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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rankin Veterans Pension Act | Sponsor | Rankin Veterans Pension Act | NO short title | Rep. John Rankin (D-MS) | ch 402, 56 Stat 350 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000056 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Lodge Act (Philippine Organic Act) (see Philippine Organic Act of 1902) | Sponsor | Lodge Act (Philippine Organic Act) (see Philippine Organic Act of 1902) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA), chair of Comm on the Philippines | ch 1369, 32 Stat 691 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000393 |
Really should be "Cooper Act" and sources indicate Rep. Henry A. Cooper (WI) introduced it (see article on file; also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Organic_Act_%281902%29) | ||||
| Anderson-Price Atomic Energy Damages Act | Sponsor | Anderson-Price Atomic Energy Damages Act | NO short title | Rep. Clinton Anderson (D-NM) and Rep. Charles Melvin Price (D-IL), both of whom went on to chair the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. | 42 USC 2210 (note) | 85-256 | 71 Stat 576 | Y |
Anderson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000186; Price - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522 |
"Price-Anderson" statutized by reference in 102 Stat 1066 | ||
| Magnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act | Sponsor | Magnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act | "Magnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act" | Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) and Rep. John E. Moss (D-CA) (sponsor of House vehicle, HR 7917) | 15 USC 2301 (note) | 93-637 | 88 Stat 2183 | Y |
Magnuson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000053; Moss - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001035 |
Enacting clause | ||
| Wagner-Cole Act (see Trust Indenture Act of 1939) | Sponsor | Wagner-Cole Act (see Trust Indenture Act of 1939) | "Trust Indenture Act of 1939" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. William Purington Cole Jr., (D-MD), . NOTE: TWO Coles; this is the only dem though: probably joined to pass? | 15 USC 77aaa | ch 411, 53 Stat 1149 |
05/27/1933 08/03/1939 |
N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000616 |
"Wagner-Cole" not statutized; short title included in the amending language in 1939, adding to Title III of the Act passed in 1933 | ||
| Capper-Ketcham Act | Sponsor | Capper-Ketcham Act | NO short title | Sen. Arthur Capper (R-KS) and Rep. John Ketcham (R-MI) | 7 USC 343 | ch. 687, 45 Stat 711 | Y |
Capper - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; Ketcham - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000151 |
statutized by reference in 67 Stat 84 (1953) | |||
| Glass-Steagall Act, 1933 (see Banking Act of 1933) | Sponsor | Glass-Steagall Act, 1933 (see Banking Act of 1933) | "Banking Act of 1933" | Sen. Carter Glass (D-VA) and Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | 12 USC 227 | ch 89, 48 Stat 162 | Y |
Glass - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232; Steagall - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
short title at beginning; Statutized by 94 Stat 188, but note in code (at at 12 USC 93a) indicates that the Glass-Steagall Act referred to in text is "probably" the 1933 act not the 1932 act | |||
| Randolph-Sheppard Act (aka Randolph-Sheppard Vending Stand Act) | Sponsor | Randolph-Sheppard Act (aka Randolph-Sheppard Vending Stand Act) | NO short title | Rep. Jennings Randolph (D-WV) and Sen. Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | 20 USC 107 (note) | ch 638, 49 Stat 1559 | Y |
Randolph - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000046; Sheppard - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337 |
statutized by 88 Stat 1623 | |||
| Lesinski Pension Increase Act | Sponsor | Lesinski Pension Increase Act | NO short title | Rep. John Lesinski (D-MI) | ch 246, 54 Stat 237 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000251 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Phipps Law | Sponsor | Phipps Law | NO short title | Sen. Lawrence Cowle Phipps, (R-PA) | 43 USC 384 | ch 150, 43 Stat 116 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000317 |
name not statutized |