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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dockery Act (Accounting) | Sponsor | Dockery Act (Accounting) | NO short title | Rep. Alexander Dockery (D-MO) | ch. 174, 28 Stat 205 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000384 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Purnell Act (Corn Borer Eradication) | Sponsor | Purnell Act (Corn Borer Eradication) | NO short title | Rep. Fred Sampson Purnell, (R-IN) | 7 USC 146 | ch 90, 44 Stat 1065 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000573 |
not statutized; corn borer was a kind of pest | |||
| Fletcher-Rayburn Securities Act of 1933 (see Securities Act of 1933) | Sponsor | Fletcher-Rayburn Securities Act of 1933 (see Securities Act of 1933) | "Securities Act of 1933" | Sen. Duncan Upshaw Fletcher, (D-FL); Rep. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, (D-TX) | 15 USC 77a | 48 Stat 74 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000200; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082 |
short title at beginning; "Fletcher-Rayburn" not statutized | |||
| Hastings Amendment | Sponsor | Hastings Amendment | NO short title | Rep. William Wirt Hastings, (D-OK) | ch. 4, 41 Stat 4 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000333 |
nothing in statute, but this is one section of a larger statute -- Hastings maybe was sponsor of amendment that became that section? | ||||
| Sumners-Ashurst Act | Sponsor | Sumners-Ashurst Act | NO short title | Rep. Hatton Sumners (D-TX); Sen. Henry Ashurst (D-AZ) | ch 872, 54 Stat 1134 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000319 |
nothing in statute; prohibiting transportation of convict-made goods; PNT incorrectly lists name as Sumners-Amherst | ||||
| McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962 (aka the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act) | Sponsor | McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962 (aka the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act) | NO short title | Rep. Clifford McIntire (R-ME) and Sen. John Stennis (D-MS) | 16 USC 582(a) | 87-7888 | 76 Stat 806 | Y |
McIntire - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000478; Stennis - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000852 |
"McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act" statutized by reference in Sec. 1231 of 104 Stat 3543 | ||
| McKinley Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | McKinley Act (Tariff) | NO short title | Rep. William McKinley (R - OH) | ch 1244, 26 Stat 567 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000522 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Knutson-Vandenberg Act | Sponsor | Knutson-Vandenberg Act | NO short title | Rep. Harold Knutson (R-MN) and Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (R-MI) | 16 USC 576 (note) | ch. 416, 46 Stat 527 | Y |
Knutson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000301; Vandenberg - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000025 |
statutized by reference to Knutson-Vandenberg funds in 115 Stat 452 | |||
| Sheppard-Towner Act (Maternity Hygiene) (see Maternity Act) | Sponsor | Sheppard-Towner Act (Maternity Hygiene) (see Maternity Act) | NO short title | Sen. Morris Sheppard, (D-TX); Rep. Horace Mann Towner, Ill, 1911-1923 (R-IA) | ch 135, 42 Stat 224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000325 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Steagall Stock Liability Act (see Federal Reserve Act) | Sponsor | Steagall Stock Liability Act (see Federal Reserve Act) | "Federal Reserve Act" | Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | 12 USC 226 | ch 6, 38 Stat 251 | N |
What Was the Glass-Steagall Act?, Investopedia, July 16, 2003, http://www.investopedia.com/articles/03/071603.asp#axzz1guTysuXe; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
It seems as though the PNT's linking of the 1913 Federal Reserve Act and the Steagall Stock Liability Act is a bit misleading. Steagall was not a Member of the House in 1913 when the original act was passed. This act was, however, amended by the Glass-Steagall Act in 1933, so perhaps that's where the name comes from. |