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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramspeck-Mead Act | Sponsor | Ramspeck-Mead Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Ramspeck (D-GA); Sen. James Mead (D-NY) | ch 346, 55 Stat 613 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000032; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000615 |
nothing in statute; amending Classification Act of 1923 | ||||
| La Follete Act (Seamen) (See Seamen's Act) | Sponsor | La Follete Act (Seamen) (See Seamen's Act) | NO short title | Sen. Robert Marion La Follette, (R-WI) | ch 153, 38 Stat 1164 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000004 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| McNary-Mapes Amendment (Pure Foods) | Sponsor | McNary-Mapes Amendment (Pure Foods) | NO short title | Sen. Charles L. McNary (R-OR) (1917-1944); Rep. Carl Edgar Mapes (R-MI) (1913-1940) | ch 874, 46 Stat 1019 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000583; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000119 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Wunderlich Act | Case | Wunderlich Act | NO short title | Named for U.S. v. Wunderlich (1951); Act was enacted to overturn the decision | ch 199, 68 Stat 81 | X | nothing in statute; permitting review of decisions by govt agency heads | |||||
| Gasque Spanish War Pensions Act | Sponsor | Gasque Spanish War Pensions Act | NO short title | Rep. Allard Gasque (D-SC) | ch. 268, 52 Stat 440 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000092 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Mills Act (Customs Reorganization) | Sponsor | Mills Act (Customs Reorganization) | NO short title | ch 251, 42 Stat 1453 | X | nothing in statute | ||||||
| Bland-Allison Act (Coinage of Silver) [see Coinage Act (Silver Dollar)] | Sponsor | Bland-Allison Act (Coinage of Silver) [see Coinage Act (Silver Dollar)] | NO short title | Rep. Richard Bland (D-MO); Sen. William Boyd (R-IA) | ch 20, 20 Stat 25 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000544; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000160 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Newlands Resolution (Annexation of Hawaii) | Sponsor | Newlands Resolution (Annexation of Hawaii) | NO short title | Rep. Francis Newlands (D-NV) | No. 55, 30 Stat 750 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Borah Act | Sponsor | Borah Act | NO short title | Sen. William Borah (R-ID) | ch 777, 50 Stat 810 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000634 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Chamberlain-Ferris Act | Sponsor | Chamberlain-Ferris Act | NO short title | Sen. George Earle Chamberlain, (D-OR); Rep. Scott Ferris, (D-OK) | ch. 137, 39 Stat 218 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000277; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000091 |
no name in statute; railroad/telegraph land grant |