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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George-Murray Contract Settlement Act of 1944 (see Contract Settlement Act of 1944) | Sponsor | George-Murray Contract Settlement Act of 1944 (see Contract Settlement Act of 1944) | "Contract Settlement Act of 1944" | Sen. Walter-Franklin George (D-GA); Sen. James E. Murray (D-MT) | ch 358, 58 Stat 649 | x |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000131; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001108 |
short title at end; see also Sen. James E. Murray, Contract Settlement Act of 1944, Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Spring 1944) pp. 683-692. | ||||
| Cooper-Hawes Act (Convict Made Goods) (see Hawes-Cooper Act) | Sponsor | Cooper-Hawes Act (Convict Made Goods) (see Hawes-Cooper Act) | NO short title | Probably Rep. Henry Allen Cooper (R-WI) (1893-1919, 1921-1931); Sen. Harry Bartow Hawes (D-MO) | ch. 79, 45 Stat 1084 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000362; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000752 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Nolan Act (Patents) | Sponsor | Nolan Act (Patents) | NO short title | Rep. John Ignatius Nolan, (R-CA) | ch 126, 41 Stat 1313 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000124 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| D'Alesandro Repatriation Act | Sponsor | D'Alesandro Repatriation Act | NO short title | Rep. Thomas D'Alesandro (D-MD) | ch. 509, 54 Stat 715 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000007 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Bonner Act (see Federal Boating Act of 1958) | Sponsor | Bonner Act (see Federal Boating Act of 1958) | "Federal Boating Act of 1958" | Rep. Herbert Covington Bonner, (D-SC) | 85-911 | 72 Stat 1754 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000621 |
short title - "Federal Boating Act of 1958" | |||
| Hoch-Smith Resolution | Sponsor | Hoch-Smith Resolution | NO short title | Rep. Homer Hoch (R-KS); Sen. Ellison DuRant Smith (D-SC) | ch. 120, 43 Stat 801 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000669; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000530 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Jones Amendment (Liquor Advertisements) | Sponsor | Jones Amendment (Liquor Advertisements) | NO short title | Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | ch. 162, section 5, 39 Stat 1069 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
nothing in statute; See The Reed "Bone-Dry" Amendment, John K. Graves, Virginia Law Review , Vol. 4, No. 8 (May, 1917), pp. 634-642 (the other Sen. Jones did not enter into office until Mar. 4, 1917, after the Amendment was introduced) | ||||
| Patterson Act (see Kidnapping Act) | Sponsor | Patterson Act (see Kidnapping Act) | NO short title | Sen. Roscoe Patterson (R-MO) | ch 301, 48 Stat 781 |
06/22/1932 05/18/1934 |
X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000127 |
nothing in statute | |||
| O'Mahoney-Ramspeck Act (Civil Service Extension to Postmasters) | Sponsor | O'Mahoney-Ramspeck Act (Civil Service Extension to Postmasters) | NO short title | Sen. Josehlp O'Mahoney (D-WY); Rep. Robert Ramspeck (D-GA) | ch 678, 52 Stat 1076 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000088; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000032 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Reed-Bulwinkle Act | Sponsor | Reed-Bulwinkle Act | NO short title | Probably Sen. Clyde Reed (R-KS); Rep. Alfred Bulwinkle (D-NC) | ch 491, 62 Stat 472 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000112; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001056 |
nothing in statute |