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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulloway Act (Pensions) (see Widows' Pension Act) | Sponsor | Sulloway Act (Pensions) (see Widows' Pension Act) | NO short title | Rep. Cyrus Adams Sulloway, (R-NH) | ch 147, 35 Stat 64 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001063 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Edge Act (see Mineral Leasing Act) | Sponsor | Edge Act (see Mineral Leasing Act) | NO short title | Sen. Walter Evans Edge, (R-NJ) | 30 USC 181 | ch 85, 41 Stat 437 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000044 |
"Mineral Leasing Act" referenced in 74 Stat 781 | |||
| Williamson Act (Veterans' Administration) | Sponsor | Williamson Act (Veterans' Administration) | NO short title | Rep. William Williamson (R-SD) (1921-1932) | ch 863, 46 Stat 1016 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000553 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Bryson Act | Sponsor | Bryson Act | NO short title | Rep. Joseph Raleigh Bryson, (D-SC) | 35 USC 1 | ch. 950, 66 Stat 792 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000999 |
name not statutized | |||
| Newlands Act (Irrigation) (see Reclamation Act; National Irrigation Act of 1902) | Sponsor | Newlands Act (Irrigation) (see Reclamation Act; National Irrigation Act of 1902) | NO short title | Rep. Francis Newlands (D-NV) | 43 USC 371 | ch 1093, 32 Stat 388 | N |
http://www.ccrh.org/comm/umatilla/primary/newlands.htm; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
name not statutized; aka the Reclamation Act; introduced by Rep. Francis Newlands of NV; Amended by Reclamation Project Act of 1939 and of 1982 | |||
| Teller Act (Omnibus Statehood Act) | Sponsor | Teller Act (Omnibus Statehood Act) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Teller (R-CO) | ch 180, 25 Stat 676 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000116 |
nothing in statute; dividing Dakotas and providing for statehood for Montana and Washington | ||||
| Doughton Bond Limitation Act (see Second Liberty Bond Act) | Sponsor | Doughton Bond Limitation Act (see Second Liberty Bond Act) | NO short title | Rep. Robert Lee Doughton, (D-N.C.) | ch 56, 40 Stat 288 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000448 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Miller-Tydings Fair Trade Act (see Fair Trade Act) | Sponsor | Miller-Tydings Fair Trade Act (see Fair Trade Act) | NO short title | Sen. John Miller (D-AR); Sen. Millard Tydings (D-MD) | ch 690, title VIII, 50 Stat 693 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000738; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Gasque Spanish War Pensions Act | Sponsor | Gasque Spanish War Pensions Act | NO short title | Rep. Allard Gasque (D-SC) | ch. 268, 52 Stat 440 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000092 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Lanham Act (aka the Trademark Act of 1946) | Sponsor | Lanham Act (aka the Trademark Act of 1946) | NO short title | Rep. Fritz Garland Lanham (D-TX) | 15 USC 1051 (note) | ch. 540, 60 Stat 427 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000076 |
statutized by 98 Stat 3335 |