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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill-Burton Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | Sponsor | Hill-Burton Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | Sen. Harold Hitz Burton (R-OH); Sen. Joseph Lister Hill (D-AL) | ch 958, 60 Stat 1040 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001150; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000598 |
short title at beginning - "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | ||||
| Hyde Amendment (Abortion) | Sponsor | Hyde Amendment (Abortion) | NO short title - just a section, no separate title | Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-IL), retired in 2006. | 94-439, title II, Section 209 | 90 Stat 1434 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001022 |
nothing in statute but definitely conventionally named for Hyde -- also, this is JUST a section, no separate title, nothing making it obviously added separately | |||
| Thurman Act (Pacific Railroads) | Sponsor | Thurman Act (Pacific Railroads) | NO short title | Sen. Allen Thurman (D-OH) | ch 96, 20 Stat 56 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000251 |
nothing in statute; railroads | ||||
| Welch Act | Sponsor | Welch Act | NO short title | Rep. Richard Welch (R-CA) | ch 814, 45 Stat 776 | X | nothing in statute; DC civil service | |||||
| Johnson-Reed Act (Immigration) (see Immigration Act of 1924) | Sponsor | Johnson-Reed Act (Immigration) (see Immigration Act of 1924) | "The Immigration Act of 1924" | Rep. Albert Johnson (R-WA); Sen. David Aiken Reed (R-PA) | ch 190, 43 Stat 153 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000114; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000114 |
short title at beginning - "The Immigration Act of 1924" | ||||
| Ashurst-Sumners Act (Shipment in Interstate Commerce of Convict Made Goods) | Sponsor | Ashurst-Sumners Act (Shipment in Interstate Commerce of Convict Made Goods) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Fountain Ashurst, (D-AZ); Rep. Hatton William Sumners, (D-TX) | 18 USC 1761 | 49 Stat 494 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000319; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |
name not statutized (neither Ashurst-Summers nor Shipment in Interstate��_��__��_��___) | |||
| Pomerene Bills of Lading Act (Interstate Commerce) | Sponsor | Pomerene Bills of Lading Act (Interstate Commerce) | NO short title | Sen. Atlee Pomerene, (D-OH) | ch 415, 39 Stat 538 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000420 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Doughton Current Tax Payment Act of 1943 (see Current Tax Payment Act of 1943) | Sponsor | Doughton Current Tax Payment Act of 1943 (see Current Tax Payment Act of 1943) | "Current Tax Payment Act of 1943" | Rep. Robert Lee Doughton, (D-N.C.) | ch 120, 57 Stat 126 | x |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000448 |
short title at end; Rep. Doughton was chairman of House Ways and Means - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Doughton | ||||
| Williams Act | Sponsor | Williams Act | NO short title | Sen Harrison Williams (D-NJ) | 90-439 | 82 Stat 454 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000502 |
nothing in statute; amending SEC Act | |||
| Morrill Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | Morrill Act (Tariff) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) | ch 68, 12 Stat 178 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969 |
nothing in statute |