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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Act (Reclamation) | Sponsor | Warren Act (Reclamation) | NO short title | Sen Francis Emroy Warren, (R-WY) | 43 USC 523 (note) | ch 141, 36 Stat 925 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000164 |
name not statutized; "Warren Act" noted in USC | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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nothing in statute; named for Sen Edmunds and Rep Tucker; repealed in 1978 | ||||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Repealed Aug. 11, 1955 by 69 Stat 674 - repealing statute refers to it as the "Adams Act" | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Johnson Act (Immigration) (see Immigration Act of 1921) | Sponsor | Johnson Act (Immigration) (see Immigration Act of 1921) | NO short title | Rep. Albert Johnson (R-WA) | ch 8, 42 Stat 5 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000114 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| 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) | |||
| La Guardia-McKeown Act | Sponsor | La Guardia-McKeown Act | NO short title | Rep. Fiorello Henry La Guardia (R-NY) (1917-1932); Rep. Thomas McKeown (D-OK) (1917-1934) | ch. 204, 47 Stat 1467 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000007; http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch1.asp |
nothing in statute; bankruptcy |