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 |
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No entry | Description | No entry | "Independent Offices Act, 1930" | Ch. 270, 45 Stat 1230 | ||||||||
Jones Act (Intoxicating Liquors) | Sponsor | Jones Act (Intoxicating Liquors) | NO short title | Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) (1909-1932) | ch. 473, 45 Stat 1446 | X |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Increased_Penalties_Act (get NY Times articles); http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
nothing in statute | ||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1929" | Ch. 706, 45 Stat 1607 | ||||||||
Agricultural Marketing Act | Description | Agricultural Marketing Act | "Agricultural Marketing Act" | Ch. 24, 46 Stat 11 | ||||||||
Legislative Pay Act of 1929 | Description | Legislative Pay Act of 1929 | "Legislative Pay Act of 1929" | Ch. 33, 46 Stat 32 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1930" | Ch. 92, 46 Stat 90 | ||||||||
Independent Offices Act, 1931 | Description | Independent Offices Act, 1931 | "Independent Offices Act, 1931" | Ch. 201, 46 Stat 229 | ||||||||
Newton Amendment to Carmack Amendment | Sponsor | Newton Amendment to Carmack Amendment | NO short title | 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) | ch 208, 46 Stat 251 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000079 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Ransdell Act | Sponsor | Ransdell Act | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Ransdell (D-LA) (1913-1930) | ch 320, 46 Stat 379 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000059 |
nothing in statute; establishing NIH | ||||
Hawley Act (Settlement of Claims against Germany) | Sponsor | Hawley Act (Settlement of Claims against Germany) | NO short title | Rep. Willis C. Hawley (R-OR) (1907-1932) | ch. 402, 46 Stat 500 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000379 |
nothing in statute |