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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | Sponsor | Curtis Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | NO short title | Sen. Charles Curtis, (R-KA) | 43 USC 468 | ch. 49, 36 Stat 902 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001008 |
name not statutized | |||
| Saulsbury Resolution (District of Columbia Rents) | Sponsor | Saulsbury Resolution (District of Columbia Rents) | NO short title | Sen. Willard Saulsbury, Jr., (D-DE) | ch 90, 40 Stat 593 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000073 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Reed-Jenkins Act | Sponsor | Reed-Jenkins Act | NO short title | Sen. David Aiken Reed (R-PA) (1921-1934); Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins (R-OH) (1925-1958) | ch 864, 45 Stat 954 | X | nothing in statute; immigration | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| Jones Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (see Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Jones Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (see Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938) | "Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938" | Rep. John Marvin Jones (D-TX) | 7 USC 1281 | ch 30, 52 Stat 31 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236 |
"Jones" not statutized; short title at beginning | |||
| Russell Amendment | Sponsor | Russell Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-GA) | ch 286, title II, section 213, 58 Stat 387 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000536 |
nothing in statute with name; section 214 - short title for act is "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1945"; Russell amendment was a rider requiring congressional approval for all funds for agencies established by executive order and operational for more than one year, meant to stymie President Roosevelt's funding and operation of the FEPC. See William G. Howell, "Power without persuasion: the politics of direct presidential action" (2003) at 132-133. | ||||
| Bowman Act (Claims) | Sponsor | Bowman Act (Claims) | NO short title | Rep. Selwyn Bowman (R-MA) | ch 116, 22 Stat 485 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000705 |
no name in statute | ||||
| The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sponsor | The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000393; http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.111-tv-284 |
Was not listed in PNT. Legislative gave the opportunity for citizenship to refugees from Communist countries if they served in the US armed forces for 5 years. Participants became known as "Lodge Act Soldiers." Sponsored by Sen Henry Cabot Lodges. I9 | ||||||
| Walsh-Healey Act | Sponsor | Walsh-Healey Act | NO short title | Sen. David Walsh, (D-MA); Rep. Arthur Healey (D-MA) | 41 USC 101 (note) | ch 881, 49 Stat 2036 | Y |
Walsh - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000097; Healey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000423 |
amended to include "Walsh-Healey Act" as short title in 1994 by 108 Stat 3409 | |||
| Clason Naturalization Act | Sponsor | Clason Naturalization Act | NO short title | Rep. Charles Clason (R-MA) | ch. 512, 54 Stat 715 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000473 |
nothing in statute |