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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Edmunds-Tucker Act (Polygamy) | Sponsor | Edmunds-Tucker Act (Polygamy) | NO short title | Sen. George Edmunds (R-VT); Rep. John Tucker (D-VA) | ch. 397, 24 Stat 635 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000056; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000401 |
nothing in statute; named for Sen Edmunds and Rep Tucker; repealed in 1978 | ||||
| Adams Act (Agricultural Experimental Stations) | Sponsor | Adams Act (Agricultural Experimental Stations) | NO short title | Rep. Henry Cullen Adams (R-WI) | 59 PL 47 | 34 Stat 63 | X |
The Adams Act, Charles E Rosenberg, Agricultural History, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3739939; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000037 |
Repealed Aug. 11, 1955 by 69 Stat 674 - repealing statute refers to it as the "Adams Act" | |||
| Connally Hot Oil Act (aka the Hot Oil Act) | Sponsor | Connally Hot Oil Act (aka the Hot Oil Act) | NO short title | Sen. Thomas Terry Connally, (D-TX) | 15 USC 715 | ch. 18, 49 Stat 30 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000684 |
not statutized | |||
| Wheeler-Lea Act | Sponsor | Wheeler-Lea Act | NO short title | Sen. Burton Wheeler (D-MT); Rep. Clarence Lea (D-CA) | ch 49, 52 Stat 111 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163 |
nothing in statute; FTC | ||||
| George Bill | Sponsor | George Bill | NO short title | Sen. Walter Franklin George, (D-GA) | 12 USC 1801 | ch. 4, 59 Stat 5 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000131 |
not statutized (repealed) | |||
| Cochran-Patterson Act (see Kidnapping Act) | Sponsor | Cochran-Patterson Act (see Kidnapping Act) | NO short title | Sen. Roscoe Patterson (R-MO); Rep. John J. Cochran (D-MO) | ch 301, 48 Stat 781 |
06/22/1932 05/18/1934 |
X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000127; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000565 |
This is a great example of when the PNT's practice of listing two dates for an act -- one for when it was first enacted and another for an amendment -- is confusing. Sen. Patterson and Cochran sponsored the original act passed in 1932, which is ch. 271, 47 Stat. 326. The USSL citation given in the PNT is to a 1934 amendment to that law, which was sponsored by different Members. | |||
| Hawes-Cooper Act | Sponsor | 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 | ||||
| Jones-Connally Farm-Relief Act | Sponsor | Jones-Connally Farm-Relief Act | NO short title | Rep. John Marvin Jones (D-TX); Sen. Thomas Terry Connally (D-TX) | ch. 103, 48 Stat 528 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000684 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Sumners-McCarran Act | Sponsor | Sumners-McCarran Act | NO short title | Rep. Hatton Sumners (D-TX); Sen. Patrick McCarran (D-NV) | ch 21, 50 Stat 24 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308 |
nothing in statute; allowing SC Justices to retire |