
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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SPEECH Act | Acrostic | SPEECH Act | "Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act" or "SPEECH Act" | 28 USC 1 | 111-223 | 124 Stat 2380 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Wadsworth-Burke Bill (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wadsworth-Burke Bill (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940" | Sen. Edward Raymond Burke (D-S.D.); Rep. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., (R-N.Y.) | 50 USC App 301 | ch 720, 54 Stat 885 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001089; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000012 |
short title at end - "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940"; "Wadsworth-Burke" not statutized | |||
The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sponsor | The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000393; http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.111-tv-284 |
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 | ||||||
Griffin-Landrum Act (see Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) | Sponsor | Griffin-Landrum Act (see Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) | "Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959" | Sen. Robert Paul Griffin, (R-MI); Rep. Philip Mitchell Landrum, (D-GA) | 29 USC 401 | 86-257 | 73 Stat 519 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000465; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000054 |
short title at beginning; "Griffin-Landrum" not statutized | ||
Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Act of 1997 | Honor | Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Act of 1997 | "Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Act of 1997" | Rep. Morris K. Udall (AZ) | 42 USC 201 (note) | 105-78, title VI, section 603 | 111 Stat 1519 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000001 |
short title | ||
Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Renamed Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) | Sponsor | Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Renamed Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) | "Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006" | Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (WA) and Sen. Ted Stevens (AK) | 16 USC 1801 (note) | 109-479 | 120 Stat 3575 | Y |
Magnuson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000053; Stevens - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000888 |
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. | ||
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 | Description | Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 | "Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937" | 12 USC 1141j(e ) | Ch. 296, 50 Stat 246 | |||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1935" | Ch. 372, 48 Stat 817 | ||||||||
Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1919 | Description | Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1919 | "Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1919" | Ch. 6, 41 Stat 35 | ||||||||
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 |