The collection can be sorted by the popular name of the law, by the date of its enactment, or by descriptive category of naming convention. The categories are our attempt to bring some degree of order to the chaos.
Database of Federal Statute Names
Database of Federal Statute Popular Names
| Title | Type | Popular Name | Short Title | Named For? |
Classification |
PL | Statute At Large | Date(s) Enacted | Interesting Part Statutized? | Leads to other named Legislation | Link/Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1921" | Ch. 23, 42 Stat 29 | ||||||||
| Hawaiian Organic Act | Description | Hawaiian Organic Act | "Hawaiian Organic Act" | Ch. 42, 41 Stat 108 | ||||||||
| Borah Resolution (Armament Conference) (see Disarmament Conference Resolution) | Sponsor | Borah Resolution (Armament Conference) (see Disarmament Conference Resolution) | NO short title | Sen. William Edgar Borah, (R-ID) | ch 44 ��_��__9, 42 stat 141 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000634 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Kellogg Act (Advance for Agricultural Purposes) | Sponsor | Kellogg Act (Advance for Agricultural Purposes) | NO short title | Sen. Frank Billings Kellogg, (R-MN) | ch. 80, 42 Stat 181 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000065 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Hayden-Cartwright Act (see Federal Highway Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Hayden-Cartwright Act (see Federal Highway Act of 1938) | "Federal Highway Act" | Sen. Carl Trumbell Hayden, (D-AZ); Rep. Wilburn Cartwright, (D-OK) | ch 119, 42 Stat 212 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000385; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000207 |
short title at beginning "Federal Highway Act"; Section 2 specifies that two other acts will be referred to as the "Federal Aid Act" | ||||
| Sheppard-Towner Act (Maternity Hygiene) (see Maternity Act) | Sponsor | Sheppard-Towner Act (Maternity Hygiene) (see Maternity Act) | NO short title | Sen. Morris Sheppard, (D-TX); Rep. Horace Mann Towner, Ill, 1911-1923 (R-IA) | ch 135, 42 Stat 224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000325 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Towner-Sheppard Act (Maternity Hyiene) (see Maternity Act) | Sponsor | Towner-Sheppard Act (Maternity Hyiene) (see Maternity Act) | NO short title | Sen. Morris Sheppard, (D-TX); Rep. Horace Mann Towner, Ill, (R-IA) | ch 135, 42 Stat 224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000325 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Willis-Campbell Act | Sponsor | Willis-Campbell Act | NO short title | Sen. Frank Bartlett Willis, (R-OH); Rep. Philip Pitt Campbell, (R-KA) | ch 134, 42 Stat 222 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000561; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000097 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1922" | Ch. 1, 42 Stat 327 | ||||||||
| Millspaugh Act (DC Banks) | Sponsor | Millspaugh Act (DC Banks) | NO short title | Rep. Frank Crenshaw, (R-MO) | ch 147, 42 Stat 500 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000781 |
nothing in statute |