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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borland Amendment | Sponsor | Borland Amendment | NO short title | Rep. William Patterson Borland, (D-MO) | ch 191, 38 Stat 524 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000643 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Luce Patent Act | Sponsor | Luce Patent Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Luce (R-MA) | ch. 619, 53 Stat 1293 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000498 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Walker Tariff Act | Sponsor | Walker Tariff Act | NO short title | Treasury Secretary Robert Walker | ch 74, 9 Stat 42 | X | nothing in statute | |||||
| Barbour Espionage Act (see Espionage Act) | Sponsor | Barbour Espionage Act (see Espionage Act) | NO short title | Rep. Henry Ellsworth Barbour, (R-CA) | ch 30, 40 Stat 217 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000126 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Teller Resolution (Cuba) | Sponsor | Teller Resolution (Cuba) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Teller (R-CO) | No 24, 30 Stat 738 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000116 |
nothing in statute; recognizing Cuba's independence from Spain | ||||
| Millspaugh Act (DC Banks) | Sponsor | Millspaugh Act (DC Banks) | NO short title | Rep. Frank Crenshaw, (R-MO) | ch 147, 42 Stat 500 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000781 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| McGuire Bill | Sponsor | McGuire Bill | NO short title | Rep. John Andrew McGuire (D-CT) | ch 745, 66 Stat 631 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000465 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Lever Act (Food and Fuel Control) | Sponsor | Lever Act (Food and Fuel Control) | NO short title | Rep. Asbury Francis Lever, (D-S.C.) | ch. 53, 40 Stat 276 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000259 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Gearhart Armistice Day Act (see Armistice Day Act) | Sponsor | Gearhart Armistice Day Act (see Armistice Day Act) | NO short title | Rep. Bertrand Gearhart (R-CA) | ch 210, 52 Stat 351 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000111 |
nothing in statute (PNT notes renamed Veterans Day Act) | ||||
| Macon's Law | Sponsor | Macon's Law | NO short title | Rep. Nathanial Macon (D-NC) | ch. 39, 2 Stat 605 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000034 |
nothing in statute; foreign trade |