
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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Gold Reserve Act of 1934 | Description | Gold Reserve Act of 1934 | "Gold Reserve Act of 1934" | Ch. 6, 48 Stat 337 | ||||||||
First Deficiency Appropriations Act, fiscal year 1936 | Description | First Deficiency Appropriations Act, fiscal year 1936 | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936" | Ch. 689, 49 Stat 1597 | ||||||||
Bryson Act | Sponsor | Bryson Act | NO short title | Rep. Joseph Raleigh Bryson, (D-SC) | 35 USC 1 | ch. 950, 66 Stat 792 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000999 |
name not statutized | |||
FEGLI Living Benefits Act | Abbreviation | FEGLI Living Benefits Act | "FEGLI Living Benefits Act" | 5 USC 8701 (note) | 103-409 | 108 Stat 4230 | N | short title; "FEGLI" = Federal Employees Group Life Insurance | ||||
John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 | Honor | John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 | "John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007" | Sen. John Warner (VA), chair of Senate Armed Services Comm. | 109-364 | 120 Stat 2083 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000154 |
short title and findings about John Warner; House version was named for Sonny Montgomery | |||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Architect's Registration Act" | Ch. 861, 45 Stat 950 | ||||||||
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 | ||||
Smith-Lever Act | Sponsor | Smith-Lever Act | NO short title | Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) and Rep. Asbury Lever (D-SC) | 7 USC 341 (note) | ch 79, 38 Stat 372 | Y |
Smith-Lever Act, Green 'N' Growing: The History of Home Demonstration and 4-H Youth Development in North Carolina, http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/greenngrowing/essay_smith_lev... http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/aee501/camp.html; Lever - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000259; Smith - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551 |
amended to include "Smith-Lever Act" as short title by 112 Stat 525 | |||
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 | |||
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988 | Honor/Sponsor | Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988 | "Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988" | Rep. Clinton Anderson (NM) and Rep. Charles Melvin Price (IL), both of whom went on to chair the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. | 42 USC 2210 (note) | 100-408 | 102 Stat 1066 | Y |
Anderson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000186; Price - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522 |
also long title: "To Amend the Price-Anderson provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954��_��__��_��___." |