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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landrum-Griffin Act (See Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) | Sponsor | Landrum-Griffin 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; "Landrum-Griffin" not statutized | ||
| Doughton Unemployment Compensation Act | Sponsor | Doughton Unemployment Compensation Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Doughton (D-NC) | ch. 73, 53 Stat 581 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000448 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Granger-Thye Act | Sponsor | Granger-Thye Act | NO short title | Rep. Walter Granger (D-UT) | ch. 97, 64 Stat 82 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000379 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 | Sponsor | Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 | "Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980" | Sen. Adlai Stevenson (D-IL) and Rep. John Wydler (R-NY), who retired in 1980. | 15 USC 3701 (note) | 96-480 | 94 Stat 2311 | Y |
Stevenson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000890; Wydler - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000780 |
enacting clause; starts at section 2 | ||
| Sherley Amendment (Food and Drugs) | Sponsor | Sherley Amendment (Food and Drugs) | NO short title | Rep. Joseph Swagar Sherley, (D-KY) | ch 352, 37 Stat 416 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000343 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Burke Act (Indians) | Sponsor | Burke Act (Indians) | NO short title | Rep. Charles Burke (R-SD) | 25 USC 349 | ch. 2348, 34 Stat 182 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001087 |
name not statutized | |||
| Curtis Act (Indians in Indian Territory) | Sponsor | Curtis Act (Indians in Indian Territory) | NO short title | Rep. Charles Curtis (R-KS), future chair of the committee on Indian Depredations | ch. 517, 30 Stat 495 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001008 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| McCormick Act (Budget) (see Budget and Accoutning Act, 1921) | Sponsor | McCormick Act (Budget) (see Budget and Accoutning Act, 1921) | "Budget and Accounting Act, 1921" | Most likely Sen. Joseph McCormick (R-IL), who was Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments at the time. | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000369 |
short title at beginning "Budget and Accounting Act, 1921" | |||||
| Porter Act (see Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926) | Sponsor | Porter Act (see Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926) | "Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926" | Rep. Stephen Geyer Porter, 1911-1930, (R-PA) | 22 USC 292 | ch 250, 44 Stat 403 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000447 |
short title at end - "Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926"; "Porter" not statutized | |||
| Russell-Overton Amendment | Sponsor | Russell-Overton Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA); Sen. John Overton (D-LA) | ch 720, section 9, 54 Stat 892 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000536; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000146 |
nothing in statute |