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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker Act (Claims) | Sponsor | Tucker Act (Claims) | NO short title | Rep. John Randolph Tucker (VA) | ch 359, 24 Stat 505 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000401; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Act |
Statutized by reference in ch 315, 47 Stat 420 (1932) | ||||
| Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act | Sponsor | Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act | NO short title | Sen. Robert Wagner (NY) and Rep. Caroline O'Day (NY) were in Congress when the original provision was passed in 1938, but Sen. Jacob Javits (NY) was not elected to Congress until 1957. The act was revised in 1971 (85 Stat 77) and it is possible Javits was the sponsor of that amendment. | ch. 697, 52 Stat 1196 | Y |
Wagner - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; O'Day - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000033; Javits - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000064 |
nothing in statute; creating committee on purchasing blind-made products; amended to add short title "Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act" by 108 Stat 3409 in 1994; THIS IS THE ONLY SPONSOR STATUTE NAMED FOR A WOMAN | ||||
| Brooks Act (Architects and Engineers) (see Brooks Architect-Engineers Act) | Sponsor | Brooks Act (Architects and Engineers) (see Brooks Architect-Engineers Act) | NO short title | Rep. Overton Brooks (D-LA), served on the Committee on Science and Aeronautics. | 92-582 | 86 Stat 1278 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000884 |
Kind of odd. Info in Table is "June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title IX, as added Oct 27, 1972, Pub. L. 92-582, 86 Stat. 1278" No name in statute; amended to add short title "Brooks Architect-Engineers Act" by 108 Stat 3409 in 1994 | |||
| Sheppard Bone-Dry Law in District of Columbia | Sponsor | Sheppard Bone-Dry Law in District of Columbia | NO short title | Sen. Morris Sheppard, (D-TX) | ch 165, 39 Stat 1123 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Johnson Debt Default Act (see Foreign Securities Act) | Sponsor | Johnson Debt Default Act (see Foreign Securities Act) | NO short title | Sen. Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | ch 112, 48 Stat 574 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000140 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Dingley Act (Shipping) | Sponsor | Dingley Act (Shipping) | NO short title | Rep. Nelson Dingley (R-ME) | ch. 121, 23 Stat 53 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000356 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Sherwood Act (Mexican, Civil War Pensions) | Sponsor | Sherwood Act (Mexican, Civil War Pensions) | NO short title | Rep. Isaac R. Sherwood, (D-IA) | ch 123, 37 Stat 112 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000355 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Barkley-Norris Resolution (T.V. Authoirty) | Sponsor | Barkley-Norris Resolution (T.V. Authoirty) | NO short title | Sen. Alben Barkley (D-KY); Sen. George Norris (I-NE) | ch. 61, 52 Stat 154 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000145; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139 |
nothing in statute; establishing a joint committee to investigate the Tenn. Valley Authority - wonder if Barkley/Norris were chairs or sponsors? | ||||
| McCarran-Ferguson Act | Sponsor | McCarran-Ferguson Act | NO short title | Sen. Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-NV); Sen. Homer Samuel Ferguson, (R-MI) | 15 USC 1011 (note) | ch. 20, 59 Stat 33 | check repeal |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000081 |
name not statutized | |||
| Purnell Act of 1925 | Sponsor | Purnell Act of 1925 | NO short title | Rep. Fred Sampson Purnell, (R-IN) | ch 308, 43 Stat 970 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000573 |
nothing in statute; agriculture |