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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Copeland Firearms Act | Sponsor | Copeland Firearms Act | "Federal Firearms Act" | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, (D-N.Y.) | 15 USC 901 et seq | ch 850, 52 Stat 1250 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
"Copeland" never statutized, act repealed; short title (at end) | |||
| Jones Act (Intoxicating Liquors) | Sponsor | Jones Act (Intoxicating Liquors) | NO short title | Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) (1909-1932) | ch. 473, 45 Stat 1446 | X |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Increased_Penalties_Act (get NY Times articles); http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Celler Act (Liquor Prescriptions) | Sponsor | Celler Act (Liquor Prescriptions) | NO short title | Rep. Emanuel Celler, (D-N.Y.) | ch. 18, 48 Stat 23 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Temple Act (Topographica Survey) | Sponsor | Temple Act (Topographica Survey) | NO short title | Rep. Henry Wilson Temple, (R-PA) | ch 360, 43 Stat 1011 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000119 |
nothing in statute; topographica survey of the US | ||||
| Norris Act (Conveyances by Union Pacific Ry. Co.) | Sponsor | Norris Act (Conveyances by Union Pacific Ry. Co.) | NO short title | Rep. George William Norris, (R- NE) | ch 181, 37 Stat 138 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Griffin-Landrum Act (see Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) | Sponsor | Griffin-Landrum Act (see Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) | "Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959" | Sen. Robert Paul Griffin, (R-MI); Rep. Philip Mitchell Landrum, (D-GA) | 29 USC 401 | 86-257 | 73 Stat 519 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000465; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000054 |
short title at beginning; "Griffin-Landrum" not statutized | ||
| Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934 (see Bankhead Cotton-Control Act, see Cotton Control Act) | Sponsor | Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934 (see Bankhead Cotton-Control Act, see Cotton Control Act) | NO short title | Sen. John Bankhead, (D-AL) | 7 USC 701 et seq | ch 157, 48 Stat 598 | Y |
Bankhead, John Hollis, Thefreedictionary.com, http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Bankhead,+John+Hollis; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000110; Jones - |
"Bankhead Cotton Act" statutized by reference in 49 Stat 777 | |||
| Burke-Wadsworth Act (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Burke-Wadsworth Act (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940" | Sen. Edward Raymond Burke (D-S.D.); Rep. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., (R-N.Y.) | 50 USC App 301 et seq | ch 720, 54 Stat 885 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001089; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000012 |
short title is "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940"; "Burke-Wadsworth" not statutized |