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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Smith Act of 1940 | Sponsor | Smith Act of 1940 | "Alien Registration Act, 1940" | Rep. Howard W. Smith of (D-VA) | ch 439, title I, 54 Stat 670 | N |
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/smithactof1940.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000554 |
short title is "Alien Registration Act, 1940" - section 41 | ||||
May Defense Expediting Act | Sponsor | May Defense Expediting Act | NO short title | Rep. Andrew Jackson May (D-KY) | ch 440, 54 Stat 676 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000272 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Bailey Merchant Marine Act | Sponsor | Bailey Merchant Marine Act | NO short title | Sen. Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC) | 54 Stat 684 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000046 |
nothing in statute; Hard to tell where the name comes from. No info from quick google search. | ||||
Sumners Courts Act | Sponsor | Sumners Courts Act | NO short title | Rep. Hatton Sumners (D-TX) | ch 445, 54 Stat 688 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |
nothing in statute; authorizing SCOTUS to prescribe rules of criminal procedure | ||||
Clason Naturalization Act | Sponsor | Clason Naturalization Act | NO short title | Rep. Charles Clason (R-MA) | ch. 512, 54 Stat 715 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000473 |
nothing in statute | ||||
D'Alesandro Repatriation Act | Sponsor | D'Alesandro Repatriation Act | NO short title | Rep. Thomas D'Alesandro (D-MD) | ch. 509, 54 Stat 715 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000007 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Russell-Overton Amendment | Sponsor | Russell-Overton Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA); Sen. John Overton (D-LA) | ch 720, section 9, 54 Stat 892 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000536; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000146 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Wheeler-Lea Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wheeler-Lea Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | "Transportation Act of 1940" | Clarence Frederick Lea, dem, 1918-1949, calif; Burton Kendall Wheeler, 1923-1947, dem, montana | ch 722, 54 Stat 898 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163;http://... |
short title at beginning - "Transportation Act of 1940" | ||||
Lea-Wheeler Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Lea-Wheeler Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | "Transportation Act of 1940" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT) | ch 722, 54 Stat 898 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330 |
short title at beginning - "Transportation Act of 1940" | ||||
Sumners-Ashurst Act | Sponsor | Sumners-Ashurst Act | NO short title | Rep. Hatton Sumners (D-TX); Sen. Henry Ashurst (D-AZ) | ch 872, 54 Stat 1134 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000319 |
nothing in statute; prohibiting transportation of convict-made goods; PNT incorrectly lists name as Sumners-Amherst |