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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilday Bill | Sponsor | Kilday Bill | "Federal Aid Highway Act of 1961" | Rep. Paul Joseph Kilday, (D-TX) | 85-422 | 72 Stat 122 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000171 |
not in statute -- short title is "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1961" | |||
| Wilson Act (aka Original Packages Act) | Sponsor | Wilson Act (aka Original Packages Act) | NO short title | Sen. James Wilson (R-IA) | 27 USC 121 (note) | ch 728, 26 Stat 313 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000594 |
name not statutized; but both names are listed under short title note; see also Andrew Alexander Bruce, The Wilson Act and the Constitution, Green Bag, Vol. 21, Issue 5 (May 1909) and 21 Cong. Rec. 4954 (1890). | |||
| Wagner-Connery Wages and Hours Act (see Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Wagner-Connery Wages and Hours Act (see Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938) | "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. William Patrick Connery, Jr., 1923-37, (D-MA). | 29 USC 201 | ch 676, 52 Stat 1060 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000694; see also http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/flsa1938.htm |
ST at beginning; "Wagner-Connery" not statutized | |||
| Brown-Lodge Bill | Sponsor | Brown-Lodge Bill | NO short title | Rep. Clarence Brown (R-OH); Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | ch. 207, 61 Stat 246 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000909; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000394 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Sikes Act Amendments of 1978 | Sponsor | Sikes Act Amendments of 1978 | "Sikes Act Amendments of 1978" | Rep. Robert Sikes (D-FL) | 16 USC 670 (note) | 95-420 | 92 Stat 921 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000406 |
short title in enacting clause, starts at section 2 | ||
| Wilmot Proviso (Slavery in Territories) | Sponsor | Wilmot Proviso (Slavery in Territories) | NO short title | Sen. David Wilmot (R-PA) | ch 111, 12 Stat 432 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000566 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| McGillicuddy Act (see Federal Employees' Compensation Act (1916)) | Sponsor | McGillicuddy Act (see Federal Employees' Compensation Act (1916)) | NO short title | Rep. Daniel John McGillicuddy, (D-ME) | ch 458, 39 Stat 742 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000448 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Esch Water Power Act (see Federal Power Act) | Sponsor | Esch Water Power Act (see Federal Power Act) | "The Federal Water Power Act" | John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | 16 USC 791a | ch 285, 41 Stat 1063 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
"Esch" not statutized; short titled at end | |||
| Mann Act (see White-slave Traffic Act) | Sponsor | Mann Act (see White-slave Traffic Act) | "White-slave traffic Act" | Rep. James Robert Mann (R-IL) | 18 USC 2421; 8 USC 1557 | ch 395, 36 Stat 825 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000104 |
"Mann Act" not statutized by amendment adding a short title, but the section heading for S. 5 of 100 Stat 3511 was "Mann Act Amendments" | |||
| Kerr-Smith Tobacco Control Act | Sponsor | Kerr-Smith Tobacco Control Act | NO short title | Rep. John Kerr (D-NC); Probably Sen. Ellison Smith (D-SC) | 48 Stat 1275 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000138; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000530 |
nothing in statute |