
October 26, 2012
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.
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.
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 | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1921" | Ch. 23, 42 Stat 29 | ||||||||
Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act | Political Description | Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act | "Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act" | 49 USC 40101 | 108-176 | 117 Stat 2490 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Buck Act | Sponsor | Buck Act | NO short title | Rep. Frank Henry Buck, (D-CA) | 4 USC 105-110 | ch. 787, 54 Stat 1059 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001017 |
name not statutized | |||
Newlands Act (Railroad Mediation) | Sponsor | Newlands Act (Railroad Mediation) | NO short title | Sen. Francis Griffith Newlands, (D-MO) | ch 6, 38 Stat 103 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act | Honor | Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act | "Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act" | Rep. Sonny Bono (CA), former entertaininer, died in a skiing accident on January 5, 1998. | 17 USC 101 (note) | 105-298, title I | 112 Stat 2827 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000622 |
short title; Bono died Jan 5, 1998 | ||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act of 1938" | Ch. 404, 50 Stat 395 | ||||||||
Tarsney Act (Erection of Public Buildings) | Sponsor | Tarsney Act (Erection of Public Buildings) | NO short title | Rep. John Tarsney (D-MO) | ch 146, 27 Stat 468 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000043 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Homeownership and Opportunity Through HOPE Act | Abrreviation | Homeownership and Opportunity Through HOPE Act | "Homeownership and Opportunity Through HOPE Act" | 42 USC 1437aaa | 101-625, title IV | 104 Stat 4148 | Y | short title at beginning of title IV; HOPE is capitalized but does not seem to be an acronym | ||||
Wheeler-Howard Act (see Indian Reorganization Act) | Sponsor | Wheeler-Howard Act (see Indian Reorganization Act) | NO short title | Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT); Rep. Edgar Howard, (D-NE) | 25 USC 461 | ch 576, 48 Stat 984 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000836 |
name not statutized | |||
Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 | Honor | Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 | "Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008" | 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. | 22 USC 7601 (note) | 110-293 | 122 Stat 2918 | Y |
Lantos - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000090; Hyde - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001022 |
short title |