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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomerene Bills of Lading Act (Interstate Commerce) | Sponsor | Pomerene Bills of Lading Act (Interstate Commerce) | NO short title | Sen. Atlee Pomerene, (D-OH) | ch 415, 39 Stat 538 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000420 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Smith Act of 1940 | Sponsor | Smith Act of 1940 | "Alien Registration Act, 1940" | Rep. Howard W. Smith of (D-VA) | ch 439, title I, 54 Stat 670 | N |
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/smithactof1940.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000554 |
short title is "Alien Registration Act, 1940" - section 41 | ||||
| Wilson Tariff Act | Sponsor | Wilson Tariff Act | NO short title | Rep. William Wilson (D-WV) | 15 USC 8 (note) | ch 349, section 73 et seq, 28 Stat 570 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000623; http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/0908.html |
"Wilson Tariff Act" statutized by Hart-Scott-Rodino, 90 Stat 1397; Interestingly, it seems to have been commonly referred to as the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act for both its House and Senate sponsors. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/0908.html | |||
| Jones Act (Merchant Marine) (see Merchant Marine Act, 1920) | Sponsor | Jones Act (Merchant Marine) (see Merchant Marine Act, 1920) | "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | ch 250, 41 Stat 988 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
short title at end - "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | ||||
| Mann-Elkins Act | Sponsor | Mann-Elkins Act | NO short title | Rep. James Robert Mann, (R- IL); Sen. Stephon Benton Elkins, (R- W.VA) | ch. 309, 36 Stat 539 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000104; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000110 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Ashurst-Sumners Act (Shipment in Interstate Commerce of Convict Made Goods) | Sponsor | Ashurst-Sumners Act (Shipment in Interstate Commerce of Convict Made Goods) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Fountain Ashurst, (D-AZ); Rep. Hatton William Sumners, (D-TX) | 18 USC 1761 | 49 Stat 494 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000319; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |
name not statutized (neither Ashurst-Summers nor Shipment in Interstate��_��__��_��___) | |||
| McCarran-Lea Civil Aeronautics Authority Act (see Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938) | Sponsor | McCarran-Lea Civil Aeronautics Authority Act (see Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938) | "Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938" | McCarran was Sen sponsor, Lea was House sponsor - http://www.enotes.com/major-acts-congress/civil-aeronautics-act; Sen. Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-NV); Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA). | ch 601, 52 Stat 973 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163 |
short title at beginning - "Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938" | ||||
| Hill-Burton Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | Sponsor | Hill-Burton Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | Sen. Harold Hitz Burton (R-OH); Sen. Joseph Lister Hill (D-AL) | ch 958, 60 Stat 1040 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001150; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000598 |
short title at beginning - "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | ||||
| Hyde Amendment (Abortion) | Sponsor | Hyde Amendment (Abortion) | NO short title - just a section, no separate title | Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-IL), retired in 2006. | 94-439, title II, Section 209 | 90 Stat 1434 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001022 |
nothing in statute but definitely conventionally named for Hyde -- also, this is JUST a section, no separate title, nothing making it obviously added separately | |||
| Thurman Act (Pacific Railroads) | Sponsor | Thurman Act (Pacific Railroads) | NO short title | Sen. Allen Thurman (D-OH) | ch 96, 20 Stat 56 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000251 |
nothing in statute; railroads |