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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steagall National Housing Act of 1939 | Sponsor | Steagall National Housing Act of 1939 | NO short title | Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | ch 175, 53 Stat 804 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
nothing in statute; long title is to amend "National Housing Act" | ||||
| Gerry Act (Corrupt Practices) | Sponsor | Gerry Act (Corrupt Practices) | NO short title | Sen. Peter Goelet Gerry, (D-R.I.) | ch. 187, 40 Stat 1013 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000141 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Dill-Crosser Railway Labor Act (see Railway Labor Act) | Sponsor | Dill-Crosser Railway Labor Act (see Railway Labor Act) | "Railway Labor Act" | Rep. Robert Crosser, (D-OH); Sen. Clarence Cleveland Dill, (D-WA) | 45 USC 151 | ch 347, 44 Stat 577 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000932; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000345 |
name not statutized | |||
| Johnson Amendment (see Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933) | Sponsor | Johnson Amendment (see Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933) | "Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933" | Really unclear. The amendments offered in the House were all Committee amendments put forward by Rep. Rayburn, and the Senate amendments were by Shipstead. No one named Johnson participated in the debate in either chamber and none was appointed a conferee. It's possible that this is a mistake in the PNT, because there is a more famous "Johnson Amendment" in tax law that was offered by Sen. Lyndon Johnson on the floor, but it was not an amendment dealing with this part of the tax code - http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=154788,00.html | 15 USC 77mm | ch 38, title II, 48 Stat 92 | N | short title at end of title II - "Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1935" - each of these titles has an appropriations name, but why no personal name for these? | ||||
| Boykin Merchant Marine Act | Sponsor | Boykin Merchant Marine Act | NO short title | Rep. Frank Boykin (D-AL) | ch 186, 53 Stat 810 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000725 |
names that it is amending Merchant Marine Act of 1936 | ||||
| Sikes Act | Sponsor | Sikes Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Sikes (D-FL) | 16 USC 670 (note) | 86-797 | 74 Stat 1052 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000406 |
statutized by Sec. 2902-2903 of 111 Stat 2016 | ||
| Manderson Act (Printing and Binding) | Sponsor | Manderson Act (Printing and Binding) | NO short title | Sen. Charles Manderson (R-NE) | ch. 23, 28 Stat 601 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000095 |
nothing in statute; establishes Public Printer - maybe name was first printer? | ||||
| Celler Anti-Merger Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | Sponsor | Celler Anti-Merger Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | NO short title | Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-NY) | ch. 1184, 64 Stat 1125 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264 |
no name in statute | ||||
| George-Deen Vocational Education Act (see Vocational Education Act of 1936) | Sponsor | George-Deen Vocational Education Act (see Vocational Education Act of 1936) | "Vocational Education Act of 1946"; QUESTION: Should these be act of 1946, when enactment is 1936/1920? | Sen. Walter Franklin George, (D-GA); Rep. Braswell Drue Deen, (D-GA), | 20 USC 11 | ch 725, 60 Stat 775 |
06/08/1936 08/01/1946 |
N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000131; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000187 |
George-Deen not statutized | ||
| Gould Amendment (Food and Drugs) | Sponsor | Gould Amendment (Food and Drugs) | NO short title | Rep. Samuel Gould (D-ME) | ch. 117, 37 Stat 732 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000343 |
nothing in statute |