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 |
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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not statutized (repealed) | |||
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nothing in statute; named for Sen Edmunds and Rep Tucker; repealed in 1978 | ||||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Repealed Aug. 11, 1955 by 69 Stat 674 - repealing statute refers to it as the "Adams Act" | |||
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 | ||||
Wagner-Lea Act (see Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Investment Company Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wagner-Lea Act (see Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Investment Company Act of 1940) | short title at end of title I - "Investment Company Act of 1940"; short title at end of title II - "Investment Advisers Act of 1940" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-NY) | 15 USC 80a-51 | ch 686, title I, 54 Stat 789 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
"Wagner-Lea" not statutized; Investment Advisers Act is ch 686, title II, 54 Stat 847, codified at 15 USC 80b-20 | |||
Delaney Amendment (see Food Addititves Amendment of 1958) | Sponsor | Delaney Amendment (see Food Addititves Amendment of 1958) | "Food Additives Amendment of 1968" | Rep.James Joseph Delaney, (D-NY) | 21 USC 301 | 85-929 | 72 Stat 1784 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000211 |
short title at beginning - "Food Additives Amendment of 1958" | ||
Sikes Act Improvement Act of 1997 | Sponsor | Sikes Act Improvement Act of 1997 | "Sikes Act Improvement Act of 1997" | Rep. Robert Sikes (D-FL) | 16 USC 670 (note) | 105-85, div B, title XXIX | 111 Stat 2016 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000406 |
short title; also Section 2903 codifies the name "Sikes Act" |