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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamberlain-Ferris Act | Sponsor | Chamberlain-Ferris Act | NO short title | Sen. George Earle Chamberlain, (D-OR); Rep. Scott Ferris, (D-OK) | ch. 137, 39 Stat 218 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000277; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000091 |
no name in statute; railroad/telegraph land grant | ||||
| Shipstead-Nolan Act | Sponsor | Shipstead-Nolan Act | NO short title | Sen. Henrik Shipstead (R-MN) and Rep. William Nolan (R-MN) | 16 USC 577 (note) | ch 881, 46 Stat 1020 | Y |
Shipstead - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000369; Nolan - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000128 |
statutized by reference in S. 4, 78 Stat 893; lands in northern MN | |||
| Dill-Rayburn Communications Act | Sponsor | Dill-Rayburn Communications Act | "Communications Act of 1934" | Sen. Clarence Cleveland Dill, (D-WA); Rep. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, (D-TX) | 47 USC 609 | ch 652, 48 Stat 1064 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000345; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082 |
"Dill-Rayburn" not statutized; short title at end - "Communications Act of 1934" (creating FCC) | |||
| Borah Act | Sponsor | Borah Act | NO short title | Sen. William Borah (R-ID) | ch 777, 50 Stat 810 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000634 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Cullom Act (Interstate Commerce) (see Interstate Commerce Act) | Sponsor | Cullom Act (Interstate Commerce) (see Interstate Commerce Act) | NO short title | Sen. Shelby Cullom (R-IL) | ch 104, 24 Stat 379 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000973 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Volstead Act (Drainage under State Laws) | Sponsor | Volstead Act (Drainage under State Laws) | NO short title | Rep. John Andrew Volstead, (R-MN) | 43 USC 1021 | ch 181, 35 Stat 169 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000114 |
name not statutized | |||
| Jones-White Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1928) | Sponsor | Jones-White Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1928) | "Merchant Marine Act, 1928" | Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA); Rep. Wallace H. White (R-ME) | ch 675, 45 Stat 689 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
short title at end - "Merchant Marine Act, 1928" | ||||
| Glass Bank Official Loan Act (see Bank Official Loan Act) | Sponsor | Glass Bank Official Loan Act (see Bank Official Loan Act) | NO short title | Sen. Carter Glass, (D-VA) | 12 USC 375a | ch 89, ��_��__12, 48 Stat 182 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232 |
only statutized as Federal Reserve Act, no mention of Glass | |||
| Robinson-Patman Act (aka Robinson-Patman Anti-discrimination Act and aka Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act) | Sponsor | Robinson-Patman Act (aka Robinson-Patman Anti-discrimination Act and aka Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act) | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Robinson (D-AR) and Rep. John Wright Patman (D-TX) | 15 USC 13 (note) | ch 592, 49 Stat 1526 | Y |
Patman - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000103; Robinson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000347 |
name not statutized by amendment to the act, but "Robinson-Patman Act" is referenced in S. 513 (34)(D) of 94 Stat 2835 | |||
| Wagner Foreign Credits Act | Sponsor | Wagner Foreign Credits Act | NO short title | Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) | ch 185, 54 Stat 179 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
nothing in statute; actually a joint resolution |