that Gay is the name of the area (also, searching for Gay Louisiana did not return any helpful results | NO short title | ch. 395, 25 Stat 877 | |||
Gaylord A. Nelson Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Wildneress Act | Award | Y | 12/08/2004 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000033 |
Sen. Gaylord Anton Nelson, dem, Senate: 1963-1981, Wisconsin. Founder of Earth Day; Presidential medal of freedom. This is a tribute statute. | short title; statute also conferred the name "Gaylord A. Nelson" on the wilderness area | 108-447, div. E, Title I, Section 140 | "Gaylord A. Nelson Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Wildneress Act" | 118 Stat 3069 | ||
Gearhart Armistice Day Act (see Armistice Day Act) | Sponsor | U | 05/13/1938 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000111 |
Rep. Bertrand Gearhart (R-CA) | nothing in statute (PNT notes renamed Veterans Day Act) | NO short title | ch 210, 52 Stat 351 | |||
Geary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | Sponsor | U | 05/05/1892 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000113 |
Rep. Thomas Geary (D-CA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 60, 27 Stat 25 | |||
General Shelton Congressional Gold Medal Act | Award | Y | 01/16/2002 | Y | General H. Hugh Shelton, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. | title and short title; awarding congressional gold medal | 107-127 | "General Shelton Congressional Gold Medal Act" | 115 Stat 2405 | |||
George Bill | Sponsor | N | 02/24/1945 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000131 |
Sen. Walter Franklin George, (D-GA) | not statutized (repealed) | NO short title | ch. 4, 59 Stat 5 | |||
George Bush School of Government and Public Service Act | Institution | Y | 10/19/1996 | Y | President George H.W. Bush | title and short title; providing funds and assistance for establishing George Bush Fellowship Program at George Bush School of Management and Public Service at Texas A&M | 104-319, Title IV | "George Bush School of Government and Public Service Act" | 110 Stat 3867 | |||
George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act | Honor | Y | 12/30/2005 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000918 |
Rep. George E. Brown, Jr. (CA), former chair of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, died in 1999. | short title and name of Subtitle C; Table: "Title 51, note prec. Section 71101"; Brown was a Rep from CA | 109-155, title III, Section 321 | "George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act" | 119 Stat 2922 | ||
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park Act | Location | N | 07/23/1966 | Y | Revolutionary War Col. George Rogers Clark (Indiana) | no short title, but statutory title explains that the act is accepting a statue of George Rogers Clark fore the creation of a National Historical Park | 89-517 | NO short title | 80 Stat 325 | |||
George-Barden Act (see Vocational Education Act of 1946) | Sponsor | N | 06/08/1936 | 08/01/1946 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000139; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000131 |
Rep. Graham Arthur Barden, (D-N.C); Sen. Walter Franklin George, (D-GA). | George-Barden not statutized | "Vocational Education Act of 1946" | ch 725, 60 Stat 775 | ||
George-Deen Vocational Education Act (see Vocational Education Act of 1936) | Sponsor | N | 06/08/1936 | 08/01/1946 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000131; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000187 |
Sen. Walter Franklin George, (D-GA); Rep. Braswell Drue Deen, (D-GA), | George-Deen not statutized | "Vocational Education Act of 1946"; QUESTION: Should these be act of 1946, when enactment is 1936/1920? | ch 725, 60 Stat 775 | ||
George-Murray Contract Settlement Act of 1944 (see Contract Settlement Act of 1944) | Sponsor | U | 07/01/1944 | x |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000131; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001108 |
Sen. Walter-Franklin George (D-GA); Sen. James E. Murray (D-MT) | short title at end; see also Sen. James E. Murray, Contract Settlement Act of 1944, Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Spring 1944) pp. 683-692. | "Contract Settlement Act of 1944" | ch 358, 58 Stat 649 | |||
Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002 | Honor | Y | 06/10/2002 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000675 |
Rep. Gerald B. H. Solomon (NY) who died in 2001. | short title naming bill for Solomon added in Committee | 107-187 | "Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002" | 116 Stat 590 | ||
Gerry Act (Corrupt Practices) | Sponsor | U | 10/16/1918 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000141 |
Sen. Peter Goelet Gerry, (D-R.I.) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 187, 40 Stat 1013 | |||
Gillespie-Tillman Resolution; Tillman-Gillespie Resolution (Transportation of Coal and Oil) | Sponsor | U | 03/07/1906 | X |
http://books.google.com/books?id=fx0pAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA198&lpg=PA198...... see also - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E13F73B5A12738DDDAA099... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000274; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000198 |
Sen. Benjamin Tillman (D-SC) and Rep. Oscar Gillespie (D-TX), sponsors | Contemporary industry publication (Freight, The Shippers Forum, Volumes V and VI, p 198, available through Google books) refers to resolution as Tillman-Gillespie | NO short title | No. 8, 34 Stat 823 | |||
Glass Bank Official Loan Act (see Bank Official Loan Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/16/1933 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232 |
Sen. Carter Glass, (D-VA) | only statutized as Federal Reserve Act, no mention of Glass | NO short title | ch 89, ��_��__12, 48 Stat 182 | |||
Glass Ceiling Act of 1991 | Political Description | Y | 11/21/1991 | Y | short title -- not named for a person | 102-106, title II | "Glass Ceiling Act of 1991" | 105 Stat 1081 | ||||
Glass R.F.C. Recovery Loan Act (see Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/22/1932 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232 |
Sen. Carter Glass, (D-VA) | "Glass" not statutized; short title at beginning | "Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act" | ch 8, 47 Stat 5 | |||
Glass Reserve Note Act (see Federal Reserve Act) | Sponsor | N | 12/23/1913 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232 |
Rep. Carter Glass (D-VA) | short title - "Federal Reserve Act" - beginning of statute; Rep. Carter Glass was chair of the House Banking and Currency Committee and sponsored the bill | "Federal Reserve Act" | ch 6, 38 Stat 251 | |||
Glass-Steagall Act, 1932 | Sponsor | Y | 02/27/1932 | Y |
Glass - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232; Steagall - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
Sen. Carter Glass (D-VA) and Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | Statutized by 94 Stat 188, but note in code (at at 12 USC 93a) indicates that the Glass-Steagall Act referred to in text is "probably" the 1933 act not the 1932 act | NO short title | ch. 58, 47 Stat 56 | |||
Glass-Steagall Act, 1933 (see Banking Act of 1933) | Sponsor | Y | 06/16/1933 | Y |
Glass - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232; Steagall - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
Sen. Carter Glass (D-VA) and Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | short title at beginning; Statutized by 94 Stat 188, but note in code (at at 12 USC 93a) indicates that the Glass-Steagall Act referred to in text is "probably" the 1933 act not the 1932 act | "Banking Act of 1933" | ch 89, 48 Stat 162 | |||
Gold Reserve Act of 1934 | Description | Y | 01/30/1934 | "Gold Reserve Act of 1934" | Ch. 6, 48 Stat 337 | |||||||
Gold Star Mothers Act | Sponsor | U | 08/16/1937 | X | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 659, 50 Stat 660 | |||||
Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 | Sponsor | Y | 10/01/1986 | Y |
Goldwater Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, National Defense University Library, http://www.ndu.edu/library/goldnich/goldnich.html; Nichols - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000095; Goldwater - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000267 |
Sen. Barry Goldwater, (R-AZ); Rep. William Nichols, (D-AL) | short title | 99-433 | "Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986" | 100 Stat 992 | ||
Good-McCormick Act (Budget) (see Budget and Accounting Act, 1921) | Sponsor | N | 06/10/1921 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000369; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000275 |
Most likely Sen. Joseph McCormick (R-IL), who was Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments at the time. Rep. James William Good (R-IA) | short title at beginning "Budget and Accounting Act, 1921" | "Budget and Accounting Act, 1921" | ch 18, 42 Stat 20 | |||
Gould Amendment (Food and Drugs) | Sponsor | U | 03/03/1913 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000343 |
Rep. Samuel Gould (D-ME) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 117, 37 Stat 732 | |||
Government in the Sunshine Act | Political Description | Y | 09/13/1976 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 94-409 | "Government in the Sunshine Act" | 90 Stat 1241 | ||||
GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 | Abbreviation | Y | 01/04/2011 | N | short title at beginning of statute; Government Performance and Results Act. | 111-352 | "GPRA Modernization Act of 2010" | 124 Stat 3866 | ||||
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act | Sponsor | Y | 11/12/1999 | Y |
Veronica Roberts, (Stunning Video): Too Big To Fail Banking Disaster Predicted Since 1999 by Congressman, AllVoices, Dec. 10, 2011, http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/11066868-stunning-video-too-bi... Bliley - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000556; Gramm - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000365; Leach - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000169 |
Rep. Thomas J. Bliley, (R-VA); Sen. Phil Gramm, (R-TX); Rep. Jim Leach, (R-IA) | short title | 106-102 | "Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act" | 113 Stat 1338 | ||
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act (see Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) | Sponsor | N | 12/12/1985 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000365; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000497; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000725 |
Sen. William Philip Gramm, (R-TX); Sen. Warren Bruce Rudman, (R-NH); Sen. Ernest Frederick Hollings, (D-SC) | "Gramm-Rudman-Hollings" not statutized | 99-177, title II | "Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985" | 99 Stat 1038 | ||
Granger-Thye Act | Sponsor | U | 04/24/1950 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000379 |
Rep. Walter Granger (D-UT) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 97, 64 Stat 82 | |||
Green Jobs Act of 2007 | Political Description | Y | 12/19/2007 | N | short title at beginning of title X | 110-140, title X | "Green Jobs Act of 2007" | 121 Stat 1748 | ||||
Griffin-Landrum Act (see Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) | Sponsor | N | 09/14/1959 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000465; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000054 |
Sen. Robert Paul Griffin, (R-MI); Rep. Philip Mitchell Landrum, (D-GA) | short title at beginning; "Griffin-Landrum" not statutized | 86-257 | "Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959" | 73 Stat 519 | ||
GSP Renewal Act of 1996 | Abbreviation | Y | 08/20/1996 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle J; GSP stands for Generalized System of Preferences | 104-188, title I, subtitle J | "GSP Renewal Act of 1996" | 110 Stat 1917 | ||||
Guayule Rubber Act | Description | N | 03/05/1942 | N | guayule is a thing; name not statutized | NO short title | ch. 140, 56 Stat 126 | |||||
Guffey-Snyder Coal Act (see Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935) | Sponsor | N | 08/30/1935 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000519; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000668 |
Sen. Joseph E. Guffey, (D-PA); Rep. John Buell Snyder, (D-PA) | "Guffey-Snyder" not statutized; short title at end (section 23) | "Bituminous Ccoal Conservation Act of 1935" | ch 824, 49 Stat 991 | |||
Guffey-Vinson Act (see Bituminous Coal Act of 1937) | Sponsor | N | 04/26/1937 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000519; http://eris.uky.edu/catalog/xt7msb3wtd0h/guide (for why this Vinson - there are two); http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000106 |
Sen. Joseph E. Guffey, (D-PA); Rep. Frederick Moore Vinson (D-KY) | "Guffey-Vinson" not statutized; short title at end (section 21) - "Bituminous Coal Act of 1937" | "Bituminous Coal Act of 1937" | ch 127, 50 Stat 72 | |||
Gunn McKay Nature Preserve Act | Honor | Y | 12/19/2002 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000490 |
Rep. Gunn McKay (UT) who died in 2000. | designating land in Utah as a preserve named for Rep. McKay | 107-364 | "Gunn McKay Nature Preserve Act" | 116 Stat 3026 | ||
Gwynne Act | Sponsor | N | 05/14/1947 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000543 |
Rep. John Williams Gwynne, (R-IA) | nothing in statute; but full title refers to Walsh-Healey Act and Bacon-Davis Act | "Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947" | ch. 52, 61 Stat 84 | |||
Hall-Mark Act | Description | N | 02/21/1905 | N |
(Dictionary) |
Hallmark is what is stamped on Gold and Silver to certify purity | Hallmark not statutized - statute prohibits stamping of gold and silver with "U.S. assay" (still on books, never amended); No one in Congress named Hall at the time and no one ever named Mark; Seems to be "Hallmark" | NO short title | ch. 720, 33 Stat 732 | |||
Hall-Mark Act (Gold and Silver Articles) (see Jewelers' Liability Act (Gold and Silver Articles)) | Description | N | 06/13/1906 | Y |
; see also Warman's Jewelry, 2nd edition |
Hall-Mark is an indication of metal content. | short title not statutized; aka National Gold and Silver Stamping Act of 1906; short title is listed in code but not was not statutized by 1976 amendments | NO short title | ch 3289, 34 Stat 260 | |||
Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act | Sponsor | U | 01/17/1933 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000362; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000200; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001028 |
Sen. Harry B. Hawes (D-MO) (resigned Senate effective Feb. 3, 1933); Rep. Butler Black Hare (D-SC) (left Mar. 3, 1933); Sen. Bronson Murray Cutting (R-NM) (1929-1935) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 11, 47 Stat 761 | |||
Harriet Tubman Special Resource Study Act | Honor | Y | 11/13/2000 | Y | Harriet Tubman, "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. | short title; directing resources to study the possible creation of a national historic site associated with Harriet Tubman | 106-516 | "Harriet Tubman Special Resource Study Act" | 114 Stat 2404 | |||
Harrison Act (Restrictions on Territories) (see Special Laws Prohibition Act (Territories)) | Sponsor | Y | 07/30/1886 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000263 |
Sen. Benjamin Harrison, (R-OH) | "Harrison Act" statutized by reference by Act of June 25, 1890, ch. 614, 26 Stat. 175 | NO short title | ch 818, 24 Stat 170 | |||
Harrison Act of 1914 | Sponsor | U | 12/17/1914 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000268 |
Rep. Francis Burton Harrison (D-NY) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 1, 38 Stat 785 | |||
Harrison Naval Stores Act (see Naval Stores Act) | Sponsor | N | 03/03/1923 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000265 |
Sen. Bryon (Pat) Harrison (D-MS) | name not statutized; short title at beginning | "The Naval Stores Act" | ch 217, 42 Stat 1435 | |||
Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act | Honor | Y | 01/04/1975 | Y | President Harry S. Truman | title and short title; establishing Truman scholarships | 93-642 | "Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act" | 88 Stat 2276 | |||
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 | Sponsor | Y | 09/30/1976 | Y |
Hart - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000291; Scott - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000174; Rodino - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000374; http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Ludlam_Intervi... |
Sen. Philip Hart (D-MI), Sen. Hugh Scott, Jr. (R-PA), and Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ). Rodino was Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Hart was Chairman of the Antitrust Subcommittee on Senate Judiciary, and Scott retired in 1976. In an interview for the Senate Historical Office Oral History Project, former Senate Judiciary Counsel Chuck Ludlam claimed that Rodino in fact "hated" the bill but settled for getting it through his committee, which was more liberal than he was, in exchange for having his name attached to the legislation. | Final section of this act statutized the short titles of the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Webb-Pomerene Act, and the Wilson Tariff Act. | 94-435 | "Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976" | 90 Stat 1383 | ||
Harter Act (Carriage of Goods by Sea) | Sponsor | U | 12/13/1893 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000296 |
Rep. Michael Harter (D-OH) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 105, 27 Stat 445 | |||
Hastings Amendment | Sponsor | U | 06/30/1919 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000333 |
Rep. William Wirt Hastings, (D-OK) | nothing in statute, but this is one section of a larger statute -- Hastings maybe was sponsor of amendment that became that section? | NO short title | ch. 4, 41 Stat 4 | |||
Hatch Act of 1887 | Sponsor | Y | 03/02/1887 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000339 |
Rep. William Hatch, (D-MO) | amended to include "Hatch Act of 1887" as short title by 112 Stat 525 | NO short title | 24 Stat 440 | |||
Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993 | Sponsor | Y | 10/06/1993 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000339 |
Rep. William Hatch, (D-MO) | unumbered section 1; amends Hatch Political Activity Act | 103-94 | "Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993" | 107 Stat 1001 | ||
Hatch Political Activity Act | Sponsor | U | 08/02/1939 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000334 |
Sen. Carl Hatch (D-NM) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 410, 53 Stat 1147 | |||
Hatch-Sumners Act (Additional Judgeships) | Sponsor | U | 05/31/1938 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000334; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |
Sen. Carl Hatch (D-NM); Rep. Hatton Sumners (D-TX) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 290, 52 Stat 584 | |||
Hatfield-Keller Railroad Retirement Act (see Railroad Retirement Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/27/1934 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000342; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000056 |
Sen. Henry Drury Hatfield, 1929-35, (R-W.VA); Rep. Kent Ellsworth Keller, (D-IL) | name not statutized; short title listed in definitions - Section 2(m) - "Railroad Retirement Act"; declared unconstitution by SCOTUS | "Railroad Retirement Act" | ch 868, 48 Stat 1283 | |||
Hatian Hempispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 | Acrostic | N | 12/20/2006 | Y | short title at beginning of title V; Acronym (HOPE) is not listed in popular names table, but is one of the short titles of the 2008 amendment | 109-432, div D, title V | "Haitian Hempispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 3181 | ||||
Hawaiian Organic Act | Description | Y | 07/09/1921 | "Hawaiian Organic Act" | Ch. 42, 41 Stat 108 | |||||||
Hawes-Cooper Act | Sponsor | U | 01/19/1929 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000362; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000752 |
Probably Rep. Henry Allen Cooper (R-WI) (1893-1919, 1921-1931); Sen. Harry Bartow Hawes (D-MO) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 79, 45 Stat 1084 | |||
Hawley Act (Settlement of Claims against Germany) | Sponsor | U | 06/05/1930 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000379 |
Rep. Willis C. Hawley (R-OR) (1907-1932) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 402, 46 Stat 500 | |||
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | Sponsor | N | 06/17/1930 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000379 |
Sen. Reed Smoot, 1903-1933, (R-UT); Rep. Willis Chatman Hawley, (R-OR) | "Hawley-Smoot" never statutized; short title at end - "Tariff Act of 1930" | "Tariff Act of 1930" | ch 497, 46 Stat 590 | |||
Hayden-Cartwright Act (see Federal Highway Act of 1938) | Sponsor | U | 11/09/1921 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000385; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000207 |
Sen. Carl Trumbell Hayden, (D-AZ); Rep. Wilburn Cartwright, (D-OK) | short title at beginning "Federal Highway Act"; Section 2 specifies that two other acts will be referred to as the "Federal Aid Act" | "Federal Highway Act" | ch 119, 42 Stat 212 | |||
Head Start Act | Political Description | Y | 08/13/1981 | N | short title at beginning of subchapter B; wonder if there's a way to tell if the program was named "Head Start" or if that was the name slapped on the legislation and then it stuck | 97-35, title VI, subtitle A, ch 8, sbch B, S635 et seq | "Head Start Act" | 95 Stat 499 | ||||
Headstart-Follow Through Act | Political Description | Y | 01/04/1975 | N | short title at beginning of section 8 | 88-452, title V; 93-644 S 8(a) | "Headstart-Follow Through Act" | 88 Stat 2300 | ||||
Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988 | Acrostic | N | 11/04/1988 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; this would be more interesting if it is NOT called the "HOPE Act", which in fact it is not in the PNT | 100-607 | "Health Omnibus Programs Extension Act of 1988" | 102 Stat 3048 | ||||
Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006 | Acrostic | N | 12/20/2006 | Y | short title at beginning of Title III; this would be more interesting if it is NOT called the "HOPE Act", which in fact it is not in the PNT | 109-432, div A, title III | "Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 2948 | ||||
HELP Commission Act | Acrostic | N | 01/23/2004 | Y | short title at beginning of section; HELP Commission stands for "Helping to Enhance the Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission" | 108-199, div B, title VI, Section 637 | "HELP Commission Act" | 118 Stat 101 | ||||
Help HAITI Act of 2010 | Acrostic | Y | 12/09/2010 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 111-293 | "Help Haitian Adoptees Immediately to Integrate Act of 2010" or "Help HAITI Act of 2010" | 124 Stat 3175 | ||||
Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 | Political Description | Y | 05/20/2009 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 111-22, div A | "Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009" | 123 Stat 1632 | ||||
Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004 | Political Description | Y | 08/02/2004 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 108-285 | "Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004" | 118 Stat 917 | ||||
Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010 | Political Description | Y | 12/29/2010 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 111-346 | "Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010" | 124 Stat 3622 | ||||
Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006 | Honor/Sponsor | Y | 12/18/2006 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001022 |
Rep. Henry J. Hyde (IL), retired in 2006. | "Henry J. Hyde" added in conference, Hyde was a conferee. See H.Rpt.109-721 | 109-401, title I | "Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 2726 | ||
Hepburn Act (Interstate Commerce) | Sponsor | U | 06/29/1906 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000523 |
Rep. William Peters Hepburn, (R-IA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 3591, 34 Stat 584 | |||
Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act | Sponsor | Y | 10/21/1998 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000528; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000062 |
Rep. Walter (Wally) Herger (R-CA); Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) | title of Title IV, short title; Quincy Library Group was A pre-existing entity, think the question is who/what is Herger-Feinstein | 105-277, div. A, Section 101(e ) [title IV, section 401] | "Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act" | 112 Stat 2681-231, 2681-305 | ||
Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act | Acrostic | N | 05/29/2006 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; the obvious acronym is not listed in the PNT | 109-227 | "Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act" | 120 Stat 385 | ||||
Heyburn Act (Pure Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) | Sponsor | U | 06/30/1906 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000554 |
Sen. Weldon Brinton Heyburn, (R-ID) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 3915, 34 Stat 768 | |||
Hickenlooper Amendment | Sponsor | Y | 10/07/1964 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000559 |
Sen. Bourke Hickenlooper (R-IA) who introduced the amendment. Though Rep. Hays apparently claimed co-parentage of the amendment (see W. Averell Harriman, The Protection of Foreign Investment and the Hickenlooper Amendment, 112 U.Penn.L.Rev. 1116, http://www.jstor.org/pss/3310530) | Unclear why the Hickenlooper Amendment listed in the PNT is from 1964. It was first attached to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1962 (76 Stat 255). | 88-633, part III, Section 301(d)(4) | NO short title | 78 Stat 1013 | ||
Hill-Burton Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | Sponsor | U | 08/13/1946 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001150; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000598 |
Sen. Harold Hitz Burton (R-OH); Sen. Joseph Lister Hill (D-AL) | short title at beginning - "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | ch 958, 60 Stat 1040 | |||
Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000 | Victim | Y | 02/18/2000 | Y |
Farias - CR H9866, Oct. 12, 1999, Statement of Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee; Reid - CR S14872, Nov. 19, 1999, Statement of Sen. Spencer Abraham. |
Farias - 17-year-old Texas girl who died in 1996 after GHB had been slipped into her soda. Reid - 15-year-old girl who died in 1999 after GHB was slipped into her soda. | short title; guessing victims | 106-172 | "Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000" | 114 Stat 7 | ||
Hiss Act (Pensions) | Case | U | 09/01/1954 | X |
Hiss v. Hampton, 338 F.Supp. 1141 (D.D.C. 1972) |
Accused spy and convicted perjurer Alger Hiss | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 1214, 68 Stat 1142 | |||
HITECH Act | Acrostic | Y | 02/17/2009 | Y | short title at beginning of Title XIII | 111-5, div A, title XIII and div B, title IV | "Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act" or "HITECH Act" | 123 Stat 226 | ||||
Hobbs Act (Anti-Racketeering) | Sponsor | N | 07/03/1946 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663 |
Rep. Samuel Francis Hobbs, (D-AL) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch. 537, 60 Stat 420 | |||
Hobbs Administrative Orders Review Act of 1950 (see Administrative Orders Review Act) | Sponsor | U | 12/29/1950 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663 |
Rep. Samuel Hobbs (D-AL) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 1189, 64 Stat 1129 | |||
Hobbs Bridge Act (aka the Truman-Hobbs Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/21/1940 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000823 |
Rep. Samuel Francis Hobbs, (D-AL); Sen. Henry Styles Bridges, (R-N.H.) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch. 409, 54 Stat 497 | |||
Hoch-Smith Resolution | Sponsor | U | 01/30/1925 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000669; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000530 |
Rep. Homer Hoch (R-KS); Sen. Ellison DuRant Smith (D-SC) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 120, 43 Stat 801 | |||
HOME Investment Partnerships Act | Abrreviation | N | 11/28/1990 | Y | short title at beginning of title II; HOME is capitalized but does not seem to be an acronym | 101-625, title II | "HOME Investment Partnerships Act" | 104 Sat 4094 | ||||
Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 | Description | Y | 06/13/1933 | "Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933" | Ch. 64, 48 Stat 128 | |||||||
Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 | Acrostic | N | 05/20/2009 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; acronym not listed in PNT | 111-22, div B | "Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009" | 123 Stat 1663 | ||||
Homeownership and Opportunity Through HOPE Act | Abrreviation | N | 11/28/1990 | Y | short title at beginning of title IV; HOPE is capitalized but does not seem to be an acronym | 101-625, title IV | "Homeownership and Opportunity Through HOPE Act" | 104 Stat 4148 | ||||
Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 | Political Description | Y | 09/14/2007 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 110-81 | "Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007" | 121 Stat 735 | ||||
Hop Marketing Act (see Agricultural Adjustment Act) | Description | N | 05/12/1933 | N | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 25, title I, 48 Stat 31 | |||||
HOPE for Homeowners Act of 2008 | Abbreviation | N | 07/30/2008 | Y | short title at beginning of title IV; HOPE is capitalized but does not seem to be an acronym | 110-289, div A, title IV | "HOPE for Homeowners Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 2800 | ||||
HOPE II Act aka Hatian Hempispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008 | Acrostic | Y | 05/22/2008 | 06/18/2008 | Y | 2008 Amendment to 2006 "Hatian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Ecouragement Act" | 110-234, title XV, subtitle D, part I; also same section from 110-246 | "Haitian Hempispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008" or the "HOPE II Act" | 122 Stat 1527 and 2289 | |||
HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Mainstreet Rejuvination and Housing Act of 2003 | Political Description | Y | 12/16/2003 | N | short title at beginning of statute; HOPE is capitalized but does not seem to be an acronym | 108-186 | "HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Mainstreet Rejuvination and Housing Act of 2003" | 117 Stat 2693 | ||||
Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 | Honor/Sponsor | Y | 10/20/1994 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000678 |
Sen. Howard M. Metzenbaum (OH), retired in 1994. | short title; about foster care | 103-332, title V, part E, subpart 1 (Section 551) | "Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994" | 108 Stat 4056 | ||
Hubbard Act | Honor/Victim | Y | 08/29/2008 | Y |
Cynthia Dizikes, Law Mended for Veteran Who Lost Brothers in Iraq: Bush Signs the Act, Ensuring Such Survivors Keep Benefits if They Leave Service Early, The Nation, Aug. 30, 2008, http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/30/nation/na-survivor30 |
Jason Hubbard, who lost his veterans benefits after he was honorably discharged from the army following the death of his two younger brothers because he left before the end of his contract. | short title | 110-317 | "Hubbard Act" | 122 Stat 3526 | ||
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act | Institution | Y | 04/27/1978 | Y |
Humphrey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953; Dirksen - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000360 |
Sen. Hubert Humphrey (MN) and Sen. Everett Dirksen (IL). | authorizing funds for institutes already named for Humphrey and Dirksen | 95-270 | "Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act" | 92 Stat 220 | ||
HUBZone Act of 1997 | Abbreviation | Y | 12/02/1997 | N | short title at beginning of title VI; in definitions, "HUBZone" is defined as "historically underutilized business zone" | 105-135, title VI | "HUBZone Act of 1997" | 111 Stat 2627 | ||||
HUBZones in Native America Act of 2000 | Abbreviation | Y | 12/21/2000 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle A; HUBZone is defined as "historically underutilized zone" | 106-554, S1(a)(9) [title VI, subtitle A, S 601 et seq) | "HUBZones in Native America Act of 2000" | 114 Stat 2763, 2763A-697 | ||||
Hump Law | Description | U | 08/11/1959 | N |
105 Cong. Rec. 3227 (Mar. 4, 1959), Statement of Rep. Thornburry (PA). |
The "hump" was the colloquial term used for the large group of officers commissioned during WWII. The law provides for a path to promotion by expanding the ranks of higher officers. | don't see anything helplful in statute, but law deals with Navy so maybe "Hump" is a naval term? | 86-155 | NO short title | 73 Stat 333 | ||
Humphrey Durham Act (See Humphrey-Durham Drug Prescriptions Act) | Sponsor | U | 10/26/1951 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000571; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953 |
Rep. Carl Durham (D-NC); Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 578, 65 Stat 648 | |||
Humphrey-Durham Drug Prescriptions Act | Sponsor | U | 10/26/1951 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000571; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953 |
Rep. Carl Durham (D-NC); Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 578, 65 Stat 648 | |||
Humphrey-Hawkins Act (see Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978) | Sponsor | N | 10/27/1978 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000367 |
Sen. Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (D-MN); Rep. Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins; (D-CA) | name not statutized; short title at beginning | 95-523 | "Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978" | 92 Stat 1887 | ||
Humphrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act | Sponsor | Y | 06/22/1956 | Y |
Humphrey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953; Thye - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000259; Blatnik - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000550; Andersen - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000179 |
Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN), Sen. Edward Thye (R-MN), Rep. John Blatnik (D-MN), and Rep. Herman Andersen (R-MN). | statutized by reference in S. 4, 78 Stat 893; lands in northern MN | NO short title | ch. 425, 70 Stat 326 | |||
Hyde Amendment (Abortion) | Sponsor | N | 09/30/1976 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001022 |
Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-IL), retired in 2006. | nothing in statute but definitely conventionally named for Hyde -- also, this is JUST a section, no separate title, nothing making it obviously added separately | 94-439, title II, Section 209 | NO short title - just a section, no separate title | 90 Stat 1434 | ||
I Am An American Day Act | Description | N | 05/03/1940 | N | funny name - proclaiming name of day as "I Am An American Day" | NO short title | ch 183, 54 Stat 178 | |||||
ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 | Abbreviation | Y | 12/19/2000 | N | short title at beginning of statute; ICCVAM is not spelled out in title -- S 3 spells it out as Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods | 106-545 | "ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000" | 114 Stat 2721 | ||||
Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 | Honor/Sponsor | Y | 01/07/2011 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000465 |
Rep. Ike Skelton (TX), Chair of House Armed Services Committee. | Negotiated language was introduced as original bill, so "Ike Skelton National Defense��_��__��_��___" was original title introduced by Skelton himself. Though bill was introduced AFTER Skelton had already lost re-election. See Committee Print, HASC No. 5, Dec. 2010. | 111-383 | "Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011" | 124 Stat 4137 | ||
ILSA Extension Act of 2001 | Abbreviation | Y | 08/03/2001 | N | short title at beginning of statute; ILSA is not spelled out | 107-24 | "ILSA Extension Act of 2001" | 115 Stat 199 | ||||
Independent Offices Act, 1928 | Description | Y | 02/11/1927 | "Independent Offices Act, 1928" | Ch. 104, 40 Stat 1069 | |||||||
Independent Offices Act, 1931 | Description | Y | 04/19/1930 | "Independent Offices Act, 1931" | Ch. 201, 46 Stat 229 | |||||||
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1932 | Description | Y | 02/23/1931 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1932" | Ch. 281, 46 Stat 1355 | |||||||
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1933 | Description | Y | 06/30/1932 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1933" | Ch. 330, 47 Stat 452 | |||||||
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934 | Description | Y | 01/16/1933 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934" | Ch. 101, 48 Stat 283 | |||||||
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1935 | Description | Y | 03/28/1934 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1935" | Ch. 102, 48 Stat 509 | |||||||
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1936 | Description | Y | 02/02/1935 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1936" | C. 3, 49 Stat 6 | |||||||
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1937 | Description | Y | 03/19/1936 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1937" | Ch. 156, 49 Stat 1167 | |||||||
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938 | Description | Y | 06/28/1937 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 396, 50 Stat 329 | |||||||
Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933 | Description | Y | 03/03/1933 | "Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933" | Ch. 199, 47 Stat 1425 | |||||||
ISTEA (Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991) | Abbreviation | N | 12/18/1991 | N | short title at beginning of statute; ISTEA is in PNT but not in statute; ISTEA not statutized; pronounced "ice-tea" | 102-240 | "Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991" | 105 Stat 1914 | ||||
Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 2000 | Location | Y | 09/22/2000 | Y | Jackson, WY | short title; Jackson, WY | 106-272 | "Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 2000" | 114 Stat 797 | |||
Jackson-Vanik Amendment | Sponsor | U | 01/03/1975 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000013; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000047 |
Sen. Henry Jackson (D-WA) and Sen. Charles Vanik (D-OH). | not in statute -- amendment included numerous sections -- read through in context to see what ties them together | 93-618, title I, sections 152, 153, title IV, sections 402, 407, 409 | NO short title | 88 Stat 2004, 2006, 2056, 2063, 2064 | ||
Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1988 | Honor | Y | 04/28/1988 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000064 |
Sen. Jacob K. Javits (NY), died in 1986. | short title; Javits was a Senator from NY | 89-10, title IV, part B (section 4101)/100-297, title I, section 1001 | "Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1988" | 102 Stat 237 | ||
Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1994 | Honor | Y | 10/20/1994 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000064 |
Sen. Jacob K. Javits (NY), died in 1986. | short title | 89-10, title X, part B (section 10201)/103-382, title I, section 101 | "Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1994" | 108 Stat 3820 | ||
Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 2001 | Honor | Y | 01/08/2002 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000064 |
Sen. Jacob K. Javits (NY), died in 1986. | short title | 89-10, title V, part D, subpart 6 (section 5461)/107-110, title V, section 501 | "Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 2001" | 115 Stat 1826 | ||
Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act | Victim | Y | 09/13/1994 | Y | Jacob Wetterling was abducted at age 11 in 1989 by a masked gunman. His case remains open. | name of subtitle, no short title; | 103-322, title XVII, subtitle A (section 170101) | "Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act" | 108 Stat 2038 | |||
Jadwin Act (see Flood Control Act of 1928) | Honor | N | 05/15/1928 | N | Lt. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, who developed the plan for dealing with Mississippi floods, adopted by the Flood Control Act of 1928. | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 569, 45 Stat 534 | ||||
James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005 | Institution | Y | 05/25/2006 | Y |
http://jchsalumni.org/history.htm; http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=12529 |
James Campbell was an Irish industrialist who spent much of his life in Hawai'i. His estate leases the land for the refuge. | title and short title; | 109-225 | "James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005" | 120 Stat 378 | ||
James Guelff and Chris McCurley Body Armor Act of 2002 | Victim | Y | 11/02/2002 | Y |
Findings in legilsation. Also Guelff - CR S535-536, Jan. 24, 2001, Statement of Sen. Dianne Feinstein; |
James Guelff was a San Francisco Police Officer who was shot to death on November 13, 1994, by a heavily-armed gunman wearing a bullet-proof vest and kevlar helmet. Chris McCurley was a Captain in the Etowah County, Alabama Drug Task Force, and was killed in 1997 by a drug dealer who was using protective body armor. | Senate version sponsored by Sen. Feinstein (CA) | 107-273, div. C, title I, section 11099 | "James Guelff and Chris McCurley Body Armor Act of 2002" | 116 Stat 1819 | ||
Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act | Sponsor | Y | 06/25/1938 | Y |
Wagner - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; O'Day - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000033; Javits - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000064 |
Sen. Robert Wagner (NY) and Rep. Caroline O'Day (NY) were in Congress when the original provision was passed in 1938, but Sen. Jacob Javits (NY) was not elected to Congress until 1957. The act was revised in 1971 (85 Stat 77) and it is possible Javits was the sponsor of that amendment. | nothing in statute; creating committee on purchasing blind-made products; amended to add short title "Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act" by 108 Stat 3409 in 1994; THIS IS THE ONLY SPONSOR STATUTE NAMED FOR A WOMAN | NO short title | ch. 697, 52 Stat 1196 | |||
Jeanna's Act (aka Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000) | Victim | Y | 12/21/2000 | Y |
CR S14603, Nov. 16, 1999. Statement of Sen. Byron Dorgan. |
Jeanna North was killed at age 11 by a man who then escaped from the custody of a private prison transport company when he was being taken across state lines. | short title gives both names | 106-560 | "Jeanna's Act" or "Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000" | 114 Stat 2784 | ||
Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act | Victim | N | 11/08/1990 | N | Jeanne Cleary was a 19-year-old freshman at Lehigh University who was raped and murdered in her residence hall in 1986. | no short title, section title is "Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics" (no mention of name); "jeanne cleary" not statutized | 89-329, title IV, section 485(f)/101-542, title II, section 204(a) | NO short title; section titleg is "Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics" | 104 Stat 2385 | |||
Jencks Act | Case | N | 09/02/1957 | Y |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2005/dec/31/guardianobituaries.film |
Named for Clinton Jencks, a union organizer whose appeal to the Supreme Court (in Jencks v. US, 353 US 657 (1957)) spurred Congress to pass a law requiring prosecutors to produce a verbatim statement or report made by government witnesses in federal criminal trials. | name not statutized; BUT referred to as "Jencks Act" in notes by the Advisory Committee on Rules in the 1983 FRCP revisions | 85-269 | NO short title | 71 Stat 595 | ||
Jenkins Act | Sponsor | Y | 10/19/1949 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000088 |
Rep. Thomas Jenkins (R-OH) | statutized by PACT Act, 124 Stat 1087 | NO short title | ch. 699, 63 Stat 884 | |||
Jennifer's Law | Victim | Y | 03/10/2000 | Y |
http://www.jwrc.org/KeepKidsSafe/SexualOffenders101/LegislationBackgroun... |
Jennifer Wilmer, who went missing at age 21 in 1993 from California. | name of title and short title; grant awards to missing person's programs | 106-177, title II | "Jennifer's Law" | 114 Stat 36 | ||
Johanna's Law (aka Gynecological Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005) | Victim | Y | 01/12/2007 | Y |
CR H8626, Nov. 14, 2006, Statement of Rep. Sandy Levin. |
Johanna Silver Gordon, who died of ovarian cancer that was not detected until late in its development because she was not educated about the early signs. | short title gives both names; section 2 seems to amend USC to specifically insert "Johanna's Law" at 42 USC 247b-17 | 109-475 | "Johanna's Law" or "Gynecological Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005" | 120 Stat 3565 | ||
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Act | Honor | Y | 12/09/1999 | Y |
CR S14005-14007, Nov. 4, 1999. |
Sen. John Chafee (RI) who died on October 24, 1999. Introduced after Chafee's death, though Congressional record indicates he worked on the law. | statutory title -- law is specifically to redesignate the Coastal Barrier Resources System in John Chafee's name | 106-167 | "John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Act" | 113 Stat 1803 | ||
John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008 | Honor | Y | 08/14/2008 | Y |
H.Rpt. 110-148 |
Named for late John Reid Justice, who served as a solicitor for the Sixth Judicial Circuit in S.C., and who was an advocate for student loan repayment assistance for public sector attorneys. | short title of part E | 110-315, title IX, part E (section 951) | "John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 3470 | ||
John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments | Honor | Y | 08/08/2005 | Y |
Obituaries, Anchorage Daily News, May 23, 2003 (on flie). |
Congressional staffer John Curtis Rishel who worked as an economic geologist. | short title | 109-58, title II, subtitle B (section 221) | "John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments" | 119 Stat 660 | ||
John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 | Honor | Y | 10/17/2006 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000154 |
Sen. John Warner (VA), chair of Senate Armed Services Comm. | short title and findings about John Warner; House version was named for Sonny Montgomery | 109-364 | "John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007" | 120 Stat 2083 | ||
John William Rolen Act | Honor | Y | 11/30/1999 | Y |
http://rockefeller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=bbd6b23... |
Bill Rolen, was Executive Director of the American Ex-POWs, died in fall 1999. | short title | 106-117, title V, section 501 | "John William Rolen Act" | 113 Stat 1573 | ||
Johnson Act (Gambling) (see Gambling Devices Transportation Act) | Sponsor | N | 01/02/1951 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000127 |
Sen. Edwin Johnson (D-CO) | not statutized; See floor statements at 96 CR 15107 (Sept. 19, 1950) | NO short title | ch 1194, 64 Stat 1134 | |||
Johnson Act (Immigration) (see Immigration Act of 1921) | Sponsor | U | 05/19/1921 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000114 |
Rep. Albert Johnson (R-WA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 8, 42 Stat 5 | |||
Johnson Act (Injunctions Affecting Utility Rates) | Sponsor | U | 05/14/1934 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000140 |
Sen. Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 283, 48 Stat 775 | |||
Johnson Act (Maritime Workers' Compensation) | Sponsor | U | 10/06/1917 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000140 |
Sen. Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 97, 40 Stat 395 | |||
Johnson Amendment (see Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933) | Sponsor | N | 05/27/1933 | N | Really unclear. The amendments offered in the House were all Committee amendments put forward by Rep. Rayburn, and the Senate amendments were by Shipstead. No one named Johnson participated in the debate in either chamber and none was appointed a conferee. It's possible that this is a mistake in the PNT, because there is a more famous "Johnson Amendment" in tax law that was offered by Sen. Lyndon Johnson on the floor, but it was not an amendment dealing with this part of the tax code - http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=154788,00.html | short title at end of title II - "Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1935" - each of these titles has an appropriations name, but why no personal name for these? | "Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933" | ch 38, title II, 48 Stat 92 | ||||
Johnson Debt Default Act (see Foreign Securities Act) | Sponsor | U | 04/13/1934 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000140 |
Sen. Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 112, 48 Stat 574 | |||
Johnson Fish Restoration Act (see Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act) | Sponsor | Y | 08/09/1950 | Y |
Dingell - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000354; Johnson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000127; http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/research-mgmt/sport-fish.cfm |
Rep. John Dingell (Sr.)(MI) and Sen. Edwin Johnson (CO) | statutized as "Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act" by S. 101(c ) of 114 Stat 1762 | NO short title | ch 658, 64 Stat 430 | |||
Johnson-O'Malley Act | Sponsor | N | 04/16/1934 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000087; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000140 |
Rep. Thomas David Patrick O'Malley (D-WI); Sen. Hiram Warren Johnson (R-CA) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch. 147, 48 Stat 596 | |||
Johnson-Reed Act (Immigration) (see Immigration Act of 1924) | Sponsor | U | 05/26/1924 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000114; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000114 |
Rep. Albert Johnson (R-WA); Sen. David Aiken Reed (R-PA) | short title at beginning - "The Immigration Act of 1924" | "The Immigration Act of 1924" | ch 190, 43 Stat 153 | |||
Jones Act (Intoxicating Liquors) | Sponsor | U | 03/02/1929 | X |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Increased_Penalties_Act (get NY Times articles); http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) (1909-1932) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 473, 45 Stat 1446 | |||
Jones Act (Merchant Marine) (see Merchant Marine Act, 1920) | Sponsor | U | 06/05/1920 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | short title at end - "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | ch 250, 41 Stat 988 | |||
Jones Act (Phillipine Government) (see Autonomy Act) | Sponsor | U | 08/29/1916 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000259 |
Rep. William Jones (D-VA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 416, 39 Stat 545 | |||
Jones Act (Puerto Rico) (see Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act) | Sponsor | N | 03/02/1917 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000259 |
Rep. William Atkinson Jones, (D-VA) | Jones not statutized, included in note in code | NO short title | ch 145, 39 Stat 951 | |||
Jones Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (see Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938) | Sponsor | N | 02/16/1938 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236 |
Rep. John Marvin Jones (D-TX) | "Jones" not statutized; short title at beginning | "Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938" | ch 30, 52 Stat 31 | |||
Jones Amendment (Liquor Advertisements) | Sponsor | U | 03/03/1917 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | nothing in statute; See The Reed "Bone-Dry" Amendment, John K. Graves, Virginia Law Review , Vol. 4, No. 8 (May, 1917), pp. 634-642 (the other Sen. Jones did not enter into office until Mar. 4, 1917, after the Amendment was introduced) | NO short title | ch. 162, section 5, 39 Stat 1069 | |||
Jones-Connally Farm-Relief Act | Sponsor | U | 04/07/1934 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000684 |
Rep. John Marvin Jones (D-TX); Sen. Thomas Terry Connally (D-TX) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 103, 48 Stat 528 | |||
Jones-Costigan Sugar Act (see Sugar Control Act) | Sponsor | U | 05/09/1934 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000797 |
Rep. John Marvin Jones (D-TX); Sen. Edward Costigan (D-CO) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 263, 48 Stat 670 | |||
Jones-McCormack Act (Saturday Half Holidays) | Sponsor | U | 03/03/1931 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000364; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
Rep. John McCormack (D-MA); Most likely Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | Hard to tell whether the sponsor is Sen. Wesley Jones or Rep. John Jones, because the entry in the Cong. Rec. index for the bill has a typo and does not give the correct page for the Senate introduction of the measure. However, Rep. Jones did not participate in the House debate, and Sen. Jones chaired the Appropriations Committee at the time, so it seems more likely that he was the sponsor for whom the bill is named. | NO short title | ch. 396, 46 Stat 1482 | |||
Jones-Miller Act (Narcotics Import and Export) | Sponsor | U | 05/26/1922 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000739; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
Rep. John Franklin Miller (R-WA); Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 202, 42 Stat 596 | |||
Jones-Reid Act (see Flood Control Act of 1928) | Sponsor | N | 05/15/1928 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000145; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
Rep. Frank R. Reid (R-IL); Sen. Wesley Livsey Jones (R-WA) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 569, 45 Stat 534 | |||
Jones-White Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1928) | Sponsor | U | 05/22/1928 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA); Rep. Wallace H. White (R-ME) | short title at end - "Merchant Marine Act, 1928" | "Merchant Marine Act, 1928" | ch 675, 45 Stat 689 | |||
Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act | Victim | Y | 11/05/2007 | Y |
CR H2774, Mar. 21, 2007, Statement of Rep. Jeff Miller (FL). |
Army Specialist Joshua Lee Omvig, U.S. Army Reserve 339th Military Police Company from Davenport, Iowa, who committed suicide in 2005 after returning from Iraq. | short title | 110-110 | "Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act" | 121 Stat 1031 | ||
JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act) | Abbreviation | N | 10/13/1982 | N | short title at beginning of statute; JTPA is in PNT but not in statute | 97-300 | "Job Training Partnership Act" | 96 Stat 1322 | ||||
June Act (Pensions) | Undefined | U | 06/27/1890 | N | Likely named for the month in which it was passed -- June. | nothing in statute -- passed in June? | NO short title | ch 634, 26 stat 182 | ||||
Justice for All Act of 2004 | Political Description | Y | 10/30/2004 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 108-405 | "Justice for All Act of 2004" | 118 Stat 2260 | ||||
Kellogg Act (Advance for Agricultural Purposes) | Sponsor | U | 08/24/1921 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000065 |
Sen. Frank Billings Kellogg, (R-MN) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 80, 42 Stat 181 | |||
Kellogg Act (Cable Companies) | Sponsor | N | 05/27/1921 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000065 |
Sen. Frank Billings Kellog. (R-MN) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch. 12, 42 Stat 8 | |||
Kendall Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act | Honor | Y | 06/26/2008 | Y |
H.Rpt. 110-429 |
Non-citizen Army Reserve Specialist Kendell Frederick was killed in Iraq in 2005. He had applied for citizenship but it was not granted during his life. | name is misspelled in PNT | 110-251 | "Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act" | 122 Stat 2319 | ||
Kenneth M. Ludden Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2002 | Honor | Y | 01/10/2002 | Y |
CR S10897-98, Oct. 23, 2001. |
Ken Ludden, Legislative Coordinator in the Treasury's Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and former staffer on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Ludden died on Sept. 10, 2001. | Named for Ludden by floor amendment in the Senate | 107-115 | "Kenneth M. Ludden Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2002" | 115 Stat 2118 | ||
Keogh-Smathers Act (See Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962) | Sponsor | N | 10/10/1962 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000130; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000505 |
Rep. Eugene James Keogh, D-NY) Sen. George Armistead Smathers, (D-FL) | short title at beginning - "Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962"; "Keogh-Smathers" not statutized | 87-792 | "Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962" | 76 Stat 809 | ||
Kern-McGillicuddy Act (See Federal Employees' Compensation Act (1916)) | Sponsor | U | 09/07/1916 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000132; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000448 |
Sen. John Worth Kern, (D-IN); Rep. Daniel John McGillicuddy, (D-ME) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 458, 39 Stat 742 | |||
Kerr-Mills Social Security Act (See Social Security Amendments of 1960) | Sponsor | N | 09/13/1960 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000144; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000778 |
Sen. Robert Samuel Kerr, (D-OK); Rep. Wilbur Daigh Mills, (R-AK) | short title at beginning - "Social Security Amendments of 1960"; Kerr-Mills not statutized | 86-778 | "Social Security Amendments of 1960" | 74 Stat 924 | ||
Kerr-Smith Tobacco Control Act | Sponsor | U | 06/28/1934 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000138; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000530 |
Rep. John Kerr (D-NC); Probably Sen. Ellison Smith (D-SC) | nothing in statute | NO short title | 48 Stat 1275 | |||
KIDS Act of 2008 | Acrostic | Y | 10/13/2008 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; of course, if the acronym rules were taken seriously, this would be the KIDS Predators Act of 2008��_��__��_��___ | 110-400 | "Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2008" or "KIDS Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 4224 | ||||
Kilday Bill | Sponsor | U | 05/20/1958 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000171 |
Rep. Paul Joseph Kilday, (D-TX) | not in statute -- short title is "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1961" | 85-422 | "Federal Aid Highway Act of 1961" | 72 Stat 122 | ||
King Holiday and Service Act of 1994 | Honor | Y | 08/23/1994 | Y |
in legislation |
Martin Luther King, Jr. (holiday and Commission) | short title - name refers to MLK Day and Commission | 103-104 | "King Holiday and Service Act of 1994" | 108 Stat 1565 | ||
Kinkaid Act (Homestead Entries in Nebraska) | Sponsor | N | 04/28/1904 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000221; http://blog.nebraskahistory.org/?p=663 |
Rep. Moses Kinkaid (R-NE), introduced | name not statutized; amended Homestead Act to allow for homesteads in NE | NO short title | ch. 1801, 33 Stat 547 | |||
Klamath Termination Act | Location | N | 08/13/1954 | N | Klamath, OR | name not statutized; Klamath, OR | NO short title | ch. 732, 68 Stat 718 | ||||
Klamath Welfare Act | Tribe | Y | 03/29/1948 | N | Klamath Indian Tribe | "Klamath Welfare Act" | ch. 160, 62 Stat 92 | |||||
Knutson-Vandenberg Act | Sponsor | Y | 06/09/1930 | Y |
Knutson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000301; Vandenberg - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000025 |
Rep. Harold Knutson (R-MN) and Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (R-MI) | statutized by reference to Knutson-Vandenberg funds in 115 Stat 452 | NO short title | ch. 416, 46 Stat 527 | |||
Kramer Patent Act | Sponsor | U | 08/05/1939 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000321 |
Rep. Charles Kramer (D-CA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 450, 53 Stat 1212 | |||
Kristen's Act | Victim | Y | 11/09/2000 | Y |
CR H10453, Oct. 19, 2000, Statement of Rep. Sue Myrick. |
Kristen Moderfferi, a constituent of the law's sponsor (Rep. Sue Myrick), who disappeared in 1997 after her freshman year in college. | short title; finding missing adults | 106-468 | "Kristen's Act" | 114 Stat 2027 | ||
La Follete Act (Seamen) (See Seamen's Act) | Sponsor | U | 03/04/1915 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000004 |
Sen. Robert Marion La Follette, (R-WI) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 153, 38 Stat 1164 | |||
La Follete-Barden Vocational Rehabilitation Act (see Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1943) | Sponsor | U | 07/06/1943 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000003; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000139 |
Rep. Charles Marion La Follette, (D-IN); Rep. Graham Arthur Barden, (D-N.C.) | short title at end - "Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1943" | "Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1943" | ch 190, 57 Stat 374 | |||
La Follete-Bulwinkle Act (Venereal Diseases) | Sponsor | U | 05/24/1938 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000005; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001056 |
Sen. Robert La Follette, Jr. (Progressive-WI); Rep. Alfred Bulwinkle (D-NC) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 267, 52 Stat 439 | |||
La Follette Hours of Labor Act (Railroads) (see Hours of Service Act (Railroads)) | Sponsor | N | 03/04/1907 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000004 |
Sen. Robert Marion La Follette, (R-WI) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 2939, 34 Stat 1415 | |||
La Guardia-McKeown Act | Sponsor | U | 03/03/1933 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000007; http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch1.asp |
Rep. Fiorello Henry La Guardia (R-NY) (1917-1932); Rep. Thomas McKeown (D-OK) (1917-1934) | nothing in statute; bankruptcy | NO short title | ch. 204, 47 Stat 1467 | |||
Lacey Act (Game) | Sponsor | Y | 05/25/1900 | Y |
http://www.fws.gov/pacific/news/2000/2000-98.htm; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000010 |
Rep. John F. Lacey (R-IA), introduced bill | Name statutized through Lacey Act Amendments of 1981, 95 Stat 1073; conservation act | NO short title | ch. 553, 31 Stat 187 | |||
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 | Sponsor | Y | 11/16/1981 | Y |
http://www.fws.gov/pacific/news/2000/2000-98.htm; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000010 |
Rep. John F. Lacey (R-IA), introduced bill | unnumbered section 1 | 97-79 | "Lacey Act Amendmetns of 1981" | 95 Stat 1073 | ||
Laci and Conner's Law (aka the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004) | Victim | Y | 04/01/2004 | Y |
H.Rpt.108-420, Part I, Feb. 11, 2004. |
Laci Peterson was 8 months pregnant when she was killed in late 2002. Conner was the name she and her husband had given to the son they expected to be born in February, 2003. | short title (both names) | 108-212 | "Laci and Conner's Law" or "Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004" | 118 Stat 568 | ||
Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II of 1992 | Location | Y | 10/30/1992 | Y |
http://articles.aberdeennews.com/2011-06-25/news/29701394_1_charles-mix-... |
Located in South Dakota | 102-575, title XX | "Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II of 1992" | 106 Stat 4677 | |||
Landrum-Griffin Act (See Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) | Sponsor | N | 09/14/1959 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000465; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000054 |
Sen. Robert Paul Griffin, (R-MI); Rep. Philip Mitchell Landrum, (D-GA) | short title at beginning; "Landrum-Griffin" not statutized | 86-257 | "Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959" | 73 Stat 519 | ||
Lanham Act (aka the Trademark Act of 1946) | Sponsor | Y | 07/05/1946 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000076 |
Rep. Fritz Garland Lanham (D-TX) | statutized by 98 Stat 3335 | NO short title | ch. 540, 60 Stat 427 | |||
Lanham Patent Act | Sponsor | U | 08/05/1939 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000076 |
Rep. Fritz Garland Lanham (D-TX) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 451, 53 Stat 1212 | |||
Lanham Public War Housing Act | Sponsor | N | 10/14/1940 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000076 |
Rep. Fritz Garland Lanham, (D-TX) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch. 862, 54 Stat 1125 | |||
Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act of 2000 | Acrostic | Y | 12/21/2000 | Y | short title at beginning of title X; title X is "Title X -- LOCAL TV ACT", but otherwise acronym not listed in PNT | 106-553 S 1(a)(2) [title X} | "Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act of 2000" | 114 Stat 2762, 2762A-127 | ||||
Lea Act (Radio-Coercive Practices) | Sponsor | N | 04/16/1946 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163 |
Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA) | name not statutized (repealed) | NO short title | ch. 138, 60 Stat 89 | |||
Lea-Brown Act (Natural Gas) (see Natural Gas Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/21/1938 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000941 (for information regarding Sen. Brown's involvement in the bill, see The Fpc and Indefinite Price Escalation Clauses: Remedy for Administrative Breakdown, 73 Yale L.J. 1283 (1964), n. 26) |
Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Prentiss Brown (D-MI) | short title at end; Lea-Brown not statutized | "Natural Gas Act" | ch 556, 52 Stat 821 | |||
Lea-Wagner Act (see Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Investment Company Act of 1940) | Sponsor | N | 08/22/1940 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-NY) | "Lea-Wagner" not statutized | short title at end of title I - "Investment Company Act of 1940"; short title at end of title II - "Investment Advisers Act of 1940" | ch 686, title I, 54 Stat 789 | |||
Lea-Wheeler Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | Sponsor | U | 09/18/1940 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330 |
Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT) | short title at beginning - "Transportation Act of 1940" | "Transportation Act of 1940" | ch 722, 54 Stat 898 | |||
Leavitt Act (Indians) | Sponsor | N | 07/01/1932 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000184 |
Rep. Scott Leavitt, (R-MT) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch. 369, 47 Stat 564 | |||
Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Management Act of 1983 | Honor | Y | 10/31/1983 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000671 |
Sen. Lee Metcalf (MT) who died in 1978. Possible his ashes were scattered in the area that was named for him. | title and enacting clause (then starts at section 2) - naming wilderness area in MT for Lee Metcalf | 98-104 | "Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Management Act of 1983" | 97 Stat 901 | ||
Lee-Caraway-Gearhart Act (Cotton and Tobacco) (see Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938) | Sponsor | N | 02/16/1938 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000198; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000138; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000111 |
Sen. Joshua Bryan Lee, (D-OK); Sen. Hattie Wyatt Caraway, (D-AK); Rep. Bertrand Wesley Gearhart, (R-CA) | "Lee-Caraway-Gearhart" not statutized; short title at beginning | "Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938" | ch 30, 52 Stat 31 | |||
LEGACY Act of 2003 | Acrostic | Y | 12/16/2003 | Y | short title at beginning of title II | 108-186, title II | "Living Equitably: Grandparents Aiding Children and Youth Act of 2003" or "LEGACY Act of 2003" | 117 Stat 2688 | ||||
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1936 | Description | Y | 07/08/1935 | "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1936" | Ch. 374, 49 Stat 459 | |||||||
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1938 | Description | Y | 05/18/1937 | "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 223, 50 Stat 169 | |||||||
Legislative Pay Act of 1929 | Description | Y | 06/20/1929 | "Legislative Pay Act of 1929" | Ch. 33, 46 Stat 32 | |||||||
Lesinski Pension Increase Act | Sponsor | U | 06/06/1940 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000251 |
Rep. John Lesinski (D-MI) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 246, 54 Stat 237 | |||
Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act of 2008 | Political Description | Y | 10/10/2008 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 110-384 | "Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 4094 | ||||
Lever Act (Food and Fuel Control) | Sponsor | U | 08/10/1917 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000259 |
Rep. Asbury Francis Lever, (D-S.C.) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 53, 40 Stat 276 | |||
LIFE Act | Acrostic | Y | 12/21/2000 | Y | short title at beginning of title XI | 106-553, S1(a)(2) [title XI] | "Legal Immigration Family Equity Act" or "LIFE Act" | 114 Stat 2762, 2762A-142 | ||||
LIFE Act Amendments of 2000 | Acrostic | Y | 12/21/2000 | Y | short title at beginning of title XV | 106-554, S1(a)(4) [div B, title XV] | "LIFE Act Amendments of 2000" | 114 Stat 2763, 2763A-324 | ||||
Life Insurance Act | Description | Y | 06/19/1934 | "Life Insurance Act" | Ch. 672, 48 Stat 1125 | |||||||
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 | Honor | Y | 01/29/2009 | Y |
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1874954,00.html |
Lilly Ledbetter was a manager at a Goodyear plant in Alabama who sued the company for sex discrimination in pay practices. When she lost her case before the Supreme Court, the Congress changed the law to increase the time workers have to sue their employers for pay discrimination. | short title | 111-2 | "Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009" | 123 Stat 5 | ||
Lindbergh Kidnapping Act (see Kidnapping Act) | Victim | N | 06/22/1932 | N |
Bomar, "The Lindbergh Law," Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Oct. 1934), available http://www.jstor.org/stable/1189659. |
The son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, kidnapped March 2, 1932. | nothing in statute | NO short title | 47 Stat 326 | |||
Linthicum-Moses Act (see Foreign Service Act) | Sponsor | U | 05/24/1924 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000340; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001028 |
Rep. John Charles Linthicum, (D-MA); Sen. George Higgins Moses, (R-N.H.) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 182, 43 Stat 140 | |||
Liqor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act | Description | Y | 08/28/1935 | "Liqor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act" | Ch. 740, 49 Stat 872 | |||||||
Liquor Tax Administration Act | Description | Y | 06/26/1936 | "Liquor Tax Administration Act" | Ch. 830, 49 Stat 1939 | |||||||
Liquor Taxing Act of 1934 | Description | Y | 01/11/1934 | "Liquor Taxing Act of 1934" | Ch. 1, 48 Stat 313 | |||||||
Little Cigar Act of 1973 | Description | Y | 09/21/1973 | Y | statute is defining "little cigar" and including it in another statute about cigarettes | short title at beginning of statute; | 93-109 | "Little Cigar Act of 1973" | 87 Stat 352 | |||
Lloyd-La Follete Act | Sponsor | U | 08/24/1912 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000380 |
Rep. James Tilghman Lloyd, (D-MO); Rep. William Leroy Follette, (R-WA) | nothing in statute -- prob was an amendment? | NO short title | ch. 389, section 6, 37 Stat 555 | |||
Lodge Act (Consular Recognition) | Sponsor | U | 04/05/1906 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000393 |
Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | NO short title | ch. 1366, 34 Stat 99 | ||||
Lodge Act (Philippine Organic Act) (see Philippine Organic Act of 1902) | Sponsor | U | 07/01/1902 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000393 |
Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA), chair of Comm on the Philippines | Really should be "Cooper Act" and sources indicate Rep. Henry A. Cooper (WI) introduced it (see article on file; also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Organic_Act_%281902%29) | NO short title | ch 1369, 32 Stat 691 | |||
Logan Act (Foreign Relations) | Sponsor | U | 01/30/1799 | X | Dr. George Logan, a prominent Republican and Quaker from Pennsylvania | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 1, 1 Stat 613 | ||||
Lorton Technical Corrections Act of 1998 | Location | Y | 10/21/1998 | Y |
CR E1674, Statement of Rep. Thomas M. Davis, Sept. 9, 1998 |
Lorton Correctional Complex in Lorton, VA | short title | 105-277, div C, title I, section 141 | "Lorton Technical Corrections Act of 1998" | 112 Stat 2681-600 | ||
Lowden Act (Purchase of Embassy Buildings, etc.) | Sponsor | N | 02/17/1911 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000472 |
Rep. Frank Orren Lowden, (R-IL) | Repealed by ch. 250, Section 7, 44 Stat 405; not statutized | NO short title | ch. 105, 36 Stat 917 | |||
Lucas Act | Sponsor | U | 08/07/1946 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000493 |
Sen. Scott Lucas (D-IL) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 864, 60 Stat 902 | |||
Luce Patent Act | Sponsor | U | 08/09/1939 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000498 |
Rep. Robert Luce (R-MA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 619, 53 Stat 1293 | |||
Macon's Law | Sponsor | U | 05/01/1810 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000034 |
Rep. Nathanial Macon (D-NC) | nothing in statute; foreign trade | NO short title | ch. 39, 2 Stat 605 | |||
Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Renamed Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) | Sponsor | Y | 01/12/2007 | Y |
Magnuson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000053; Stevens - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000888 |
Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (WA) and Sen. Ted Stevens (AK) | The House version was named for Stevens-Inouye, but the Senate version was Magnuson-Stevens. The law had previously been statutized only with Magnuson's name, not Stevens's. | 109-479 | "Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 3575 | ||
Magnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act | Sponsor | Y | 01/04/1975 | Y |
Magnuson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000053; Moss - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001035 |
Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) and Rep. John E. Moss (D-CA) (sponsor of House vehicle, HR 7917) | Enacting clause | 93-637 | "Magnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act" | 88 Stat 2183 | ||
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act | Sponsor | Y | 04/13/1976 | Y |
Magnuson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000053; Stevens - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000888; Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Stevens_Fishery_Conservati... |
Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) and Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) | statutized by amending short title to "Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act" in S. 238 of 94 Stat 3275; subsequent amendments refer to "Magnuson" until 2007, then 120 Stat 3575 amends "Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act", despite the fact that Stevens was never previously included | 94-265 | "Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976" | 90 Stat 331 | ||
Mahaffie Act | Honor | U | 04/09/1948 | X |
Note, Solicitation of Assents to Railroad Reorganization Plans Under Section 20B of the Interstate Commerce Act, 62 Yale L.J. 806 (1953) at n. 1. |
Charles D. Mahaffie, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 180, 62 Stat 162 | |||
Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 | Honor | Y | 08/20/1987 | Y | Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldridge, killed in a rodeo accident in July 1987. | long title is amending Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1990 to establish an award named for Malcom Baldridge | 100-107 | "Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Improvement Act of 1987" | 101 Stat 724 | |||
Man-Power Act | Description | U | 08/31/1918 | X | nothing in statute, but probably not a name -- statute is temporarily expanding size of the armed forces | NO short title | ch. 166, 40 Stat 955 | |||||
Manderson Act (Printing and Binding) | Sponsor | U | 01/12/1895 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000095 |
Sen. Charles Manderson (R-NE) | nothing in statute; establishes Public Printer - maybe name was first printer? | NO short title | ch. 23, 28 Stat 601 | |||
Mann Act (see White-slave Traffic Act) | Sponsor | Y | 06/25/1910 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000104 |
Rep. James Robert Mann (R-IL) | "Mann Act" not statutized by amendment adding a short title, but the section heading for S. 5 of 100 Stat 3511 was "Mann Act Amendments" | "White-slave traffic Act" | ch 395, 36 Stat 825 | |||
Mann-Elkins Act | Sponsor | U | 06/18/1910 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000104; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000110 |
Rep. James Robert Mann, (R- IL); Sen. Stephon Benton Elkins, (R- W.VA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 309, 36 Stat 539 | |||
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness and Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Designation Act | Honor | Y | 11/13/1997 | Y |
Findings in text of legislation. |
Marjory Stoneman Douglas was an author and conservation activist who wrote about and advocated the preserveration of the Everglades. Ernest F. Coe led the creation of Everglades National Park. | short title and long title; findings have information about the individuals for whom the park and center are named | 105-82 | "Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness and Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Designation Act" | 111 Stat 1540 | ||
Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2001 | Description | Y | 01/10/2002 | Y | short title at beginning of title VI; can't tell what mark-to-market means | 107-116, title VI | "Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2001" | 115 Stat 2220 | ||||
Marsh-Billings National Historical Park Establishment Act (Renamed Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Establishment Act) | Honor | Y | 08/26/1992 | Y | National Park in Vermont contains the boyhood home of conservationist George Perkins Marsh; Frederick Billings, also a renowned conservationist and philanthropist, lived there; and the land was donated to the National Parks by its most recent owners, Laurance and Mary Rockefeller. | short title; establishing national park honoring George Perkins Marsh and Frederick Billings; short title changed to include Rockefeller by 112 Stat 2681 | 102-350 | "Marsh-Billings National Historical Park Establishment Act" | 106 Stat 934 | |||
Masha's Law | Victim | Y | 07/27/2006 | Y |
CR S8022, July 20, 2006, Statement of Sen. John Kerry. |
Masha was a Russian orphan adopted by a man in Pennsylvania at age 5. She was sexually exploited by her adoptive father, who posted pictures of her on the internet. | title of section and short title | 109-248, title VII, section 707 | "Masha's Law" | 120 Stat 650 | ||
Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act | Victim | Y | 10/28/2009 | Y |
"Obama signs hate-crimes law rooted in crimes of 1998," USA Today, Oct. 28, 2009. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000629/1 |
Matthew Shepard was the victim of a hate crime, beaten to death in Laramie, WY in 1998 by two men because he was gay. Jame Byrd, an African-American man from Texas, was killed in 1998 by two white supremacists who chained him to a pickup truck and dragged him to death. | short title and division title; check original bills -- think the full title changed through the legislative history | 111-84, div E | "Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act" | 123 Stat 2835 | ||
May Army Officer Strength Act | Sponsor | U | 04/13/1938 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000272 |
Rep. Andrew Jackson May (D-KY) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 146, 52 Stat 216 | |||
May Defense Expediting Act | Sponsor | U | 06/28/1940 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000272 |
Rep. Andrew Jackson May (D-KY) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 440, 54 Stat 676 | |||
McCarran Act (see Internal Security Act of 1950) | Sponsor | N | 09/23/1950 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308 |
Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-N.V) | "McCarran" not statutized; short title at beginning - "Internal Security Act of 1950" | "Internal Security Act of 1950" | ch 1024, 64 Stat 987 | |||
McCarran Amendment (Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1953) | Sponsor | N | 07/10/1952 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308; |
Sen. Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-NV) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch. 651, title II, section 208(a)-(c ), 66 Stat 560 | |||
McCarran-Ferguson Act | Sponsor | N | 03/09/1945 | check repeal |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000081 |
Sen. Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-NV); Sen. Homer Samuel Ferguson, (R-MI) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch. 20, 59 Stat 33 | |||
McCarran-Lea Civil Aeronautics Authority Act (see Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938) | Sponsor | N | 06/23/1938 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163 |
McCarran was Sen sponsor, Lea was House sponsor - http://www.enotes.com/major-acts-congress/civil-aeronautics-act; Sen. Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-NV); Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA). | short title at beginning - "Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938" | "Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938" | ch 601, 52 Stat 973 | |||
McCarran-Walter Act (see Immigration and Nationality Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/27/1952 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000108 |
Sen. Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-NV); Rep. Francis Walter (D-PA) | "McCarran-Walker" not statutized; short title at beginning | "Immigration and Nationality Act" | ch 477, 66 Stat 163 | |||
McCormick Act (Budget) (see Budget and Accoutning Act, 1921) | Sponsor | N | 06/10/1921 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000369 |
Most likely Sen. Joseph McCormick (R-IL), who was Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments at the time. | short title at beginning "Budget and Accounting Act, 1921" | "Budget and Accounting Act, 1921" | ||||
McCreary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | Sponsor | U | 11/03/1893 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000382 |
Rep. Jame McCreary (D-KY) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 14, 28 Stat 7 | |||
McCumber Act (Pensions) | Sponsor | U | 02/06/1907 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397 |
Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-ND) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 468, 34 Stat 879 | |||
McCumber Act (Transportation) | Sponsor | U | 04/28/1904 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397 |
Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-ND) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 1766, 33 Stat 518 | |||
McDuffie-Tydings Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | Sponsor | U | 03/24/1934 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000427; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
Rep. John McDuffie (D-AL); Sen. Millard E. Tydings (D-MD) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 84, 48 Stat 456 | |||
McFadden Act (Branch Banks) | Sponsor | U | 02/25/1927 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000434 |
Rep. Louis Thomas McFadden, (R-PA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 191, 44 Stat 1224 | |||
McFadden-Pepper Act (see McFadden Act (Branch Banks)) | Sponsor | U | 02/25/1927 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000434; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000219 |
Rep. Louis Thomas McFadden (R-PA); Sen. George W. Pepper (R-PA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 191, 44 Stat 1224 | |||
McGillicuddy Act (see Federal Employees' Compensation Act (1916)) | Sponsor | U | 09/07/1916 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000448 |
Rep. Daniel John McGillicuddy, (D-ME) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 458, 39 Stat 742 | |||
McGregor Act (see Lanham Public War Housing Act) | Sponsor | N | 10/14/1940 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000460 |
Rep. Harry J. McGregor, (R-OH) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 862, 54 Stat 1125 | |||
McGuire Bill | Sponsor | U | 07/14/1952 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000465 |
Rep. John Andrew McGuire (D-CT) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 745, 66 Stat 631 | |||
McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962 (aka the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act) | Sponsor | Y | 10/10/1962 | Y |
McIntire - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000478; Stennis - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000852 |
Rep. Clifford McIntire (R-ME) and Sen. John Stennis (D-MS) | "McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act" statutized by reference in Sec. 1231 of 104 Stat 3543 | 87-7888 | NO short title | 76 Stat 806 | ||
McKellar-Mead 40-Hour Mail Act | Sponsor | U | 08/14/1935 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000499; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000615 |
Sen. Kenneth McKellar (D-TN); Rep. James Mead (D-NY) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 535, 49 Stat 650 | |||
McKeown Act (Corporate Bankruptcy) | Sponsor | U | 06/07/1934 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000511 |
Rep. Thomas McKeown (D-OK) (1917-1934) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 424, 48 Stat 911 | |||
McKinley Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | U | 10/01/1890 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000522 |
Rep. William McKinley (R - OH) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 1244, 26 Stat 567 | |||
McKinney Act (see McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act) | Sponsor | Y | 07/22/1987 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000087 |
Rep. Stewart McKinney, (R-CT); Rep. Bruce Vento, (D-Farmour-Labour-MN) | referred to as "McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act" in 115 Stat 1425 (2002); (also referenced as "McKinney-Vento" throughout 118 Stat 3 | 100-77 | "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act" | 101 Stat 482 | ||
McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001 | Sponsor | Y | 01/08/2002 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000087 |
Rep. Stewart McKinney, (R-CT); Rep. Bruce Vento, (D-Farmer-Labour-MN) | short title | 107-110, title X, part C (section 1031) | "McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001" | 115 Stat 1989 | ||
McMahon Atomic Energy Act (see Atomic Energy Act of 1954) | Sponsor | N | 08/01/1946 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000559 |
Sen. Brien McMahon (D-CT) | short title at end - "Atomic Energy Act of 1946" | "Atomic Anergy Act of 1946" | ch 724, 60 Stat 755 | |||
McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (see Service Contract Act of 1965) | Sponsor | U | 10/22/1965 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000582; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000055 (see also Dantran, Inc. v. U.S. Dept. of Labor, 246 F.3d 36 (1st Cir. 2001) n. 9. |
Sen. Patrick Vincent McNamara (D-MI); Rep. James G. O'Hara (D-MI) | short title at beginning - "Service Contract Act of 1965" | 89-286 | "Service Contract Act of 1965" | 79 Stat 1034 | ||
McNary-Mapes Amendment (Pure Foods) | Sponsor | U | 07/08/1930 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000583; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000119 |
Sen. Charles L. McNary (R-OR) (1917-1944); Rep. Carl Edgar Mapes (R-MI) (1913-1940) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 874, 46 Stat 1019 | |||
McSweeney-McNary Act (see Forest Products Act) | Sponsor | Y | 05/22/1928 | Y |
McSweeney - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000606; McNary - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000583 |
Rep. John McSweeney (D-OH) and Sen. Charles McNary (R-OR) | statutized by reference in repeal through 92 Stat 356 | NO short title | 45 Stat 699 | |||
MD-CARE Act | Acrostic | Y | 12/18/2001 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 107-84 | "Muscular Dystrophy Community Assitance, Research and Education Amendments of 2001" or "MD-CARE Act" | 115 Stat 823 | ||||
Mead Air Mail Extension Act | Sponsor | U | 01/14/1938 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000615 |
Rep. James Mead (D-NY) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 9, 52 Stat 6 | |||
Mead Two-Cent Postal Rate Act | Sponsor | U | 06/24/1940 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000615 |
Sen. James Mead (D-NY) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 414, 54 Stat 505 | |||
Megan's Law | Victim | Y | 05/17/1996 | Y |
CR H4452, May 7, 1996, Statement of Rep. Dick Zimmer (author). |
Megan Kanka, who was brutally raped and murdered on July 29, 1994, by a neighbor who was twice convicted of being a sexual predator. | short title | 104-145 | "Megan's Law" | 110 Stat 1345 | ||
Merchant Marine Act, 1920 | Description | Y | 06/05/1920 | "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | Ch. 250, 41 Stat 988 | |||||||
Michelle's Law | Victim | Y | 10/09/2008 | Y |
H.Rpt. 110-806, Part I, July 30, 2008. |
Michelle Morris, who was a full-time college student at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire when she was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2003. She had to remain a full-time student in order to stay on her parents' health insurance as a dependent. She died in 2005. | short title | 110-381 | "Michelle's Law" | 122 Stat 4081 | ||
Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act | Honor | Y | 08/10/1993 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
Rep. George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (TX), was Chairman of the Select Committee on Hunger. Killed in an aircraft crash in Ehtiopia while en route to a UN refugee camp. | short title (food stamps) | 103-66, title XIII, ch 3 (section 13901) | "Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act" | 107 Stat 672 | ||
Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act | Honor | Y | 11/28/1990 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
Rep. George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (TX), was Chairman of the Select Committee on Hunger. Killed in an aircraft crash in Ehtiopia while en route to a UN refugee camp. | short title at 1511; | 101-624, title XV, subtitle A (section 1511) | "Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act" | 104 Stat 3633 | ||
Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act | Honor | Y | 11/28/1990 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
Rep. George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (TX), was Chairman of the Select Committee on Hunger. Killed in an aircraft crash in Ehtiopia while en route to a UN refugee camp. | short title at 1701 | 101-624, title XVII | "Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act" | 104 Stat 3783 | ||
Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act | Honor | Y | 04/30/1994 | Y | Hon. Mike Mansfield, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and Senator and Rep. from Montana. | short title; creating fellowship named for Mike Mansfield for study in Japan | 103-236, title II, part C (section 251) | "Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act" | 108 Stat 428 | |||
Military Appropriation Act, 1938 | Description | Y | 07/01/1937 | "Military Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 423, 50 Stat 442 | |||||||
Miller Act | Sponsor | Y | 08/24/1935 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000738 |
Rep. John Miller (D-AR) | amended to include short title "Miller Act" by 108 Stat 3409 in 1994 | NO short title | ch 642, 49 Stat 793 | |||
Miller-Tydings Fair Trade Act (see Fair Trade Act) | Sponsor | U | 08/17/1937 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000738; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
Sen. John Miller (D-AR); Sen. Millard Tydings (D-MD) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 690, title VIII, 50 Stat 693 | |||
Mills Act (Customs Reorganization) | Sponsor | U | 03/04/1923 | X | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 251, 42 Stat 1453 | |||||
Millspaugh Act (DC Banks) | Sponsor | U | 04/26/1922 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000781 |
Rep. Frank Crenshaw, (R-MO) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 147, 42 Stat 500 | |||
MINER Act | Acrostic | Y | 06/15/2006 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 109-236 | "Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006" or "MINER Act" | 120 Stat 493 | ||||
Mitchell Act (Columbia River Basin Fishery Development) | Honor | N | 05/11/1938 | N |
http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/entry/view/mitchell_act_1938_/ |
Hugh C. Mitchell, director of Fish Culture for the State of Oregon in the 1930s | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 193, 52 Stat 345 | |||
Morgan P. Hardiman Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children Act | Honor | Y | 09/13/1994 | Y |
103 Cong. Rec. 13142 (Oct. 6, 1993) |
Morgan P. Hardigan was a staffer for Sen. Al D'Amato (R-NY) who died in 1993. | short title | 103-322, title XVII, subtitle C (section 170301) | "Morgan P. Hardiman Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children Act" | 108 Stat 2043 | ||
Morrill Act (Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges) (aka the First Morrill Act) | Sponsor | Y | 07/02/1862 | Y |
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Morrill.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969 |
Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) | "Morrill" statutized by reference at 108 Stat 4048 | NO short title | ch 130, 12 Stat 503 | |||
Morrill Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | U | 03/02/1861 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969 |
Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 68, 12 Stat 178 | |||
Morris Act (Chippewa Indians of Minnesota) | Sponsor | N | 06/27/1902 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000986 |
Rep. Robert Page Walter Morris (R-MN) | name not statutized; provides for the disposition of dead timber in MN, so likely named for the Rep. Morris of MN | NO short title | ch 1157, 32 Stat 400 | |||
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act | Honor | Y | 03/19/1992 | Y | Rep. Morris K. Udall (AZ) and his brother Rep. Stewart L. Udall (AZ) | Establishing scholarship foundation honoring Morris Udall; Stewart Udall added in 2009. | 102-259 | "Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992" | 106 Stat 78 | |||
Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Act of 1997 | Honor | Y | 11/13/1997 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000001 |
Rep. Morris K. Udall (AZ) | short title | 105-78, title VI, section 603 | "Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Act of 1997" | 111 Stat 1519 | ||
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (Renamed Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act) | Honor | Y | 03/19/1992 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000001 |
Rep. Morris K. Udall (AZ) | short title at beginning - "Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992" | 102-259 | "Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992" | 106 Stat 78 | ||
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Amendments Act of 2009 | Honor | Y | 11/03/2009 | Y | Rep. Morris K. Udall (AZ) and his brother Rep. Stewart L. Udall (AZ) | Adds Stewart L. Udall to name of foundation and scholarship | 111-90 | "Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Amendments Act of 2009" | 123 Stat 2976 | |||
Morrison Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | U | 03/03/1883 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001000 |
Rep. William Morrison (D-IL) | nothing in statute; taxes | NO short title | ch 121, 22 Stat 488 | |||
Moses Agreement (Indian Land Patents) | Undefined | U | 07/04/1884 | X |
http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8870 |
Chief Moses of the Sinkiuse-Columbia Tribe, signed an agreement with the Interior Dept. in 1883, which the law ratified. | nothing in statute; this is unclear b/c it seems to be smack in the middle of a longer statute about numerous Indian Tribes | NO short title | ch 180, 23 Stat 79 | |||
Motor Carrier Act, 1935 | Description | Y | 08/09/1935 | "Motor Carrier Act, 1935" | Ch. 498, 49 Stat 543 | |||||||
Mrs. Murphy (Civil Rights Act) Exemption | Undefined | N | 04/11/1968 | N |
James D. Walsh, Reaching Mrs. Murphy: A Call for Repeal of the Mrs. Murphy Exemption to the Fair Housing Act, 34 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 605 (1999) at n. 3. |
Mrs. Murphy was not a real person, but a hypothetical small boarding house owner, who would be exempted from the requirements of the Civil Rights Act. The hypothetical character was created by Republican Senator George Aiken of Vermont and the name caught on. | name not statutized | 90-284, title VIII, section 803(b)(2) | NO short title | 82 Stat 82 | ||
Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act | Honor | Y | 05/26/2000 | Y |
H.Rep.106-449, Part 1, Nov. 4, 1999. |
Muhammed Ali was a heavyweight boxing champion who called for federal legislation to protect boxers from dishonest promoters and managers. | short title | 106-210 | "Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act" | 114 Stat 321 | ||
Myers Patent Act | Sponsor | U | 08/05/1939 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001127 |
Rep. Francis John Myers (D-PA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 452, 53 Stat 1213 | |||
NAFTA Worker Security Act | Abbreviation | Y | 12/08/1993 | N | short title at beginning of statute; no specification of what NAFTA stands for, although it's obvious that it's the North American Free Trade Agreement | 103-182, title V, subtitle A, S 501 et seq | "NAFTA Worker Security Act" | 107 Stat 2149 | ||||
Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act | Description | Y | 05/26/1922 | "Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act" | Ch. 202, 42 Stat 596 | |||||||
National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005 | Description | Y | 08/11/2005 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 109-60 | "National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005" | 119 Stat 1979 | ||||
National Firearms Act | Description | Y | 06/26/1934 | "National Firearms Act" | Ch. 757, 48 Stat 1236 | |||||||
National Housing Act | Description | Y | 06/27/1934 | "National Housing Act" | Ch. 847, 48 Stat 1246 | |||||||
National Industrial Recovery Act | Description | Y | 06/16/1933 | "National Industrial Recovery Act" | Ch. 90, 48 Stat 195 | |||||||
National Labor Relations Act | Description | Y | 07/05/1935 | "National Labor Relations Act" | Ch. 372, 49 Stat 449 | |||||||
National Stolen Property Act | Description | Y | 05/22/1934 | "National Stolen Property Act" | Ch. 333, 48 Stat 794 | |||||||
Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act | Description | Y | 11/06/2000 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 106-430 | "Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act" | 114 Stat 1901 | ||||
Nelson Act (Alaska Roads, Schools, and Insane) | Sponsor | U | 01/27/1905 | N |
http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040 |
Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | created segregated public schools in Alaska. | NO short title | ch 277, 33 Stat 616 | |||
Nelson Act (Bankruptcy Act of 1898) (see Bankruptcy Act) | Sponsor | U | 07/01/1898 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040; see also http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml |
Rep. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 541, 30 Stat 544 | |||
Nelson Act (Chippewa Indians of Minnesota) | Sponsor | U | 01/14/1889 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040; see also http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml |
Rep. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 24, 25 Stat 642 | |||
Nelson Act (Criminal Appeals) (see Criminal Appeals Act) | Sponsor | U | 03/02/1907 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040 |
Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | nothing in statute; see U.S. v. Mersky, 361 U.S. 431 (1960) at n. 5. | NO short title | ch 2564, 34 Stat 1246 | |||
Nelson Act (Department of Commerce and Labor) (see Department of Commerce and Labor Act) | Sponsor | U | 02/14/1903 | X |
http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/gov/gov_14.htm; http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml |
Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | establishing Dept. of Commerce and Labor; introduced by Sen. William Frye (ME) but he doesn't get the name (see http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/dolorigabridge.htm); the statute establishing the Dept. of Labor does not mention Nelson or Lodge | NO short title | ch 552, 32 Stat 825 | |||
Nelson Amendment (Agricultural Colleges) | Sponsor | U | 03/04/1907 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040 |
Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 2907 [part], 34 Stat 1256, 1281 | |||
Nelson Bill | Sponsor | U | 09/22/1970 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000033 |
Most likely Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) | nothing in statute; providing for a delegate from DC | 91-405, title II, sectionns 204(a)-(e ), 206(b) | NO short title | 84 Stat 852, 853, 855 | ||
NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008 | Acrostic | Y | 10/17/2008 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 110-283 | "New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008" or "NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 2620 | ||||
New Communities Act of 1968 | Description | Y | 08/01/1968 | N | short title at beginning of title IV - guarantees for financing new community land development | 90-448, title IV | "New Communities Act of 1968" | 82 Stat 513 | ||||
Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008 | Political Description | Y | 04/24/2008 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 110-204 | "Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007" | 122 Stat 705 | ||||
Newlands Act (Irrigation) (see Reclamation Act; National Irrigation Act of 1902) | Sponsor | N | 06/17/1902 | N |
http://www.ccrh.org/comm/umatilla/primary/newlands.htm; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
Rep. Francis Newlands (D-NV) | name not statutized; aka the Reclamation Act; introduced by Rep. Francis Newlands of NV; Amended by Reclamation Project Act of 1939 and of 1982 | NO short title | ch 1093, 32 Stat 388 | |||
Newlands Act (Railroad Mediation) | Sponsor | U | 07/15/1913 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
Sen. Francis Griffith Newlands, (D-MO) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 6, 38 Stat 103 | |||
Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act | Location | Y | 08/03/2006 | N | Newlands Project, NV | short title; Newlands Project previously named | 109-265 | "Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act" | 120 Stat 668 | |||
Newlands Resolution (Annexation of Hawaii) | Sponsor | U | 07/07/1898 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
Rep. Francis Newlands (D-NV) | nothing in statute | NO short title | No. 55, 30 Stat 750 | |||
Newton Amendment to Carmack Amendment | Sponsor | U | 04/23/1930 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000079 |
Rep. Walter Hughes Newton (R-MN) (1919-1929) (Newton resigned June 30, 1929); The only Carmack in the directory is Sen. Edward Ward Carmack, who died in 1908) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 208, 46 Stat 251 | |||
NIST GREEN JOBS Act of 2010 | Acrostic | Y | 01/04/2011 | Y | short title at beginning of title VII | 111-358, title VII | "NIST Grants for Energy Effeciency, New Job Opportunities, and Busines Solutions Act of 2010" or "NIST GREEN JOBS Act of 2010" | 124 Stat 4041 | ||||
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | Political Description | Y | 01/08/2002 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 107-110 | "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" | 115 Stat 1425 | ||||
No Electronic Theft (NET) Act | Acrostic | Y | 12/16/1997 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 105-147 | "No Electronic Theft (NET) Act" | 111 Stat 2678 | ||||
No entry | Description | Y | 05/20/1922 | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1922" | Ch. 104, 42 Stat 437 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 05/16/1928 | "Independent Offices Act" | Ch. 580, 45 Stat 573 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 07/11/1918 | "An act to amend the war-risk Insurance Act" | Ch. 145, 40 Stat 897 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 05/30/1934 | "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1935" | Ch. 372, 48 Stat 817 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 07/01/1932 | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1932" | 47 Stat 525 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 12/15/1932 | "The Street Readjustment Act of the District of Columbia" | Ch. 4, 47 Stat 747 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 09/22/1922 | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1923" | Ch. 429, 42 Stat 1048 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 05/29/1928 | "Architect's Registration Act" | Ch. 861, 45 Stat 950 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 02/25/1919 | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1919" | Ch. 39, 40 Stat 1161 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 02/11/1936 | "Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936" | Ch. 49, 49 Stat 1109 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 01/30/1933 | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933" | ch. 26, 47 Stat 780 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 01/22/1923 | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1923" | Ch. 29, 42 Stat 1154 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 02/21/1933 | "Criminal Code of the Canal Zone" | Ch. 109, 47 Stat 859 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 04/17/1936 | "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1937" | Ch. 223, 49 Stat 1214 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 06/04/1936 | "Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1937" | Ch. 489, 49 Stat 1421 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 03/04/1933 | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933" | Ch. 281, 47 Stat 1602 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 02/20/1929 | "Independent Offices Act, 1930" | Ch. 270, 45 Stat 1230 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 03/04/1929 | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1929" | Ch. 706, 45 Stat 1607 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 11/04/1919 | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920" | Ch. 93, 41 Stat 327 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 03/26/1930 | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1930" | Ch. 92, 46 Stat 90 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 04/02/1924 | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1924" | Ch. 81, 43 Stat 33 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 05/29/1933 | "Third Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933" | Ch. 42, 48 Stat 47 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 06/05/1920 | "Third Deficiency Act, 1920" | Ch. 253, 41 Stat 1015 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 02/09/1937 | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937" | Ch. 9, 50 Stat 8 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 03/17/1937 | "Uniform Sales Act" | Ch. 43, 50 Stat 29 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 03/21/1935 | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935" | Ch. 36, 49 Stat 49 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 03/22/1935 | "Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1936" | Ch. 39, 49 Stat 67 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 12/05/1924 | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1924" | Ch. 4, 43 Stat 672 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 07/03/1930 | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1930" | Ch. 846, 46 Stat 860 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 05/14/1935 | "Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1936" | Ch. 110, 49 Stat 218 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 01/20/1925 | "First Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1925" | Ch. 85, 43 Stat 753 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 03/01/1921 | "First Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1921" | Ch. 89, 41 Stat 1156 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 05/28/1937 | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937" | Ch 277, 50 Stat 213 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 05/17/1935 | "Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1936" | Ch. 131, 49 Stat 247 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 06/16/1933 | "Fourth Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933" | Ch. 100, 48 Stat 274 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 06/03/1935 | "Farm Credit Act of 1935" | Ch. 164, 49 Stat 313 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 06/16/1937 | "Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 359, 50 Stat 261 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 02/06/1931 | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1931" | Ch. 111, 46 Stat 1064 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 06/29/1937 | "Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act of 1938" | Ch. 404, 50 Stat 395 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 06/16/1921 | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1921" | Ch. 23, 42 Stat 29 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 07/01/1937 | "Extension of Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 424, 50 Stat 468 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 03/15/1934 | "Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1935" | Ch. 70, 48 Stat 425 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 07/08/1937 | "Government Losses in Shipment Act" | Ch. 444, 50 Stat 479 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 07/03/1926 | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1926" | Ch. 771, 44 Stat 841 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 03/26/1934 | "Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act of 1935" | Ch. 89, 48 Stat 467 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 03/04/1931 | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1931" | Ch. 522, 46 Stat 1552 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 02/02/1932 | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1932" | Ch. 12, 47 Stat 15 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 04/07/1934 | "Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1935" | Ch. 104, 48 Stat 529 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 02/28/1927 | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1927" | ch. 226, 44 Stat 1250 | |||||||
No entry | Description | Y | 12/15/1921 | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1922" | Ch. 1, 42 Stat 327 | |||||||
No FEAR Act | Acrostic | N | 05/15/2002 | Y | short title at beginning of statute -- acronym not included | 107-174 | "Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act 2002" | 116 stat 566 | ||||
No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009 | Political Description | Y | 12/15/2009 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 111-115 | "No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009" | 123 Stat 3029 | ||||
Nolan Act (Patents) | Sponsor | U | 03/03/1921 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000124 |
Rep. John Ignatius Nolan, (R-CA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 126, 41 Stat 1313 | |||
Nolan Minimum Wage Law (District of Columbia) (see District of Columbia Minimum Wage Act) | Sponsor | N | 09/19/1918 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000124 |
John Ignatius Nolan, (R-CA) | short title at end - "District of Columbia minimum-wage law"; Nolan was pro-labor rep from CA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_I._Nolan | "District of Columbia minimum-wage law" | ch 174, 40 Stat 960 | |||
Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009 | Acrostic | Y | 10/28/2009 | Y | short title at beginning of subtitle B | 111-84, div A, title XIX, subtitle B (s1911 et seq) | "Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009" or "Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009" | 123 Stat 2619 | ||||
Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act | Honor | Y | 11/30/2004 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000794 |
Rep. Norman Y. Mineta, Chairman of Public Works and Transportation Committee 1993-1994, and Secretary of Transportation, 2001-2006. | short title; transportation | 108-426 | "Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act" | 118 Stat 2423 | ||
Norris Act (Conveyances by Union Pacific Ry. Co.) | Sponsor | U | 06/24/1912 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139 |
Rep. George William Norris, (R- NE) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 181, 37 Stat 138 | |||
Norris Muscle Shoals Act (see Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933) | Description | Y | 05/18/1933 | N | Norris (Sen.) Muscle Shoals Bill was vetoed by Hoover, but then became the basis for the TVA Act in 1933 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_Shoals_Bill | "norris" not statutized; short title at beginning | "Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933" | ch 32, 48 Stat 58 | ||||
Norris-LaGuardia Act (Labor Disputes) | Sponsor | N | 03/23/1932 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000007 |
Sen. George William Norris, (R-NE); Rep. Fiorello H. La Guardia, (R-N.Y.) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 90, 47 Stat 70 | |||
Norris-Rayburn Rural Electrification Act (see Rural Electrification Act of 1936) | Sponsor | N | 05/20/1936 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082 |
Sen. George William Norris, (R-NE); Rep. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, (D-TX) | "Norris-Rayburn" not statutized; short title at beginning | "Rural Electrification Act of 1936" | ch 432, 49 Stat 1363 | |||
Northern Pacific Halibut Act | Description | Y | 05/02/1932 | "Northern Pacific Halibut Act" | Ch. 154, 47 Stat 142 | |||||||
O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991 | Description | Y | 12/12/1991 | N | short title; "O" and "P" refer to sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act | 102-232, title II | "O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991" | 105 Stat 1736 | ||||
O'Mahoney-Hatch Act | Sponsor | U | 08/08/1946 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000088; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000334 |
Sen. Joseph O'Mahoney (D-WY); Sen. Carl Hatch (D-NM) | nothing in statute; mineral rights | NO short title | ch 916, 60 Stat 950 | |||
O'Mahoney-Ramspeck Act (Civil Service Extension to Postmasters) | Sponsor | U | 06/25/1938 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000088; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000032 |
Sen. Josehlp O'Mahoney (D-WY); Rep. Robert Ramspeck (D-GA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 678, 52 Stat 1076 | |||
Oh! Grab Me Act (Embargo 1807) | Political Description | N | 12/22/1807 | N | Name came from political cartoons ridiculing the tariff act as too stringent. | Embargo Act of 1807 | NO short title | ch 5, 2 Stat 451 | ||||
OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 | Description | Y | 10/28/2009 | N | short title at beginning of S 564; OPEN is capitalized but no sign that it's an acronym | 111-83, title V, s 564 | "OPEN FOIA Act of 2009" | 123 Stat 2184 | ||||
OPEN Government Act of 2007 | Acrostic | Y | 12/31/2007 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 110-175 | "Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007" or "OPEN Government Act of 2007" | 121 Stat 2524 | ||||
ORBIT Act | Acrostic | Y | 03/17/2000 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 106-180 | "Open-market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications Act" or "ORBIT Act" | 114 Stat 48 | ||||
Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States | Description | Y | 06/22/1936 | "Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States" | Ch. 699, 49 Stat 1807 | |||||||
Overman Act | Sponsor | U | 05/20/1918 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000140 |
Sen. Lee Slater Overman, (D-N.C) | nothing in statute; authorizing the President to reorganize the executive branch | NO short title | ch 78, 40 Stat 556 | |||
PACE-Energy Act | Acrostic | Y | 08/09/2007 | Y | short title at beginning of title V | 110-69, title V | "Protecting America's Competitive Edge Through Energy Act" or "PACE-Energy Act" | 121 Stat 600 | ||||
PACT Act | Acrostic | Y | 03/31/2010 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 111-154 | "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009" or "PACT Act" | 124 Stat 1087 | ||||
Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996 | Honor | Y | 10/03/1996 | Y |
CR S8778, July 25, 1996, Statement of Sen. Phil Gramm. |
Pam Lychner was a victim's rights advocate who was killed in the TWA crash. | short title | 104-236 | "Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996" | 110 Stat 3093 | ||
Pam White Wilderness Act of 2006 | Honor | Y | 12/20/2006 | Y |
http://www.nevadawilderness.org/items/newsletter_06Autumn.pdf; CR S10971, Oct. 4, 2005. |
Pamela White was an advocate for wilderness preservation in Nevada, killed in a car crash in 2005. | short title; deals with a number of wilderness areas but none of them are named for Pam White -- think that may just be an honorific attached to the bill | 109-432, div C, title III, subtitle B (section 321) | "Pam White Wilderness Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 3030 | ||
Parker-Watson Act (see Railway Labor Act) | Sponsor | N | 05/20/1926 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000062; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000203 |
Rep. James Southworth Parker (R-NY); Sen. James Watson (R-IN) | name not statutized | "Railway Labor Act" | ch 347, 44 Stat 577 | |||
Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act | Honor | Y | 10/29/2002 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m000797 |
Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink (HI) who died on Sept. 28, 2002. | joint resolution renaming title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for Patsy Takemoto Mink, whereas clauses about her | 107-255 | "Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act" | 116 Stat 1734 | ||
Patterson Act (see Kidnapping Act) | Sponsor | U | 06/22/1932 | 05/18/1934 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000127 |
Sen. Roscoe Patterson (R-MO) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 301, 48 Stat 781 | ||
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act | Honor | Y | 12/02/2002 | Y |
Legislation (Section 2, findings) |
Sen. Paul Wellstone (MN) and his wife, Sheila. | short title; Wellstones also named in long title; providing money for an existing community center in St Paul, to be renamed for the Wellstones | 107-316 | "Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act" | 116 Stat 2764 | ||
Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act of 2000 | Honor | Y | 12/21/2000 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000813 |
Sen. Paul Coverdell (GA), died in office on July 18, 2000. | short title | 106-561 | "Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act of 2000" | 114 Stat 2787 | ||
Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program Act of 2000 | Honor | Y | 10/17/2000 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000813 |
Sen. Paul Coverdell (GA), died in office on July 18, 2000. | 106-309, title IV, section 408 | "Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program Act of 2000" | 114 Stat 1100 | |||
Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Protection Act of 2001 | Honor | Y | 01/08/2002 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000813 |
Sen. Paul Coverdell (GA), died in office on July 18, 2000. | short title | 89-10, title II, part C, subpart 5 (section 2361); 107-110, title II, section 201 | "Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Protection Act of 2001" | 115 Stat 1667 | ||
Paul D. Coverdell World Wide Schools Act of 2000 | Honor | Y | 12/27/2000 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000813 |
Sen. Paul Coverdell (GA), died in office on July 18, 2000. | short title and section title; findings about Coverdell | 106-570, title VI | "Paul D. Coverdell World Wide Schools Act of 2000" | 114 Stat 3051 | ||
Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008 | Honor | Y | 10/08/2008 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000288 |
Sen. Paul Wellstone (MN); amends the 2001 MD-CARE Act which was sponsored by Wellstone. | short title | 110-361 | "Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008" | 122 Stat 4010 | ||
Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 | Honor | Y | 10/03/2008 | Y |
Letter from David Wellstone, Co-Founder of Wellstone Action, 110 CR H8620, Sept. 23, 2008. |
Sen. Paul Wellstone (MN) and Sen. Pete Domenici (NM) | short title and subtitle name | 110-343, div C, title V, subtitle B, section 511 | "Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 3881 | ||
Pay it Back Act | Political Description | Y | 07/21/2010 | Y | short title at beginning of title XII of Dodd-Frank | 111-203, title XIII | "Pay It Back Act" | 124 Stat 2133 | ||||
Payne-Aldrich Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | U | 08/05/1909 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000153; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000083 |
Rep. Sereno Elisha Payne, (R-N.Y.); Sen. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, (R-R.I.) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 6, 36 Stat 11 | |||
Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act | Sponsor | Y | 09/21/2005 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000193 |
Relating to Pell Grants, which are named for Sen. Claiborne Pell (RI). | short title; waiver of Pell Grant repayment for students affected by disaster | 109-66 | "Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act" | 119 Stat 1999 | ||
Pendleton Act (Civil Service) (see Civil Service Act) | Sponsor | U | 01/16/1883 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000203 |
Sen. George Pendleton (D- OH) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 27, 22 Stat 403 | |||
Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 | Description | Y | 06/10/1930 | "Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930" | Ch. 436, 46 Stat 531 | |||||||
Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 | Description | Y | 06/26/1934 | "Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934" | Ch. 756, 48 Stat 1224 | |||||||
Petrillo Bill | Case | N | 06/19/1934 | N | Defendant James Petrillo in U.S. v. Petrillo (332 U.S. 1, 1947), who was prosecuted for violation of a provision of the Communications Act of 1934. Petrillo was the head of the American Federation of Musicians. | "Petrillo" not statutized; short title at end - "Communications Act of 1934" (creating FCC); Although the two acts are cross-referenced in the PNT, the "Petrillo Bill" was actually an amendment to the Communications Act of 1934, adopted on April 16, 1946. See American Newspaper Publishers Ass'n v. NLRB (345 U.S. 100) (1953). | "Communications Act of 1934" | ch 652, 48 Stat 1064 | ||||
Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006 | Acrostic | N | 10/06/2006 | Y | short title at beginning of statute, but no sign of the obvious acronym | 109-308 | "Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 1725 | ||||
Phipps Law | Sponsor | N | 05/09/1924 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000317 |
Sen. Lawrence Cowle Phipps, (R-PA) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 150, 43 Stat 116 | |||
Pickett Act | Sponsor | N | 06/25/1910 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000325 |
Rep. Charles Edgar Pickett, (R-IA) | name not statutized; authorizing president to withdraw from public lands | NO short title | ch 421, 36 Stat 847 | |||
Pitman-Bloom Act (see Neutrality Act of 1939) | Description | Y | 11/04/1939 | N | joint resolution; short title at end - "Neutrality Act of 1939"; "Pitman-Bloom" not statutized | "Neutrality Act of 1939" | ch 2, 54 Stat 4 | |||||
Pittman Act | Sponsor | U | 04/23/1918 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372 |
Sen. Key Pittman, (D-NE) | nothing in statute; about silver and gold and coinage | NO short title | ch 63, 40 Stat 535 | |||
Pittman Embassy Picketing Act | Sponsor | N | 02/15/1938 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372 |
Sen. Key Pittman, (D-NV) | repealed, not statutized; prohibiting picketing (except for labor disputes) in front of embassies | NO short title | ch 29, 52 Stat 30 | |||
Pittman Underground Water Act | Sponsor | U | 10/22/1919 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000003 |
Sen. Key Pittman, (D-NE) | nothing in statute; about land in NV | NO short title | ch 77, 41 Stat 293 | |||
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act of | Sponsor | Y | 09/02/1937 | Y |
Pittman - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372; Robertson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000317 |
Sen. Key Pittman (D-NV) and Rep. Absalom Robert (D-VA) | statutized as "Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act" by S. 101(b) of 114 Stat 1762 | NO short title | ch 899, 50 Stat 917 | |||
Plain Writing Act of 2010 | Political Description | Y | 10/13/2010 | Y | short title at beginning of statute -- promoting use of clear language in government communications | 111-274 | "Plain Writing Act of 2010" | 124 Stat 2861 | ||||
Platt Amendment (Cuba) | Sponsor | U | 03/02/1901 | X |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platt_Amendment; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000382 |
Sen. Orville Platt (R-CT) | Senate rider on Army approps bill presented by CT Republican Sen. Orville Platt; stipulated conditions for withdrawal from Cuba; WP notes it replaced earlier "Teller Amendment" but no mention in Popular Name Table (b/c it's no longer law); | NO short title | ch 803, 31 Stat 897 | |||
Pomerene Bills of Lading Act (Interstate Commerce) | Sponsor | U | 08/29/1916 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000420 |
Sen. Atlee Pomerene, (D-OH) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 415, 39 Stat 538 | |||
Pope John Paul II Congressional Gold Medal Act | Award | Y | 07/27/2000 | Y | short title and long title; granting gold medal to PJPII | 106-250 | "Pope John Paul II Congressional Gold Medal Act" | 114 Stat 622 | ||||
Porter Act (see Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926) | Sponsor | N | 05/07/1926 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000447 |
Rep. Stephen Geyer Porter, 1911-1930, (R-PA) | short title at end - "Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926"; "Porter" not statutized | "Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926" | ch 250, 44 Stat 403 | |||
Porter Resolution (Narcotic Drugs) | Sponsor | U | 03/02/1923 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000447 |
Rep. Stephen Geyer Porter, (R-PA) | nothing in statute; asking President to ask other countries not to grow so many drugs | NO short title | ch 190, 42 Stat 1431 | |||
Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1937 | Description | Y | 06/23/1936 | "Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1937" | Ch. 725, 49 Stat 1827 | |||||||
Potato Act of 1935 | Description | Y | 08/24/1935 | "Potato Act of 1935" | Ch. 641, 49 Stat 750 | |||||||
Poultry Racket Act | Description | U | 08/15/1921 | 08/14/1935 | X | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch. 532, 49 stat 648 | ||||
POW/MIA Memorial Flag Act of 2002 | Description | Y | 12/04/2002 | N | short title at beginning of statute; POW/MIA flag display | 107-323 | "POW/MIA Memorial Flag Act of 2002" | 116 Stat 2787 | ||||
PREEMIE Act | Acrostic | Y | 12/22/2006 | Y | 109-450 | "Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act" or the "PREEMIE Act" | 120 Stat 3341 | |||||
President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 | Description | Y | 10/26/1992 | N | short title and named in long title | 102-526 | "President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992" | 106 Stat 3443 | ||||
President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994 | Description | Y | 10/06/1994 | N | short title and named in long title | 103-345 | "President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994" | 108 Stat 3128 | ||||
PRICE of Homeland Security Act | Acrostic | Y | 10/14/2008 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 110-412 | "Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act of 2008" or "PRICE of Homeland Security Act" | 122 Stat 4336 | ||||
Price-Anderson Act (see, also the Atomic Energy Damages Act) | Sponsor | Y | 08/01/1946 | 09/02/1957 | Y |
Price - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522; Anderson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000186 |
Rep. Charles Price, (D-IL); Sen. Clinton Anderson, (D-NM) | referred to as "Price-Anderson provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954" by "Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988", 102 Stat 1066 (1988) | 85-256, section 4 | NO short title | 71 Stat 576 | |
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988 | Honor/Sponsor | Y | 08/20/1988 | Y |
Anderson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000186; Price - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522 |
Rep. Clinton Anderson (NM) and Rep. Charles Melvin Price (IL), both of whom went on to chair the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. | also long title: "To Amend the Price-Anderson provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954��_��__��_��___." | 100-408 | "Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988" | 102 Stat 1066 | ||
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005 | Honor/Sponsor | Y | 08/08/2005 | Y |
Anderson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000186; Price - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522 |
Rep. Clinton Anderson (NM) and Rep. Charles Melvin Price (IL), both of whom went on to chair the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. | short title and subtitle | 109-408, title VI, subtitle A (section 601) | "Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005" | 119 Stat 779 | ||
PRIME Act | Acrostic | Y | 11/12/1999 | Y | short title at beginning of S 725, names that it is amending the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 | 103-425, title I, subtitle C (S 171 et seq), as added 106-102, title VII, S 725 | "Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs Act of 1999" or "PRIME Act" | 113 Stat 1471 | ||||
Prioritizing Resrouces and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 | Acrostic | N | 10/13/2008 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; no mention of acronym in statute, but referred to as PRO-IP | 110-403 | "Prioritizing Resrouces and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 4256 | ||||
Pro-Children Act of 1994 | Political Description | Y | 03/31/1994 | Y | 103-227, title X, part C, S1041 | "Pro-Children Act of 1994" | 108 Stat 271 | |||||
Pro-Children Act of 2001 | Political Description | Y | 01/08/2002 | Y | short title at beginning of Part C of amending text; regarding environmental tobacco smoke | 107-110, title IV, S 401 (89-10, title IV, part C, S 4301) | "Pro-Children Act of 2001" | 115 Stat 1773 | ||||
PROTECT Act | Acrostic | Y | 04/30/2003 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 108-21 | "Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003" or "PROTECT Act" | 117 Stat 650 | ||||
Protect America Act | Political Description | Y | 08/05/2007 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; FISA amendment | 110-55 | "Protect America Act" | 121 Stat 552 | ||||
PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 | Acrostic | Y | 10/13/2008 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 110-401 | "Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to Our Children Act of 2008" or "PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 4229 | ||||
Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act | Political Description | Y | 10/10/2008 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 110-385, title II | "Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act" | 122 Stat 4102 | ||||
Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007 | Political Description | Y | 06/03/2008 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 110-240 | "Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007" | 122 Stat 1560 | ||||
Public Utility Act of 1935 | Description | Y | 08/26/1935 | "Public Utility Act (Federal Power Act)" | Ch. 687, 49 Stat 803 | |||||||
Public Works Administration Extension Act of 1937 | Description | Y | 06/29/1937 | "Public Works Administration Extension Act of 1937" | Ch. 401, title II, 50 Stat 352 | |||||||
Purnell Act (Corn Borer Eradication) | Sponsor | N | 02/09/1927 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000573 |
Rep. Fred Sampson Purnell, (R-IN) | not statutized; corn borer was a kind of pest | NO short title | ch 90, 44 Stat 1065 | |||
Purnell Act of 1925 | Sponsor | U | 02/24/1925 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000573 |
Rep. Fred Sampson Purnell, (R-IN) | nothing in statute; agriculture | NO short title | ch 308, 43 Stat 970 | |||
QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 | Description | Y | 10/08/2008 | N | short title at beginning of statute; QI stands for Qualifying Individual, but is only spelled out in Section 2 | 110-379 | "QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 4075 | ||||
QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005 | Description | Y | 10/20/2005 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 109-91 | "QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005" | 119 Stat 2091 | ||||
Quiet Communities Act of 1978 | Political Description | Y | 11/08/1978 | N | short title at beginning of statute; amending Noise Control Act of 1972 | 95-609 | "Quiet Communities Act of 1978" | 92 Stat 3079 | ||||
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) | Description | N | 10/15/1970 | N | title of Title IX but no short title | 91-452, title IX, 901(a) | NO short title | 84 Stat 941 | ||||
Railroad Retirement Act | Description | Y | 06/27/1934 | "Railroad Retirement Act" | Ch. 868, 48 Stat 1283 | |||||||
Railway Labor Act | Description | Y | 06/21/1934 | "Railway Labor Act" | Ch. 691, 48 Stat 1185 | |||||||
Raker Act | Sponsor | U | 12/19/1913 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000019 |
Rep. John Edward Raker, (D-CA) | nothing in statute; granting land access rights in Yosemite to the city of SFO | NO short title | ch 4, 38 Stat 242 | |||
Raker Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | Sponsor | N | 05/15/1922 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000019 |
Rep. John Edward Raker, (D-CA) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 190, 42 Stat 541 | |||
Ramspeck Act | Sponsor | U | 11/26/1940 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000032 |
Rep. Robert Ramspeck (D-GA) | nothing in statute; civil service act | NO short title | ch 919, title I, 54 Stat 1211 | |||
Ramspeck-Mead Act | Sponsor | U | 08/01/1941 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000032; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000615 |
Rep. Robert Ramspeck (D-GA); Sen. James Mead (D-NY) | nothing in statute; amending Classification Act of 1923 | NO short title | ch 346, 55 Stat 613 | |||
Randolph-Sheppard Act (aka Randolph-Sheppard Vending Stand Act) | Sponsor | Y | 06/20/1936 | Y |
Randolph - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000046; Sheppard - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337 |
Rep. Jennings Randolph (D-WV) and Sen. Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | statutized by 88 Stat 1623 | NO short title | ch 638, 49 Stat 1559 | |||
Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments of 1974 | Sponsor | Y | 12/07/1974 | Y |
Randolph - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000046; Sheppard - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337 |
Rep. Jennings Randolph (D-WV) and Sen. Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | short title and title II; named as "Randolph-Sheppard Act" in findings | 93-516, title II | "Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments of 1974" | 88 Stat 1622 | ||
Rankin Act (see Gold Star Mothers Act) | Sponsor | U | 08/16/1937 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000056 |
Rep. John Rankin (D-MS) | nothing in statute - content is about providing for widows of WWI vets | NO short title | ch 659, 50 Stat 660 | |||
Rankin Veterans Act | Sponsor | U | 05/03/1939 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000056 |
Rep. John Rankin (D-MS) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 109, 53 Stat 652 | |||
Rankin Veterans Pension Act | Sponsor | U | 06/10/1942 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000056 |
Rep. John Rankin (D-MS) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 402, 56 Stat 350 | |||
Rankin World War Widows Act | Sponsor | U | 05/13/1938 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000056 |
Rep. John Rankin (D-MS) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 214, 52 Stat 352 | |||
Ransdell Act | Sponsor | U | 05/26/1930 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000059 |
Sen. Joseph Ransdell (D-LA) (1913-1930) | nothing in statute; establishing NIH | NO short title | ch 320, 46 Stat 379 | |||
Reading Excellence Act | Description | Y | 10/21/1998 | CHECK | 105-277, div A, S101(f) [title VIII] | "Reading Excellence Act" | 112 Stat 2681-337, 2681-391 | |||||
Ready to Learn Act | Political Description | Y | 10/27/1992 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 102-545 | "Ready to Learn Act" | 106 Stat 3586 | ||||
REAL ID Act of 2005 | Political Description | Y | 05/11/2005 | N | short title at beginning of division B; although REAL ID is capitalized, no indication it's an acronym | 109-13, div B | "REAL ID Act of 2005" | 119 Stat 302 | ||||
Red Light Abatement Act (District of Columbia) | Description | U | 02/07/1914 | N | nothing in statute; about prostitution, "houses of lewdness" | NO short title | ch 16, 38 Stat 280 | |||||
Reed Amendment | Sponsor | U | 03/03/1917 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000118 |
Sen. James A. Reed (D-MO) | nothing in statute; prohibiting mailing ads for alcohol; see The Reed "Bone-Dry" Amendment, John K. Graves, Virginia Law Review , Vol. 4, No. 8 (May, 1917), pp. 634-642 | NO short title | ch 162, section 5, 39 Stat 1069 | |||
Reed-Bulwinkle Act | Sponsor | U | 06/17/1948 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000112; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001056 |
Probably Sen. Clyde Reed (R-KS); Rep. Alfred Bulwinkle (D-NC) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 491, 62 Stat 472 | |||
Reed-Jenkins Act | Sponsor | U | 05/29/1928 | X | Sen. David Aiken Reed (R-PA) (1921-1934); Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins (R-OH) (1925-1958) | nothing in statute; immigration | NO short title | ch 864, 45 Stat 954 | ||||
Reed-Johnson Act (see World War Veterans' Act, 1924) | Sponsor | N | 06/07/1924 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000114; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000173 |
Sen. David Aiken Reed (R-PA); Rep. Royal Cleaves Johnson (R-SD, Chairman of the Committee on WW Veterans' Legislation) | The PNT and some secondary sources link Reed-Johnson and the WW Veterans' Act, but other sources link Reed-Johnson with the Immigration Act of 1924, which was 43 Stat. 153. | "World War Veterans' Act, 1924" | ch 320, 43 Stat 607 | |||
Removal of Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing Act of 1992 | Political Description | Y | 10/28/1992 | N | short title at beginning of title XII | 102-550, title XII | "Removal of Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing Act of 1992" | 106 Stat 3938 | ||||
Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act | Political Description | Y | 12/29/2010 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 111-345 | "Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act" | 124 Stat 3618 | ||||
Revenue Act of 1932 | Description | Y | 06/06/1932 | "Revenue Act of 1932" | ch. 209, 47 Stat 179 | |||||||
Revenue Act of 1934 | Description | Y | 05/10/1934 | "Revenue Act of 1934" | Ch. 277, 48 Stat 680 | |||||||
Revenue Act of 1935 | Description | Y | 08/30/1935 | "Revenue Act of 1935" | Ch. 829, 49 Stat 1014 | |||||||
Revenue Act of 1936 | Description | Y | 06/22/1936 | "Revenue Act of 1936" | Ch. 690, 49 Stat 1648 | |||||||
Reynolds Aviation Training Act (see Army Aviation Cadet Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/03/1941 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000179 |
Sen. Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC), Chairman of Committee on Military Affairs after the death of Sen. Morris on April 9, 1941 | short title at end - "Army Aviation Cadet Act" | "Army Aviation Cadet Act" | ch 165, 55 Stat 239 | |||
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act | Honor | Y | 06/04/1946 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000536 |
Sen. Richard B. Russell (GA) | enacting clause "may be cited as the 'National School Lunch Act'"; renamed for "Richard B. Russell" in 1999 by 113 Stat 1169 | "National School Lunch Act" | ch 281, 60 Stat 230 | |||
Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998 | Victim | Y | 11/12/1998 | Y |
CR H3379, May 19, 1998, Statement of Rep. Porter Goss. |
Ricky Ray was one of three brothers, all with hemophilia, all of whom contracted HIV from contaminated blood. The family became advoactes for AIDS victims. Ricky Ray died of AIDS in 1992 at age 15. | short title; creating Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund | 105-369 | "Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998" | 112 Stat 3368 | ||
Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 | Sponsor | Y | 09/23/1994 | Y | Rep. Donald Riegle, (D-MO) | short title | 103-325 | "Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994" | 108 Stat 2160 | |||
Riegle-Neal Amendments Act of 1997 | Sponsor | Y | 07/03/1997 | Y |
Riegle -http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000249; Neal - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000016 |
Rep. Donald Wayne Riegle, (D-MO); Rep. Stephen Neal (D-NC) | short title | 105-24 | "Riegle-Neal Amendments Act of 1997" | 111 Stat 238 | ||
Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 | Sponsor | Y | 09/29/1994 | Y |
Riegle - http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch1.asp; Neal - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000016 |
Rep. Donald Wayne Riegle, (D-MO); Rep. Stephen Neal (D-NC) | short title | 103-328 | "Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994" | 108 Stat 2338 | ||
Right to Work Law | Description | N | 07/05/1935 | N | nothing in statute about "Right to Work", cited as the "National Labor Relations Act"; "Right to Work" never statutized | NO short title | ch 372, S 14, 49 Stat 457 | |||||
Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act | Institution | Y | 10/03/1980 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000009 |
Sen. Robert A. Taft (OH) | short title; giving money to Robert A. Taft Institute of Government | 96-374, title XIII, part H, subpart 1 (section 1371) | "Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act" | 94 Stat 1502 | ||
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assisstance Act | Honor | Y | 05/22/1974 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000776; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stafford |
Robert T. Stafford, Representative and Senator from Vermont, helped shepherd the original bill. | short title amended to include "Robert T. Stafford" by 102 Stat 4689 (1988) | 93-288 | "Disaster Relief Act of 1974" | 88 Stat 143 | ||
Roberts Act | Sponsor | U | 08/30/1964 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000314 |
Most likely Rep. Kenneth Roberts (D-AL) (Chairman of the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission, 1965-1972) | nothing in statute; safety standards for passenger vehicles purchased by fed govt | 88-515 | NO short title | 78 Stat 696 | ||
Robertson-Pittman Wildlife Restoration Act (see Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act) | Sponsor | Y | 09/02/1937 | Y |
Pittman - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372; Robertson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000317 |
Sen. Key Pittman (D-NV) and Rep. Absalom Robert (D-VA) | statutized as "Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act" by S. 101(b) of 114 Stat 1762 | NO short title | ch 899, 50 Stat 917 | |||
Robinson-Patman Act (aka Robinson-Patman Anti-discrimination Act and aka Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act) | Sponsor | Y | 06/19/1936 | Y |
Patman - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000103; Robinson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000347 |
Sen. Joseph Robinson (D-AR) and Rep. John Wright Patman (D-TX) | name not statutized by amendment to the act, but "Robinson-Patman Act" is referenced in S. 513 (34)(D) of 94 Stat 2835 | NO short title | ch 592, 49 Stat 1526 | |||
Rogers Act (Foreign Service) (see Foreign Service Act) | Sponsor | U | 05/24/1924 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000400 |
Rep. John Jacob Rogers (R-MA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 182, 43 Stat 140 | |||
Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 | Honor | Y | 10/28/2004 | Y |
See S 2400, passed Senate 6/23/2004 |
President Ronald W. Reagan | Reagan added in Senate version after his death June 5, 2004. | 108-375 | "Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005" | 118 Stat 1811 | ||
Rosa's Law | Victim | Y | 10/05/2010 | Y |
CR S11433, Nov. 17, 2009, Statement of Sen. Barbara Mikulski (sponsor). |
Rosa Marcellino, an 8-year-old girl with intellectual disabilities, whose parents and older siblings had become advocates for eliminating the use of the phrase "mentally retarded" in public policy and laws because of the stigma and discrimination it invites. | short title | 111-256 | "Rosa's Law" | 124 Stat 2643 | ||
Rural AED Act | Abbreviation | Y | 11/13/2000 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle B | 106-505, title IV, subtitle B (S411) | "Rural Access to Emergency Devices Act" or "Rural AED Act" | 114 Stat 2340 | ||||
Russell Amendment | Sponsor | N | 06/27/1944 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000536 |
Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-GA) | nothing in statute with name; section 214 - short title for act is "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1945"; Russell amendment was a rider requiring congressional approval for all funds for agencies established by executive order and operational for more than one year, meant to stymie President Roosevelt's funding and operation of the FEPC. See William G. Howell, "Power without persuasion: the politics of direct presidential action" (2003) at 132-133. | NO short title | ch 286, title II, section 213, 58 Stat 387 | |||
Russell-Overton Amendment | Sponsor | U | 09/16/1940 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000536; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000146 |
Sen. Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA); Sen. John Overton (D-LA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 720, section 9, 54 Stat 892 | |||
Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 | Victim | Y | 10/15/2008 | Y |
http://www.getsmartaboutdrugs.com/stories/ryan_haights_story.html |
Ryan Haight was 18 when he died from an overdose of prescription drugs he purchased on the Internet. | 110-425 | "Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 4820 | |||
Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996 | Victim | Y | 05/20/1996 | Y |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. | short title and long title | 104-146 | "Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996" | 110 Stat 1346 | ||
Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000 | Victim | Y | 10/20/2000 | Y |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. | short title and long title | 106-345 | "Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000" | 114 Stat 1319 | ||
Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 | Victim | Y | 08/18/1990 | Y |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. | short title; Ryan White contracted HIV from transfusion | 101-381 | "Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990" | 104 Stat 576 | ||
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 | Victim | Y | 10/30/2009 | Y |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. | 111-87 | "Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009" | 123 Stat 2885 | |||
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006 | Victim | Y | 12/19/2006 | Y |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. | short title | 109-415 | "Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 2767 | ||
S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 | Acrostic | Y | 07/30/2008 | Y | short title at beginning of title V | 110-289, div A, title V | "Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008" or "S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 2810 | ||||
Sabbatino Amendment (see Hickenlooper Amendment) | Case | N | 10/07/1964 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000559 |
Sen. Bourke Hickenlooper (IA) introduced the amendment, and the name "Sabbatino" comes from Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398 (1964). The amendment reversed the Court's holding in favor of the validity of the act of state doctrine. | Unclear why the Hickenlooper Amendment listed in the PNT is from 1964. It was first attached to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1962 (76 Stat 255). Also, Rep. Hays apparently claimed co-parentage of the amendment (see W. Averell Harriman, The Protection of Foreign Investment and the Hickenlooper Amendment, 112 U.Penn.L.Rev. 1116, http://www.jstor.org/pss/3310530) | 88-633, part III, ��_��__301(d)(4) | NO short title | 78 Stat 1013 | ||
SAFE Act | Acrostic | Y | 08/08/2005 | Y | short title at beginning of subtitle B; energy self-sufficiency | 109-58, title XIV, subtitle B (1421) | "Set America Free Act of 2005" or "SAFE Act" | 119 Stat 1064 | ||||
SAFE ID Act | Acrostic | Y | 04/30/2003 | Y | short title at beginning of S 607 | 108-21, title VI, S 607 | "Secure Authentication Feature and Enhanced Identification Defense Act of 2003" or "SAFE ID Act" | 117 Stat 689 | ||||
SAFE Port Act | Acrostic | Y | 10/13/2006 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 109-347 | "Security and Accountabilty For Every Port Act of 2006" or "SAFE Port Act" | 120 Stat 1884 | ||||
SAFETEA-LU | Acrostic | Y | 08/10/2005 | Y |
http://www.adn.com/2009/08/02/885403/lu-young-wife-of-rep-don-young.html |
Supposedly named for Lu Young, Rep. Don Young's wife. | short title at beginning - "Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users" or "SAFETEA-LU" | 109-59 | Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or "SAFETEA-LU" | 119 Stat 1144 | ||
SAFETY Act | Acrostic | Y | 11/25/2002 | Y | Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 | 107-296, title VIII, subtitle G, S861 | "Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002" or "SAFETY Act" | 116 Stat 2238 | ||||
SAFRA Act | Abbreviation | Y | 03/30/2010 | Y | Student Aid and Financial Responsibility Act of 2009, originally introduced as H.R. 3221 (111th Cong.). | short title at beginning of title II, no indication of what SAFRA stands for | 111-152, title II, subtitle A, S2001 | "SAFRA Act" | 124 Stat 1071 | |||
Saltonstall-Kennedy Act | Sponsor | Y | 08/11/1939 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000021 |
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall (MA); unsure which Kennedy | The 1939 Act is referred to in statute by S. 210, 94 Stat 3287 (1980) as "commonly referred to as the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act", but Saltonstall was not in Congress in 1939, so it seems more likely that Saltonstall-Kennedy was one of the amendments. | NO short title | ch 696, section 2, 53 Stat 1412 | |||
Santini-Burton Act | Sponsor | U | 12/23/1980 | X |
http://bioguide.;congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000058; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001156 |
Rep. James Santini (D-NV); Rep. Phillip Burton (D-CA) | nothing in statute | 96-586 | NO short title | 94 Stat 3381 | ||
SARA | Abbreviation | Y | 10/17/1986 | N | "SARA" statutized by reference in 113 Stat 1047 (1999) | 99-499 | "Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986" | 100 Stat 1613 | ||||
SARA (see Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986) | Abbreviation | Y | 10/17/1986 | N | short title at beginning - "Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986" | 99-499 | "Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986" | 100 Stat 1613 | ||||
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sponsor | Y | 07/30/2002 | Y |
Nance Lucas, An Interview with United States Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NXD/is_1_11/ai_n25101748/; Sarbanes-Oxley Essential Information, sox-online.com, http://www.sox-online.com/basics.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000064; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000163 |
Sen. Paul Sarbanes, (D-MD); Rep. Michael Oxley (R-OH) | short title | 107-204 | "Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002" | 116 Stat 745 | ||
Saulsbury Resolution (District of Columbia Rents) | Sponsor | U | 05/31/1918 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000073 |
Sen. Willard Saulsbury, Jr., (D-DE) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 90, 40 Stat 593 | |||
Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005 | Political Description | Y | 05/11/2005 | N | short title at beginning of title IV; no abbreviation but this seems like a political title | 109-13, div B, title IV | "Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005" | 119 Stat 318 | ||||
Savings are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997 | Acrostic | N | 11/19/1997 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; no abbreviation listed in either PNT or statute | 105-92 | "Savings Are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997" | 111 Stat 2139 | ||||
Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Lourana Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act | Victim | Y | 10/30/2004 | Y |
Hon. John Kyl, "On the Wings of Their Angels: The Scott Campbell, Stephanie Power, Wendy Preston, Lourana Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," 9 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 581, http://law.lclark.edu/live/files/9692-lcb93twistpdf |
Scott Campbell was killed in 1982 at age 27; Stephanie Roper was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 1982 at 22; Wendy Preston was murdered in 1979 at age 22; Lourana Gillis was murdered as part of a gang intiation in 1979 at age 22; Nila Lynn was murdered at a homeowners' assocation meeting in 2000 at age 69. All five victims had surviving family members who became advocates for victims' rights. | short title and name of title I | 108-405, title I | "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Lourana Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act" | 118 Stat 2261 | ||
Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year, 1928 | Description | Y | 05/29/1928 | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928" | Ch. 853, 45 Stat 884 | |||||||
Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920 | Description | Y | 03/06/1920 | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920" | Ch. 94, 41 Stat 502 | |||||||
Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 | Description | Y | 08/12/1935 | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935" | Ch. 508, 49 Stat 571 | |||||||
Second Morrill Act (aka Agricultural College Act of 1890) | Sponsor | Y | 08/30/1890 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969; http://ext.wvu.edu/about_extension/land_grant_system |
Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT), though really named for the "First Morrill Act." The Second Morrill Act provided additional endowments for land-grant universities, but prohibited money to states that discriminated based on race in admission. | "Second Morrill Act" statutized by reference at 94 Stat 1502 | NO short title | ch 841, 26 Stat 417 | |||
Securities Act of 1933 | Description | Y | 05/27/1933 | "Securities Act of 1933" | Ch. 38, 48 Stat 74 | |||||||
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | Description | Y | 06/06/1934 | "Securities Exchange Act of 1934" | Ch. 404, 48 Stat 881 | |||||||
Serve America Act | Political Description | Y | 04/21/2009 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 111-13 | "Serve America Act" | 123 Stat 1460 | ||||
Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990 | Political Description | Y | 11/16/1990 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle B, part I | 101-610, title I, subtitle B, S 110 | "Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990" | 104 Stat 3132 | ||||
Shackleford Act | Sponsor | U | 07/11/1916 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000274 |
Rep. Dorsey William Shackleford, (D-MO) | nothing in statute; rural post roads | NO short title | ch 241, 39 Stat 355 | |||
Sheppard Air Corps Cadet Act (see Army Aviation Cadet Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/03/1941 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337 |
Sen. Morris Sheppard (D-TX), Chairman of Committee on Military Affairs until his death on April 9, 1941 | short title at end - "Army Aviation Cadet Act" | "Army Aviation Cadet Act" | ch 165, 55 Stat 239 | |||
Sheppard Bone-Dry Law in District of Columbia | Sponsor | U | 03/03/1917 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337 |
Sen. Morris Sheppard, (D-TX) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 165, 39 Stat 1123 | |||
Sheppard-Towner Act (Maternity Hygiene) (see Maternity Act) | Sponsor | U | 11/23/1921 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000325 |
Sen. Morris Sheppard, (D-TX); Rep. Horace Mann Towner, Ill, 1911-1923 (R-IA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 135, 42 Stat 224 | |||
Sherley Amendment (Food and Drugs) | Sponsor | U | 08/23/1912 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000343 |
Rep. Joseph Swagar Sherley, (D-KY) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 352, 37 Stat 416 | |||
Sherman Act | Sponsor | Y | 07/02/1890 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000346; http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=51 |
Sen. John Sherman (OH) | "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 | NO short title | ch 647, 26 Stat 209 | |||
Sherman Purchase of Silver Act of July 14, 1890 | Sponsor | U | 07/14/1890 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000346 |
Sen. John Sherman (R-OH) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 708, 26 Stat 289 | |||
Sherwood Act (Mexican, Civil War Pensions) | Sponsor | U | 05/11/1912 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000355 |
Rep. Isaac R. Sherwood, (D-IA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 123, 37 Stat 112 | |||
Shipping Act, 1916 | Description | Y | 07/15/1918 | "Shipping Act, 1916" | Ch. 152, 40 Stat 900 | |||||||
Shipstead-Nolan Act | Sponsor | Y | 07/10/1930 | Y |
Shipstead - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000369; Nolan - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000128 |
Sen. Henrik Shipstead (R-MN) and Rep. William Nolan (R-MN) | statutized by reference in S. 4, 78 Stat 893; lands in northern MN | NO short title | ch 881, 46 Stat 1020 | |||
Shirley Temple Act (Child Labor) | Honor | N | 06/25/1938 | N |
Comment, Teenage Employment Emancipation and the Law, 9 U.PA. Journal of Labor and Employment Law 389, http://www.law.upenn.edu/journals/jbl/articles/volume9/issue2/Ang9U.Pa.J... |
Child actress Shirley Temple (later Shirley Temple Black) | nothing in statute; exemption from prohibition on child labor for kids in agriculture not required to attend school and kids in motion pictures; name not statutized | NO short title | ch 676, section 13 (c ), 52 Stat 1068 | |||
Sikes Act | Sponsor | Y | 09/15/1960 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000406 |
Rep. Robert Sikes (D-FL) | statutized by Sec. 2902-2903 of 111 Stat 2016 | 86-797 | NO short title | 74 Stat 1052 | ||
Sikes Act Amendments of 1978 | Sponsor | Y | 10/05/1978 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000406 |
Rep. Robert Sikes (D-FL) | short title in enacting clause, starts at section 2 | 95-420 | "Sikes Act Amendments of 1978" | 92 Stat 921 | ||
Sikes Act Improvement Act of 1997 | Sponsor | Y | 11/18/1997 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000406 |
Rep. Robert Sikes (D-FL) | short title; also Section 2903 codifies the name "Sikes Act" | 105-85, div B, title XXIX | "Sikes Act Improvement Act of 1997" | 111 Stat 2016 | ||
Sills Act (Pensions, Spanish War, Philippine Insurrection, China Relief Expedition) | Sponsor | U | 06/05/1920 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000235 |
Rep. Sam Riley Sells (R-TN) | nothing in statute; PNT error - listed as "Sills" but should be "Sells", who was sponsor | NO short title | ch 245, 41 Stat 982 | |||
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act | Honor | Y | 12/11/1991 | Y |
Findings in text of legislation. |
Silvo Conte was a champion of preservation, including of the Connecticut River. | long title and short title; establishing refuge named for Conte, findings | 102-212 | "Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act" | 105 Stat 1655 | ||
Sisk Act | Sponsor | Y | 12/04/1967 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000454 |
Rep. Bernice Sisk (D-CA) (male) | "Sisk Act" statutized in definitions section 2(a)(11) of 120 Stat 1218; though also mentioned in as "commonly known as Sisk Act" in S.340 of 111 Stat 1603 | 90-171 | NO short title | 81 Stat 531 | ||
Smith Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | Sponsor | N | 08/11/1916 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551 |
Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 319, 39 Stat 506 | |||
Smith Act of 1940 | Sponsor | N | 06/28/1940 | N |
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/smithactof1940.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000554 |
Rep. Howard W. Smith of (D-VA) | short title is "Alien Registration Act, 1940" - section 41 | "Alien Registration Act, 1940" | ch 439, title I, 54 Stat 670 | |||
Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act (see War Labor Disputes Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/25/1943 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000684; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000554 |
Sen. Thomas Connally (D-TX); Rep. Howard Worth (D-VA) | "Smith-Connally" not statutized; short title at end - "War Labor Disputes Act" | "War Labor Disputes Act" | ch 144, 57 Stat 163 | |||
Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act | Sponsor | Y | 02/23/1917 | 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 |
Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) and Rep. Dudley Hughes (D-GA) | "Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act" statutized by 60 Stat 775 | NO short title | ch 114, 39 Stat 929 | |||
Smith-Lever Act | Sponsor | Y | 05/08/1914 | 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 |
Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) and Rep. Asbury Lever (D-SC) | amended to include "Smith-Lever Act" as short title by 112 Stat 525 | NO short title | ch 79, 38 Stat 372 | |||
Smith-Sears Act | Sponsor | U | 06/27/1918 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000211; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551 |
Rep. William Joseph Sears (D-FL); Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) | nothing in statute; vocational ed for vets | NO short title | ch 107, 40 Stat 617 | |||
Smoot-Burton Act (British War Debt) | Sponsor | U | 02/28/1923 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001159 |
Sen. Reed Smoot, (R-UT); Sen. Theodore Elijah Burton, (R-OH) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 146, 42 Stat 1325 | |||
Smoot-Hawley Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | Sponsor | N | 06/17/1930 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000379 |
Sen. Reed Smoot, 1903-1933, (R-UT); Rep. Willis Chatman Hawley, (R-OR) | "Smoot-Hawley" never statutized; short title at end - "Tariff Act of 1930" | "Tariff Act of 1930" | ch 497, 46 Stat 590 | |||
Snyder Act (Indian Affairs Bureau) | Sponsor | Y | 11/02/1921 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000666 |
Rep. Homer Snyder (R-NY) | "Snyder Act" statutized by PL 105-244, 112 Stat 1581 (1998)with "(commonly known as the Snyder Act)"; authorizing approps, possibly creating BIA | NO short title | ch 115, 42 Stat 208 | |||
Social Security Act | Description | Y | 08/14/1935 | "Social Security Act" | Ch. 531, 49 Stat 620 | |||||||
Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 | Description | Y | 10/12/2006 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle title I; no idea what this is about | 109-338, title I | "Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 1786 | ||||
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1918 | Description | Y | 03/08/1918 | "The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act" | Ch. 20, 40 Stat 440 | |||||||
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act | Honor | Y | 10/27/1998 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000622 |
Rep. Sonny Bono (CA), former entertaininer, died in a skiing accident on January 5, 1998. | short title; Bono died Jan 5, 1998 | 105-298, title I | "Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act" | 112 Stat 2827 | ||
Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Act of 2005 | Honor | Y | 08/08/2005 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000250 |
Spark M. Matsunaga, Representative and Senator from Hawaii, died on April 15, 1990. | Amending 1990 act named for Matsunaga | 109-58, title VIII | "Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Act of 2005" | 119 Stat 844 | ||
Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 | Honor | Y | 11/15/1990 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000250 |
Spark M. Matsunaga, Representative and Senator from Hawaii, died on April 15, 1990. | long title and short title; establishing program named for Matsunaga; Senator from HI, died in April 1990 | 101-566 | "Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990" | 104 Stat 2797 | ||
Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act | Honor/Victim | Y | 06/09/2010 | Y | Samuel Hicks was a Special Agent with the FBI, killed on duty in 2008. | short title; PA FBI agent killed in 2008 | 111-178 | "Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act" | 124 Stat 1262 | |||
SPEECH Act | Acrostic | Y | 08/10/2010 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 111-223 | "Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act" or "SPEECH Act" | 124 Stat 2380 | ||||
Spence Act (Savings and Loan Holding Companies) | Sponsor | U | 09/23/1959 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000717 |
Rep. Brent Spence (D-NY) | nothing in statute; amends National Housing Act | 86-374 | NO short title | 73 Stat 691 | ||
Spoils of War Act of 1994 | Political Description | Y | 04/30/1994 | N | 103-236, title V, part B, S 551 | "Spoils of War Act of 1994" | 108 Stat 482 | |||||
Spooner Act (Panama Canal) | Sponsor | U | 06/28/1902 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000741; also 12.15.1905 NYT article (on file); also http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/560906/John-Spooner?anchor=ref... |
Sen. John Spooner (R-WI), author | creating Panama Canal | NO short title | ch 1302, 32 Stat 481 | |||
Springer Act (see Special Laws Prohibition Act (Territories)) | Sponsor | N | 07/30/1886 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000757 |
Rep. William McKendree Springer, (D-IL) | name not statuted (neither Springer nor Special Laws Prohibition Act) | NO short title | ch 818, 24 Stat 170 | |||
Staggers Rail Act of 1980 | Honor | Y | 10/14/1980 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000778 |
Rep. Henry Orrin Staggers (WV), who chaired the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, and retired in 1980. Interestingly, Staggers was NOT the sponsor of the legislation, though it did go through his Committee. | short title; from Wikipedia (with no cite): The act was named for Congressman Harley Staggers (D-WV), who chaired the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. Although it is traditional for laws to be known by the names of their sponsors, this is believed to be the first (but not last) case in which the sponsor's name was officially incorporated into the text of a Federal statute. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staggers_Rail_Act | 96-448 | "Staggers Rail Act of 1980" | 94 Stat 1895 | ||
Steagall Commodity Credit Act | Sponsor | U | 07/01/1941 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 270, 55 Stat 498 | |||
Steagall National Housing Act of 1938 (see National Housing Act Amendments of 1938) (aka Steagall-Wagner National Housing Act of 1938) | Sponsor | N | 02/03/1938 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
Rep. Henry Bascom Steagall, (D-AL) | short title at beginning; no mention of Steagall or Wagner in code | "National Housing Act Amendments of 1938" | ch 13, 52 Stat 8 | |||
Steagall National Housing Act of 1939 | Sponsor | U | 06/03/1939 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | nothing in statute; long title is to amend "National Housing Act" | NO short title | ch 175, 53 Stat 804 | |||
Steagall R.F.C. Relief Organizations Act | Sponsor | U | 02/24/1938 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | nothing in statute\ | NO short title | ch 32, 52 Stat 79 | |||
Steagall Stock Liability Act (see Federal Reserve Act) | Sponsor | N | 12/23/1913 | N |
What Was the Glass-Steagall Act?, Investopedia, July 16, 2003, http://www.investopedia.com/articles/03/071603.asp#axzz1guTysuXe; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | It seems as though the PNT's linking of the 1913 Federal Reserve Act and the Steagall Stock Liability Act is a bit misleading. Steagall was not a Member of the House in 1913 when the original act was passed. This act was, however, amended by the Glass-Steagall Act in 1933, so perhaps that's where the name comes from. | "Federal Reserve Act" | ch 6, 38 Stat 251 | |||
STEP Act | Acrostic | Y | 01/05/2006 | Y | short title at beginning of section | 103-322, title IV, S 41204; as added 109-162, title III, S 303 | "Supporting Teens through Education and Protection Act of 2005" or "STEP Act" | 119 Stat 3010 | ||||
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008 | Honor | Y | 10/14/2008 | Y |
Findings included in original bill, HR 6950, passed House on 9/25/2008. |
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, after her death on August 20, 2008, in recognition of her decision to donate her organs. | short title and long title; establishing medal named for STJ | 110-413 | "Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 4338 | ||
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008 | Honor | Y | 10/15/2008 | Y |
110 CR H8669, Sept. 23, 2008 |
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, after her death on August 20, 2008, in recognition of her decision to donate her organs and her long-time advocy for organ donation. | Introduced before Jones's death in August 2008, but amended to honor her. | 110-426 | "Stephanie Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 4835 | ||
Sterling Act (Employers' Liability) (see Employers' Liability Act (1908) (Railroads)) | Sponsor | N | 04/22/1908 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000870 |
Rep. John Allen Sterling, (R-IL) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 149, 35 Stat 65 | |||
Sterling-Lehlbach Act (Classification, Federal Employees) (see Classification Act of 1923) | Sponsor | N | 03/04/1923 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000872; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000222 |
Sen. Thomas Sterling,1913-1925, (R-OH); Rep. Frederick Reimold Lehlbach, (R-NJ) | short title at beginning "The Classification Act of 1923" | "The Classification Act of 1923" | ch 265, 42 Stat 1488 | |||
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 | Sponsor | Y | 10/21/1980 | Y |
Stevenson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000890; Wydler - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000780 |
Sen. Adlai Stevenson (D-IL) and Rep. John Wydler (R-NY), who retired in 1980. | enacting clause; starts at section 2 | 96-480 | "Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980" | 94 Stat 2311 | ||
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (renamed McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act) | Honor | Y | 07/22/1987 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | McKinney was the principal author of the Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act, which was renamed for him in 1987. http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/spec/ead/ms2154.xml | 100-77 | "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act" | 101 Stat 482 | ||
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 | Honor | Y | 11/07/1988 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | short title, named Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act in long title | 100-628 | "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 19888" | 102 Stat 3224 | ||
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 | Honor | Y | 11/29/1990 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | short title, named Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act in long title | 101-645 | Long title and short title - "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990" | 104 Stat 4673 | ||
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Amendments Act of 1992 | Honor | Y | 10/28/1992 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | short title | 102-550, title XIV | "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Amendments Act of 1992" | 106 Stat 4012 | ||
Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge Designation Act of 1987 | Honor | Y | 05/13/1987 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | short title and long title; changing name of refuge in CT | 100-38 | "Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge Designation Act of 1987" | 101 Stat 306 | ||
Stobb Act (National Prohibition) | Sponsor | U | 01/15/1931 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000931 |
Rep. George Russell Stobbs (R-MA) (1925-1930) | PNT is incorrect. Should be "Stobbs Act" | NO short title | ch 29, 46 Stat 1036 | |||
Stolen Valor Act of 2005 | Political Description | Y | 12/20/2006 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 109-437 | "Stolen Valor Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 3266 | ||||
Stone Act | Description | N | 08/04/1892 | N | Stone almost certainly refers to the physical object. The act is referred to as the Building Stone Act at 43 CFR 3809.5. | name not statutized; about mining (stone as an object, probably not a name) | NO short title | ch 375, 27 Stat 348 | ||||
STOP Act | Acrostic | Y | 12/20/2006 | Y | 109-422 | "Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act" or "STOP Act" | 120 Stat 2890 | |||||
Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 | Honor/Sponsor | Y | 10/17/1998 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000254 |
Sen. James Strom Thurmond (SC), who was Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee until 1999. | short title; Thurmond announced in 1997 he would step down as SASC chair, which he did in 1999 | 105-261 | "Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999" | 112 Stat 1920 | ||
Sulloway Act (Pensions) (see Widows' Pension Act) | Sponsor | U | 04/19/1908 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001063 |
Rep. Cyrus Adams Sulloway, (R-NH) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 147, 35 Stat 64 | |||
Sumners Courts Act | Sponsor | U | 06/29/1940 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |
Rep. Hatton Sumners (D-TX) | nothing in statute; authorizing SCOTUS to prescribe rules of criminal procedure | NO short title | ch 445, 54 Stat 688 | |||
Sumners-Ashurst Act | Sponsor | U | 10/14/1940 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000319 |
Rep. Hatton Sumners (D-TX); Sen. Henry Ashurst (D-AZ) | nothing in statute; prohibiting transportation of convict-made goods; PNT incorrectly lists name as Sumners-Amherst | NO short title | ch 872, 54 Stat 1134 | |||
Sumners-McCarran Act | Sponsor | U | 03/01/1937 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308 |
Rep. Hatton Sumners (D-TX); Sen. Patrick McCarran (D-NV) | nothing in statute; allowing SC Justices to retire | NO short title | ch 21, 50 Stat 24 | |||
Supplement to Second Liberty Bond Act | Description | Y | 09/24/1918 | "Supplement to Second Liberty Bond Act" | Ch. 176, 40 Stat 965 | |||||||
Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 | Acrostic | Y | 11/28/1989 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 101-179 | "Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989" | 103 Stat 1298 | ||||
Susan B. Anthony Dollar Coin Act of 1978 | Award | Y | 10/10/1978 | Y | Susan B. Anthony, 1820-1906, suffragist and abolitionist. | creating the SBA dollar coin | 95-447 | "Susan B. Anthony Dollar Coin Act of 1978" | 92 Stat 1072 | |||
Suzanne's Law | Victim | N | 11/29/1990 | N | Suzanne Lyall, who disappeared in 1998 at age 19 from SUNY-Albany. | NOTE: This provision was originally enacted in 1990, but Suzanne's Law was actually a provision in the PROTECT Act of 2003 (117 Stat 650, Section 204) that changed from 18 to 21 the age under which any law enforcement agency must report a missing person to the National Crime Information Center. | 101-647, title XXXVII | NO short title | 104 Stat 4966 | |||
Taft-Hartley Act (see Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947) | Sponsor | Y | 06/23/1947 | Y |
Taft-Hartley Labor Act, infoplease.com, http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/bus/A0847620.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000009; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000298 |
Sen. Robert Taft, (R-OH); Rep. Fred Hartley, (R-N.J.) | short title at beginning - "Labor Management Relations Act, 1947"; "Taft-Hartley" name statutized by mention in PL 105-258, 112 Stat 1902 (1998) but direct mention was dropped when in codification, see notes in codification | "Labor Management Relations Act, 1947" | ch 120, 61 Stat 136 | |||
Talmadge-Aiken Act | Sponsor | N | 09/28/1962 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000035; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000062 |
Sen. Herman Eugene Talmadge, (D-GA); Sen. George David Aiken, (R-VT). | not statutized | 87-718 | NO short title | 76 Stat 663 | ||
Tariff Act of 1922 | Description | Y | 09/21/1922 | "Tariff Act of 1922" | Ch. 356, 42 Stat 858 | |||||||
Tariff Act of 1930 | Description | Y | 06/17/1930 | "Tariff Act of 1930" | Ch. 497, 46 Stat 590 | |||||||
Tarsney Act (Erection of Public Buildings) | Sponsor | U | 02/20/1893 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000043 |
Rep. John Tarsney (D-MO) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 146, 27 Stat 468 | |||
Taylor Grazing Act | Sponsor | Y | 06/28/1934 | Y |
Frederick W. Obermiller, Did Congress Intend To Recognize Grazing Rights?: An Alternative Perspective on the Taylor Grazing Act, 18 Rangelands 186, 186 (1996), http://www.jstor.org/pss/4001325; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000072 |
Rep. Edward T. Taylor, (D-CO) | name statutized by reference in 68 Stat 151 (1954) | NO short title | ch 865, 48 Stat 1269 | |||
Taylor T.V.A. Act | Sponsor | U | 07/16/1941 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000072 |
Rep. Edward Taylor (D-CO) | nothing in statute; TVA = Tenn Valley Authority | NO short title | ch 303, 55 Stat 597 | |||
TEA 21 Restoration Act | Abbreviation | Y | 07/22/1998 | N | short title at beginning of title IX; amending the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century | 105-206, title IX | "TEA 21 Restoration Act" | 112 Stat 834 | ||||
Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002 | Acrostic | N | 11/02/2002 | N | the obvious acronym is not listed in the PNT | 107-273, div C, title III, subtitle C, S 13301 | "Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002" | 116 Stat 1910 | ||||
Ted Weiss Child Support Enforcement Act of 1992 | Honor | Y | 10/27/1992 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000258 |
Rep. Theodore Weiss (NY), who died in office on Sept. 14, 1992. | short title; Ted Weiss was Rep from NY | 102-537 | "Ted Weiss Child Support Enforcement Act of 1992" | 106 Stat 3531 | ||
TEFRA | Abbreviation | N | 09/03/1982 | N | short title at beginning of statute; TEFRA is listed in PNT, but not in statute | 97-248 | "Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982" | 96 Stat 324 | ||||
Teller Act (Omnibus Statehood Act) | Sponsor | U | 02/22/1889 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000116 |
Sen. Henry Teller (R-CO) | nothing in statute; dividing Dakotas and providing for statehood for Montana and Washington | NO short title | ch 180, 25 Stat 676 | |||
Teller Resolution (Cuba) | Sponsor | U | 04/20/1898 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000116 |
Sen. Henry Teller (R-CO) | nothing in statute; recognizing Cuba's independence from Spain | NO short title | No 24, 30 Stat 738 | |||
Temple Act (Topographica Survey) | Sponsor | U | 02/27/1925 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000119 |
Rep. Henry Wilson Temple, (R-PA) | nothing in statute; topographica survey of the US | NO short title | ch 360, 43 Stat 1011 | |||
Temporary Child Care for Children With Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act Amendments of 1992 | Description | Y | 08/27/1986 | N | short title at beginning of title II; Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act of 1986 - both names listed in PNT, 1992 amendments were "Children With Disabilities" | 99-401, title II | "Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act Amendments of 1992" | 100 Stat 907 | ||||
Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act | Political Description | Y | 12/19/2007 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | 110-140, title I, subtitle A (S101) | "Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act" | 121 Stat 1498 | ||||
Terry Beirn Community Based AIDS Research Initiative Act of 1991 | Honor/Victim | Y | 08/14/1991 | Y | Terry Beirn worked for amfAR and the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on AIDS legislation. He died in 1991. | short title and named in long title; renaming community-based clinical trial programs in Beirn's honor | 102-96 | long title and short title - "Terry Beirn Communited Based AIDS Research Initiative Act of 1991" | 105 Stat 481 | |||
The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sponsor | Y | 05/03/1905 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000393; http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.111-tv-284 |
Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | Was not listed in PNT. Legislative gave the opportunity for citizenship to refugees from Communist countries if they served in the US armed forces for 5 years. Participants became known as "Lodge Act Soldiers." Sponsored by Sen Henry Cabot Lodges. I9 | |||||
Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1919 | Description | Y | 07/11/1919 | "Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1919" | Ch. 6, 41 Stat 35 | |||||||
Third Liberty Bond Act | Description | Y | 04/04/1918 | AMENDED two other acts to give them short tiles: The First Liberty Bond Act and The Second Liberty Bond Act | "The Third Liberty Bond Act" | Ch. 44, 40 Stat 505 | ||||||
Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coin Act | Award | Y | 10/31/1998 | Y |
Findings in text of legislation. |
Inventor and New Jerseyian Thomas A. Edison, in aticipation of the 125th anniversary of his invention of the light bulb. | short title and long title | 105-331 | "Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coin Act " | 112 Stat 3073 | ||
Thurman Act (Pacific Railroads) | Sponsor | U | 05/07/1878 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000251 |
Sen. Allen Thurman (D-OH) | nothing in statute; railroads | NO short title | ch 96, 20 Stat 56 | |||
Tincher-Capper Act (Grain Futures) (see Commodity Exchange Act) | Sponsor | N | 09/21/1922 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000282 |
Sen. Arthur Capper, 1919-45, (R-KA); Rep. Jasper Napoleon Tincher, (R-KA) | "Tincher-Capper" not statutized | "The Grain Futures Act" | ch 369, 42 Stat 998 | |||
TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007 | Description | Y | 09/29/2007 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 110-90 | "TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007" | 121 Stat 984 | ||||
Tobacco Inspection Act | Description | Y | 08/23/1935 | "Tobacco Inspection Act" | Ch. 623, 49 Stat 731 | |||||||
Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 | Honor | Y | 07/30/2008 | Y |
Lantos - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000090; Hyde - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001022 |
Rep. Thomas Lantos (CA), was Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs until his death on Feb. 11, 2008. Rep. Henry J. Hyde (IL), was Chair of the Committee on International Relations, died on Nov. 29, 2007. | short title | 110-293 | "Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 2918 | ||
Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 | Honor | Y | 07/29/2008 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000090 |
Rep. Thomas Lantos (CA), was Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs until his death on Feb. 11, 2008. | short title | 110-286 | "Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 2632 | ||
Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act | Honor/Sponsor | Y | 10/17/2006 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000165 |
Rep. Thomas Osborne (NE), retired from the House in 2006. | Osborne had sponsored HR 856 (109th Cong.), which was incorporated into PL 109-365 as Title VIII and Osborne's name added. | 109-365, title VIII | "Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act" | 120 Stat 2594 | ||
Towner-Sheppard Act (Maternity Hyiene) (see Maternity Act) | Sponsor | U | 11/23/1921 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000325 |
Sen. Morris Sheppard, (D-TX); Rep. Horace Mann Towner, Ill, (R-IA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 135, 42 Stat 224 | |||
Trading with the enemy Act | Description | Y | 10/06/1917 | "Trading with the Enemy Act" | NOTE - referred to by Ch. 64, 40 Stat 535 (passed 4/28/1918) | |||||||
TREAD Act | Acrostic | Y | 11/01/2000 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 106-414 | "Transporation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act" | 114 Stat 1800 | ||||
TRICARE Affirmation Act | Abbreviation | Y | 04/26/2010 | N | short title at beginning of statute; no indication what TRICARE is | 111-159 | "TRICARE Affirmative Act" | 124 Stat 1123 | ||||
Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act | Location | Y | 11/16/1990 | N | Truckee-Carson is an irrigation district and Pyramid is a lake in Nevada. | short title; names of bodies of water | 101-618 | "Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act" | 104 Stat 3294 | |||
Truman-Hobbs Act (aka Hobbs Bridge Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/21/1940 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000387; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663; |
Sen. Harry S. Truman (future POTUS); (D-MO); Rep. Samuel Francis Hobbs, (D-AL) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 409, 54 Stat 497 | |||
Tucker Act (Admiralty-Limitations) | Sponsor | N | 06/30/1932 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000401 |
Most likely Rep. John Randolph Tucker (D-VA), who was not the sponsor of this Act, but of the 1887 Tucker Act. | refers by name to Tucker Act of Mar 3, 1887, 24 Stat. 505 | NO short title | ch 315, 47 Stat 420 | |||
Tucker Act (Claims) | Sponsor | Y | 03/03/1887 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000401; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Act |
Rep. John Randolph Tucker (VA) | Statutized by reference in ch 315, 47 Stat 420 (1932) | NO short title | ch 359, 24 Stat 505 | |||
Tunney Act | Sponsor | Y | 12/21/1974 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000410 |
Sen. John Tunney (D-CA) | 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 | 93-528, section 2 | NO short title (for this section) | 88 Stat 1706 | ||
Tydings Amendment | Sponsor | U | 11/13/1942 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
Sen. Millard Tydings (D-MD) | nothing in statute; selective service | NO short title | ch 638, 56 Stat 1018 | |||
Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | Sponsor | U | 03/24/1934 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000427; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
Rep. John McDuffie (D-AL); Sen. Millard E. Tydings (D-MD) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 84, 48 Stat 456 | |||
Tyson-Fitzgerald Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | Sponsor | U | 05/24/1928 | Sen. Lawrence Davis Tyson, (D-TN) | NO short title | ch 735, 45 Stat 735 | ||||||
U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 | Acrostic | Y | 12/22/2006 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 109-455 | "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001" or "U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 3372 | ||||
Underwood Tariff Act | Sponsor | U | 10/03/1913 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000013 |
Rep Oscar Wilder Underwood, (D-AL) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 16, 38 Stat 114 | |||
Uniform Fiduciaries Act | Description | Y | 05/14/1928 | "Uniform Fiduciaries Act" | ch. 545, 45 Stat 509 | |||||||
United States Arbitration Act | Description | Y | 02/12/1925 | "United States Arbitration Act" | Ch. 213, 43 Stat 883 | |||||||
USA Act | Acrostic | Y | 01/10/2002 | N | short title at beginning of S 1301 | 107-117, div B, S1301 | "Unity in the Spirit of America Act" or the "USA Act" | 115 Stat 2339 | ||||
USA PATRIOT Act | Acrostic | Y | 10/26/2001 | N | 107-56 | "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) Act" | 115 Stat 272 | |||||
Van Nuys Anti-Trust Act | Sponsor | N | 10/10/1942 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000050 |
Sen. Frederick Van Nuys, (D-IN) | not statutized | NO short title | ch 589, 56 Stat 781 | |||
Van Zandt Patent Act | Sponsor | U | 08/07/1939 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000069 |
Rep. James Van Zandt (R-PA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 568, 53 Stat 1264 | |||
Victory Liberty Loan Act | Description | Y | 03/03/1919 | "Victory Liberty Loan Act" | Ch. 100, 40 Stat 1209 | |||||||
Vinson Naval Parity Act (aka Vinson-Trammell Parity Act) (see Naval Parity Act) | Sponsor | U | 03/27/1934 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000105; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000353 |
Rep. Carl Vinson (D-GA, Chairman of Comm on Naval Affairs); Sen. Park Trammell (D-FL) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 95, 48 Stat 503 | |||
Vinson-Patman-McCormack Act (see Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936) | Sponsor | N | 01/27/1936 | 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 |
Rep. Vinson (D-KY); Rep. Patman (D-TX); Rep. McCormack (D-MA) | 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 | "Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936" | ch 32, 49 Stat 1099 | |||
Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act | Political Description | Y | 12/12/2003 | N | short title at beginning of statute | 108-176 | "Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act" | 117 Stat 2490 | ||||
VOICE Act | Acrostic | Y | 10/28/2009 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle D | 111-84, div A, title XII, subtitle D, S1261 | "Victims of Iranian Censorship Act" or "VOICE Act" | 123 Stat 2553 | ||||
Volstead Act (Drainage under State Laws) | Sponsor | N | 05/20/1908 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000114 |
Rep. John Andrew Volstead, (R-MN) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 181, 35 Stat 169 | |||
Volstead Act (see National Prohibition Act) | Sponsor | U | 10/28/1919 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000114 |
Rep. Andrew John Volstead, (R-MN) | short title at beginning - "National Prohibition Act"; references "War Prohibition Act" to mean any provision of a previoulsy enacted that prohibited alcohol during WWI | "National Prohibition Act" | ch 85, 41 Stat 305 | |||
Voorhis Anti-Propaganda Act | Sponsor | U | 10/17/1940 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000118 |
Rep. Horace (Jerry) Voorhis (D-CA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 897, 54 Stat 1201 | |||
Vreeland-Aldrich Act (National Currency Associations) | Sponsor | U | 05/30/1908 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000122; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000083 |
Rep. Edward Butterfield Vreeland, (R-N.Y.); Sen. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, R- R.I.) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 229, 35 Stat 546 | |||
W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004 (aka Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004) | Honor | Y | 12/08/2004 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000058 |
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. | short title actually as "W.J. (Billy) ��_��__��_��___" | 108-447, div J, title IX | "W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004 (aka Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004)" | 118 Stat 3393 | ||
Wadsworth-Burke Bill (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | Sponsor | N | 09/16/1940 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001089; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000012 |
Sen. Edward Raymond Burke (D-S.D.); Rep. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., (R-N.Y.) | short title at end - "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940"; "Wadsworth-Burke" not statutized | "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940" | ch 720, 54 Stat 885 | |||
Wadsworth-Kahn Act | Sponsor | U | 03/15/1920 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000012; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000003 |
Sen. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., (R-N.Y.); Rep. Julius Kahn, (R-CA) | nothing in statute; transfering surplus military supplies | NO short title | ch 100, 41 Stat 530 | |||
Wagner Act (Advance Planning of Public Works) (see Employment Stabilization Act of 1931) | Sponsor | N | 02/10/1931 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.) | short title at beginning "Employment Stabilization Act of 1931" | "Employment Stabilization Act of 1931" | ch 117, 46 Stat 1084 | |||
Wagner Foreign Credits Act | Sponsor | U | 05/07/1940 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) | nothing in statute; actually a joint resolution | NO short title | ch 185, 54 Stat 179 | |||
Wagner-Cole Act (see Trust Indenture Act of 1939) | Sponsor | N | 05/27/1933 | 08/03/1939 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000616 |
Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. William Purington Cole Jr., (D-MD), . NOTE: TWO Coles; this is the only dem though: probably joined to pass? | "Wagner-Cole" not statutized; short title included in the amending language in 1939, adding to Title III of the Act passed in 1933 | "Trust Indenture Act of 1939" | ch 411, 53 Stat 1149 | ||
Wagner-Connery Labor Relations Act (see National Labor Relations Act) | Sponsor | N | 07/05/1935 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000694 |
Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-NY); William Patrick Connery, Jr., (D-MA) (Note there are two Connery's, but this one was on the House Committee on Labor, so likely on the bill?) | short title at end - "National Labor Relations Act"; "Wagner-Connery" not statutized | "National Labor Relations Act" | ch 372, 49 Stat 449 | |||
Wagner-Connery Wages and Hours Act (see Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938) | Sponsor | N | 06/25/1938 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000694; see also http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/flsa1938.htm |
Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. William Patrick Connery, Jr., 1923-37, (D-MA). | ST at beginning; "Wagner-Connery" not statutized | "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938" | ch 676, 52 Stat 1060 | |||
Wagner-Lea Act (see Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Investment Company Act of 1940) | Sponsor | N | 08/22/1940 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-NY) | "Wagner-Lea" not statutized; Investment Advisers Act is ch 686, title II, 54 Stat 847, codified at 15 USC 80b-20 | short title at end of title I - "Investment Company Act of 1940"; short title at end of title II - "Investment Advisers Act of 1940" | ch 686, title I, 54 Stat 789 | |||
Wagner-Lewis $500,000,000 Emergency Relief Act (see A.A.A. Farm Relief and Inflation Act) | Sponsor | U | 05/12/1933 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000284 |
Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) (1927-1949); Probably Sen. James H. Lewis (D-IL), who was Democratic whip at the time, but unclear. No conferees were named Lewis in either chamber and no Lewis played a significant role in the debates. (Though it is clear that Sen. Lewis was present and asking questions -- no Lewis appears in the House proceedings at all.) | nothing in statute; Neither the Lewis in the House or Senate participated in the debates on the bill and neither was a conferee; Sen. Lewis didn't even vote on the conference report | NO short title | ch 25, 48 Stat 31 | |||
Wagner-O'Day Act (see Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act) | Sponsor | U | 06/25/1938 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000033 |
Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY); Rep. Caroline O'Day (D-NY) | nothing in statute (blind-made products) | NO short title | ch 697, 52 Stat 1196 | |||
Wagner-Peyser Act | Sponsor | Y | 06/06/1933 | Y |
Wagner - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; Peyser - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000281 |
Sen. Robert Wagner (D-NY) and Rep. Theodore Peyser (D-NY) | statutized by amending short title to include "Wagner-Peyser Act" in 96 Stat 1397 | NO short title | ch 49, 48 Stat 113 | |||
Wagner-Steagall Housing Act | Sponsor | N | 09/01/1937 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. Henry Bascom Steagall, (D-AL) | short title at end of Title VI (only applies to title VI) | "United States Housing Act Amendments of 1938" | ch 554, title VI, 52 Stat 820 | |||
Walker Tariff Act | Sponsor | U | 07/30/1846 | X | Treasury Secretary Robert Walker | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 74, 9 Stat 42 | ||||
Walsh Act (Additional Federal Judges) | Sponsor | U | 09/14/1922 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000101 |
Rep. Joseph Walsh (R-MA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 306, 42 Stat 837 | |||
Walsh Act (Contempts) | Sponsor | U | 07/03/1926 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000104 |
Sen. Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 762, 44 Stat 835 | |||
Walsh-Healey Act | Sponsor | Y | 06/30/1936 | Y |
Walsh - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000097; Healey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000423 |
Sen. David Walsh, (D-MA); Rep. Arthur Healey (D-MA) | amended to include "Walsh-Healey Act" as short title in 1994 by 108 Stat 3409 | NO short title | ch 881, 49 Stat 2036 | |||
Walter-Logan Act (see Administrative Procedure Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/11/1946 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000108; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000404 |
Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-PA); Sen. Marvel M. Logan (D-KY) | short title at beginning; Seems as though "Walter-Logan Act" was really a failed 1941 version that was vetoed by the President. The Emerging Concept of Administrative Procedure, Paul R. Verkuil, Columbia Law Review , Vol. 78, No. 2 (Mar., 1978), pp. 258-329, 261 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/1121898) | "Administrative Procedure Act" | ch 324, 60 Stat 237 | |||
War Department Civil Appropriations Act, 1938 | Description | Y | 07/19/1937 | "War Department Civil Appropriations Act, 1938" | Ch. 511, 50 Stat 515 | |||||||
War Finance Corporation Act | Description | Y | 04/05/1918 | "War Finance Corporation Act" | Ch. 45, 40 Stat 506 | |||||||
Warren Act (Reclamation) | Sponsor | N | 02/21/1911 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000164 |
Sen Francis Emroy Warren, (R-WY) | name not statutized; "Warren Act" noted in USC | NO short title | ch 141, 36 Stat 925 | |||
Webb Exporter Combination Act (see Webb-Pomerene Act) | Sponsor | N | 04/10/1918 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000231 |
Rep. Edwin Yates Webb, (D-N.C.) | see "Webb-Pomerene Act" | NO short title | ch 50, 40 Stat 516 | |||
Webb-Kenyon Act | Sponsor | N | 03/01/1913 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000231; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000129 |
Rep. Edwin Yates Webb, (D-N.C.); Sen. William Squire Kenyon, (R-IA) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 90, 37 Stat 699 | |||
Webb-Pomerene Act (Export Trade) | Sponsor | Y | 04/10/1918 | Y |
Webb - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000231; Pomerene - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000420 |
Rep. Edwin Webb (D-NC) and Sen. Atlee Pomerene (D-OH) | "Webb-Pomerene" is codified at 15 USC 66, added by 90 Stat 1397 (Hart-Scott-Rodino) | NO short title | ch 50, 40 Stat 516 | |||
Weeks Law | Sponsor | Y | 03/01/1911 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000246; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeks_Act |
Rep. John Weeks (MA) | statutized as "known as the Weeks law" in 39 Stat 1150 | NO short title | ch 186, 36 Stat 961 | |||
Wei Jingsheng Freedom of Conscience Act | Private Law | Y | 11/22/2000 | Private Law | Private Bill granted permanent resident status for Chinese pro-democracy activist Wei Jinsheng. | Private bill; noted here because the private laws are generally not included in the PNT | Private Law 106-14 | "Wei Jingsheng Freedom of Conscience Act" | ||||
Welch Act | Sponsor | U | 05/28/1928 | X | Rep. Richard Welch (R-CA) | nothing in statute; DC civil service | NO short title | ch 814, 45 Stat 776 | ||||
Wellton-Mohawk Transfer Act | Location | Y | 06/20/2000 | Y | "Welton-Mohawk" is the name of the Irrigation and Drainage District. | short title; | 106-221 | "Wellton-Mohawk Transfer Act" | 114 Stat 351 | |||
Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century | Honor | Y | 04/05/2000 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000268 |
Sen. Wendell H. Ford (KY), former Chair of the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, retired in 1998. | short title | 106-181 | "Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century" | 114 Stat 61 | ||
Wheeler Coal-Miners Act (see Railroad Retirement Act of 1937) | Sponsor | N | 10/16/1974 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330 |
Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT) | Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 retdirects to Railroad Retirement Act of 1974; Seems to have initiall been 1934, then updated in 1937 then in 1974, but it's unclear where the Coal Miners come in.; 88 Stat 1305: title I short title at end "Railroad Retirement Act of 1974", still unclear where Coal Minders; "Wheeler" not statutized | NO short title | 88 Stat 1305 | |||
Wheeler-Case Act | Sponsor | U | 07/16/1943 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000221 |
Sen. Burton Wheeler (D-MT); Rep. Francis Case (R-SD) | nothing in statute; water conservation and irrigation | NO short title | ch 242, 57 Stat 566 | |||
Wheeler-Howard Act (see Indian Reorganization Act) | Sponsor | N | 06/18/1934 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000836 |
Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT); Rep. Edgar Howard, (D-NE) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 576, 48 Stat 984 | |||
Wheeler-Lea Act | Sponsor | U | 03/21/1938 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163 |
Sen. Burton Wheeler (D-MT); Rep. Clarence Lea (D-CA) | nothing in statute; FTC | NO short title | ch 49, 52 Stat 111 | |||
Wheeler-Lea Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | Sponsor | N | 09/18/1940 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163;http://... |
Clarence Frederick Lea, dem, 1918-1949, calif; Burton Kendall Wheeler, 1923-1947, dem, montana | short title at beginning - "Transportation Act of 1940" | "Transportation Act of 1940" | ch 722, 54 Stat 898 | |||
Wherry Act (Housing Near Military Establishments) | Sponsor | U | 06/27/1934 | 08/08/1949 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000344 |
Sen. Kenneth Wherry (R-NE) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 403, section 1, 63 Stat 570 | ||
White Act (Collisions on Great Lakes) | Sponsor | N | 02/08/1895 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000371 |
Most likely Rep. George Elon (R-IL) (other White was from CA) | name not statutized | NO short title | ch 64, 28 Stat 645 | |||
White Charger Act | Political Description | U | 07/12/1960 | N |
Norman v. U. S., 392 F.2d 255, 256 (Ct. Cl. Mar. 15, 1968) disapproved of by Colm v. Kissinger, 406 F. Supp. 1250 (D.D.C. 1975) |
Name derived from an observation that the legislation went through Congress "like a White Charger," or cavalry horse. | nothing in statute; about Army and Air Force officers, not sure what/who "White Charger" is | 86-616, section 10 | NO short title | 74 Stat 395 | ||
Wilcox Air Base Act | Sponsor | U | 08/12/1935 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000455 |
Rep. James Wilcox (D-FL) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 511, 49 Stat 610 | |||
Wiley Act (Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) | Honor | U | 06/30/1906 | X |
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/History/Overviews/ucm056044.htm |
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, head of the Division of Chemistry and crusader for pure food and drug laws. | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 3915, 34 Stat 768 | |||
Wiley Act (Homestead Lands, Alabama) | Sponsor | U | 03/03/1903 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000466 |
Rep. Ariosto Appling Wiley (AL) | nothing in statute; homestead settlers in AL; House Congressional Record of debate from 1907 refers to legislation as the "Wiley Act" | NO short title | ch 1013, 32 Stat 1222 | |||
William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998 | Honor/Sponsor | Y | 10/31/1998 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000291 |
Rep. William F. Goodling (PA), was Chairman of Committee on Education and the Workforce at the time. Retired in 2000. | Goodling's name added in Conference -- and Goodling was a conferee! See H. Rept. 105-786. | 105-336 | "William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998" | 112 Stat 3143 | ||
William Levi Dawson Chair of Public Affairs Act | Award | Y | 10/03/1980 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000158 |
Rep. William Levi Dawson (IL), attended Fisk University. | short title; establishing named chair at Fisk University | 96-374, title XIII, part H, subpart 3 (section 1381) | "William Levi Dawson Chair of Public Affairs Act" | 94 Stat 1503 | ||
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 | Honor | Y | 12/23/2008 | Y |
110 CR H14113, Dec. 4, 2007; http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wilberforce_william.shtml |
William Wilberforce, British MP who fought to end the slave trade and abolish slavery. | Named for British MP who fought to end the slave trade | 110-457 | "William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008" | 122 Stat 5044 | ||
Williams Act | Sponsor | U | 07/29/1968 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000502 |
Sen Harrison Williams (D-NJ) | nothing in statute; amending SEC Act | 90-439 | NO short title | 82 Stat 454 | ||
Williamson Act (Veterans' Administration) | Sponsor | U | 07/03/1930 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000553 |
Rep. William Williamson (R-SD) (1921-1932) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 863, 46 Stat 1016 | |||
Willis-Campbell Act | Sponsor | U | 11/23/1921 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000561; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000097 |
Sen. Frank Bartlett Willis, (R-OH); Rep. Philip Pitt Campbell, (R-KA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 134, 42 Stat 222 | |||
Wilmot Proviso (Slavery in Territories) | Sponsor | U | 06/19/1862 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000566 |
Sen. David Wilmot (R-PA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 111, 12 Stat 432 | |||
Wilson Act (aka Original Packages Act) | Sponsor | N | 08/08/1890 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000594 |
Sen. James Wilson (R-IA) | name not statutized; but both names are listed under short title note; see also Andrew Alexander Bruce, The Wilson Act and the Constitution, Green Bag, Vol. 21, Issue 5 (May 1909) and 21 Cong. Rec. 4954 (1890). | NO short title | ch 728, 26 Stat 313 | |||
Wilson Act (Northern Pacific Railraod) | Sponsor | U | 07/01/1898 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000602 |
Sen. John Lockwood Wilson (R-WA) | nothing in statute; also unclear why 620 is included | NO short title | ch 546 [part], 30 Stat 597, 620 | |||
Wilson Tariff Act | Sponsor | Y | 08/27/1894 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000623; http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/0908.html |
Rep. William Wilson (D-WV) | "Wilson Tariff Act" statutized by Hart-Scott-Rodino, 90 Stat 1397; Interestingly, it seems to have been commonly referred to as the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act for both its House and Senate sponsors. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/0908.html | NO short title | ch 349, section 73 et seq, 28 Stat 570 | |||
Winslow Act | Sponsor | U | 03/04/1923 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000639 |
Rep. Samuel Winslow (R-MA) | nothing in statute; enacting clause specifies amending "Trading With the Enemy Act" | NO short title | ch 285, 42 Stat 1511 | |||
Winslow Partial Payment Act (Railroads) (See Partial Payments Act (Railroads)) | Sponsor | U | 02/26/1921 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000639 |
Rep. Samuel Ellsworth Winslow, (R-MA) | nothing in statute | NO short title | ch 72, 41 Stat 1145 | |||
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 | Award | Y | 10/24/1968 | Y |
Legislation text |
President Woodrow Wilson | long title and short title; | 90-637 | "Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968" | 82 Stat 1356 | ||
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995 | Location | Y | 11/28/1995 | N | President Woodrow Wilson | name of title and short title; bridge had previously been named for Wilson | 104-59, title IV | "Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995" | 109 Stat 627 | |||
Wright Amendment Reform Act of 2006 | Sponsor | Y | 10/13/2006 | Y |
S.Rpt.109-317; Wright - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000763 |
Amendment to the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 offered by Rep. Jim Wright (TX). | short title | 109-352 | "Wright Amendment Reform Act of 2006" | 120 Stat 2011 | ||
Wright Brothers Day Act | Honor | N | 12/17/1963 | N | long title; designating day as Wright Bros Day | 88-209 | NO short title | 77 Stat 402 | ||||
Wunderlich Act | Case | U | 05/11/1954 | X | Named for U.S. v. Wunderlich (1951); Act was enacted to overturn the decision | nothing in statute; permitting review of decisions by govt agency heads | NO short title | ch 199, 68 Stat 81 |