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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kellogg Act (Advance for Agricultural Purposes) | Sponsor | Kellogg Act (Advance for Agricultural Purposes) | NO short title | Sen. Frank Billings Kellogg, (R-MN) | ch. 80, 42 Stat 181 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000065 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Eaton Foreign Service Act | Sponsor | Eaton Foreign Service Act | NO short title | Probably Rep. Charles Eaton (R-NJ) (later became Foreign Affairs Comm Chair) | ch. 330, 53 Stat 1067 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000023 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Celler-Kefauver Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | Sponsor | Celler-Kefauver Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | NO short title | Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-NY); Sen. Carey Kefauver (D-TN) | ch 1184, 64 Stat 1125 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000044 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 | Sponsor | Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 | "Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994" | Rep. Donald Riegle, (D-MO) | 12 USC 4701 | 103-325 | 108 Stat 2160 | Y | short title | |||
| Dent Act | Sponsor | Dent Act | NO short title | Rep. Stanley Hubert Dent, Jr., (D-AL) | ch. 94, 40 Stat 1272 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000256 |
nothing in statute; granting emergency power to the Secretary of War -- maybe Dent is secretary of war? | ||||
| Underwood Tariff Act | Sponsor | Underwood Tariff Act | NO short title | Rep Oscar Wilder Underwood, (D-AL) | ch 16, 38 Stat 114 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000013 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Hepburn Act (Interstate Commerce) | Sponsor | Hepburn Act (Interstate Commerce) | NO short title | Rep. William Peters Hepburn, (R-IA) | ch. 3591, 34 Stat 584 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000523 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Nelson Act (Bankruptcy Act of 1898) (see Bankruptcy Act) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Bankruptcy Act of 1898) (see Bankruptcy Act) | NO short title | Rep. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 541, 30 Stat 544 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040; see also http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Ransdell Act | Sponsor | Ransdell Act | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Ransdell (D-LA) (1913-1930) | ch 320, 46 Stat 379 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000059 |
nothing in statute; establishing NIH | ||||
| Ashurst-Sumners Act | Sponsor | Ashurst-Sumners Act | NO short title | Sen. Henry Fountain Ashurst, (D-AZ); Rep. Hatton William Sumners, (D-TX) | ch. 406, 48 Stat 909 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000319; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |