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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearhart Armistice Day Act (see Armistice Day Act) | Sponsor | Gearhart Armistice Day Act (see Armistice Day Act) | NO short title | Rep. Bertrand Gearhart (R-CA) | ch 210, 52 Stat 351 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000111 |
nothing in statute (PNT notes renamed Veterans Day Act) | ||||
| Walter-Logan Act (see Administrative Procedure Act) | Sponsor | Walter-Logan Act (see Administrative Procedure Act) | "Administrative Procedure Act" | Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-PA); Sen. Marvel M. Logan (D-KY) | 5 USC note prec 551 | ch 324, 60 Stat 237 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000108; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000404 |
short title at beginning; Seems as though "Walter-Logan Act" was really a failed 1941 version that was vetoed by the President. The Emerging Concept of Administrative Procedure, Paul R. Verkuil, Columbia Law Review , Vol. 78, No. 2 (Mar., 1978), pp. 258-329, 261 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/1121898) | |||
| Tunney Act | Sponsor | Tunney Act | NO short title (for this section) | Sen. John Tunney (D-CA) | 15 USC 16 | 93-528, section 2 | 88 Stat 1706 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000410 |
long title refers to Sherman Act; name not statutized by amendment to the Act, but included in Subtitle B of 2004 amendment, 118 Stat 668 | ||
| Raker Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | Sponsor | Raker Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | NO short title | Rep. John Edward Raker, (D-CA) | 43 USC 511 | ch 190, 42 Stat 541 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000019 |
name not statutized | |||
| Sterling-Lehlbach Act (Classification, Federal Employees) (see Classification Act of 1923) | Sponsor | Sterling-Lehlbach Act (Classification, Federal Employees) (see Classification Act of 1923) | "The Classification Act of 1923" | Sen. Thomas Sterling,1913-1925, (R-OH); Rep. Frederick Reimold Lehlbach, (R-NJ) | ch 265, 42 Stat 1488 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000872; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000222 |
short title at beginning "The Classification Act of 1923" | ||||
| Platt Amendment (Cuba) | Sponsor | Platt Amendment (Cuba) | NO short title | Sen. Orville Platt (R-CT) | ch 803, 31 Stat 897 | X |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platt_Amendment; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000382 |
Senate rider on Army approps bill presented by CT Republican Sen. Orville Platt; stipulated conditions for withdrawal from Cuba; WP notes it replaced earlier "Teller Amendment" but no mention in Popular Name Table (b/c it's no longer law); | ||||
| Edge Act (Federal Reserve Banks) | Sponsor | Edge Act (Federal Reserve Banks) | NO short title | Sen. Walter Evans Edge (R-NJ) | 12 USC 611 (note) | ch. 18, 41 Stat 378 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000044 |
not statutized; amending the Federal Reserve Act; | |||
| Harrison Act (Restrictions on Territories) (see Special Laws Prohibition Act (Territories)) | Sponsor | Harrison Act (Restrictions on Territories) (see Special Laws Prohibition Act (Territories)) | NO short title | Sen. Benjamin Harrison, (R-OH) | 48 USC 1471 | ch 818, 24 Stat 170 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000263 |
"Harrison Act" statutized by reference by Act of June 25, 1890, ch. 614, 26 Stat. 175 | |||
| Springer Act (see Special Laws Prohibition Act (Territories)) | Sponsor | Springer Act (see Special Laws Prohibition Act (Territories)) | NO short title | Rep. William McKendree Springer, (D-IL) | 48 USC 1471 | ch 818, 24 Stat 170 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000757 |
name not statuted (neither Springer nor Special Laws Prohibition Act) | |||
| Rankin Act (see Gold Star Mothers Act) | Sponsor | Rankin Act (see Gold Star Mothers Act) | NO short title | Rep. John Rankin (D-MS) | ch 659, 50 Stat 660 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000056 |
nothing in statute - content is about providing for widows of WWI vets |