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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-McKellar Act | Sponsor | Black-McKellar Act | NO short title | Sen. Hugo Black (D-AL); Sen. Kenneth McKellar (D-TN) | ch. 466, 48 Stat 933 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000499; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000499 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| McCumber Act (Pensions) | Sponsor | McCumber Act (Pensions) | NO short title | Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-ND) | ch 468, 34 Stat 879 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| McCreary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | Sponsor | McCreary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | NO short title | Rep. Jame McCreary (D-KY) | ch. 14, 28 Stat 7 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000382 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| McFadden-Pepper Act (see McFadden Act (Branch Banks)) | Sponsor | McFadden-Pepper Act (see McFadden Act (Branch Banks)) | NO short title | Rep. Louis Thomas McFadden (R-PA); Sen. George W. Pepper (R-PA) | ch 191, 44 Stat 1224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000434; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000219 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Wagner-Peyser Act | Sponsor | Wagner-Peyser Act | NO short title | Sen. Robert Wagner (D-NY) and Rep. Theodore Peyser (D-NY) | 29 USC 49 (note) | ch 49, 48 Stat 113 | Y |
Wagner - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; Peyser - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000281 |
statutized by amending short title to include "Wagner-Peyser Act" in 96 Stat 1397 | |||
| Humphrey Durham Act (See Humphrey-Durham Drug Prescriptions Act) | Sponsor | Humphrey Durham Act (See Humphrey-Durham Drug Prescriptions Act) | NO short title | Rep. Carl Durham (D-NC); Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | ch 578, 65 Stat 648 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000571; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 | Sponsor | Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 | "Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982" | Rep. Fernand Joseph St. Germain (D-RI) and Sen. Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn (R-UT). | 12 USC 226 (note) | 97-320 | 96 Stat 1469 | Y |
Garn - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000072; St. Germain - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000762 |
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| Voorhis Anti-Propaganda Act | Sponsor | Voorhis Anti-Propaganda Act | NO short title | Rep. Horace (Jerry) Voorhis (D-CA) | ch 897, 54 Stat 1201 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000118 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Morrill Act (Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges) (aka the First Morrill Act) | Sponsor | Morrill Act (Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges) (aka the First Morrill Act) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) | 7 USC 301 (note) | ch 130, 12 Stat 503 | Y |
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Morrill.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969 |
"Morrill" statutized by reference at 108 Stat 4048 | |||
| Willis-Campbell Act | Sponsor | Willis-Campbell Act | NO short title | Sen. Frank Bartlett Willis, (R-OH); Rep. Philip Pitt Campbell, (R-KA) | ch 134, 42 Stat 222 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000561; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000097 |
nothing in statute |