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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed-Johnson Act (see World War Veterans' Act, 1924) | Sponsor | Reed-Johnson Act (see World War Veterans' Act, 1924) | "World War Veterans' Act, 1924" | Sen. David Aiken Reed (R-PA); Rep. Royal Cleaves Johnson (R-SD, Chairman of the Committee on WW Veterans' Legislation) | ch 320, 43 Stat 607 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000114; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000173 |
The PNT and some secondary sources link Reed-Johnson and the WW Veterans' Act, but other sources link Reed-Johnson with the Immigration Act of 1924, which was 43 Stat. 153. | ||||
| Gwynne Act | Sponsor | Gwynne Act | "Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947" | Rep. John Williams Gwynne, (R-IA) | ch. 52, 61 Stat 84 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000543 |
nothing in statute; but full title refers to Walsh-Healey Act and Bacon-Davis Act | ||||
| Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 | Sponsor | Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 | "Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976" | Sen. Philip Hart (D-MI), Sen. Hugh Scott, Jr. (R-PA), and Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ). Rodino was Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Hart was Chairman of the Antitrust Subcommittee on Senate Judiciary, and Scott retired in 1976. In an interview for the Senate Historical Office Oral History Project, former Senate Judiciary Counsel Chuck Ludlam claimed that Rodino in fact "hated" the bill but settled for getting it through his committee, which was more liberal than he was, in exchange for having his name attached to the legislation. | 15 USC 1 (note) | 94-435 | 90 Stat 1383 | Y |
Hart - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000291; Scott - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000174; Rodino - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000374; http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Ludlam_Intervi... |
Final section of this act statutized the short titles of the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Webb-Pomerene Act, and the Wilson Tariff Act. | ||
| Kinkaid Act (Homestead Entries in Nebraska) | Sponsor | Kinkaid Act (Homestead Entries in Nebraska) | NO short title | Rep. Moses Kinkaid (R-NE), introduced | 43 USC 224 | ch. 1801, 33 Stat 547 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000221; http://blog.nebraskahistory.org/?p=663 |
name not statutized; amended Homestead Act to allow for homesteads in NE | |||
| Sills Act (Pensions, Spanish War, Philippine Insurrection, China Relief Expedition) | Sponsor | Sills Act (Pensions, Spanish War, Philippine Insurrection, China Relief Expedition) | NO short title | Rep. Sam Riley Sells (R-TN) | ch 245, 41 Stat 982 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000235 |
nothing in statute; PNT error - listed as "Sills" but should be "Sells", who was sponsor | ||||
| Hatch Act of 1887 | Sponsor | Hatch Act of 1887 | NO short title | Rep. William Hatch, (D-MO) | 7 USC 361a (note) | 24 Stat 440 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000339 |
amended to include "Hatch Act of 1887" as short title by 112 Stat 525 | |||
| Webb-Pomerene Act (Export Trade) | Sponsor | Webb-Pomerene Act (Export Trade) | NO short title | Rep. Edwin Webb (D-NC) and Sen. Atlee Pomerene (D-OH) | 15 USC 66 | ch 50, 40 Stat 516 | Y |
Webb - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000231; Pomerene - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000420 |
"Webb-Pomerene" is codified at 15 USC 66, added by 90 Stat 1397 (Hart-Scott-Rodino) | |||
| Jones-McCormack Act (Saturday Half Holidays) | Sponsor | Jones-McCormack Act (Saturday Half Holidays) | NO short title | Rep. John McCormack (D-MA); Most likely Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | ch. 396, 46 Stat 1482 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000364; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
Hard to tell whether the sponsor is Sen. Wesley Jones or Rep. John Jones, because the entry in the Cong. Rec. index for the bill has a typo and does not give the correct page for the Senate introduction of the measure. However, Rep. Jones did not participate in the House debate, and Sen. Jones chaired the Appropriations Committee at the time, so it seems more likely that he was the sponsor for whom the bill is named. | ||||
| Steagall National Housing Act of 1938 (see National Housing Act Amendments of 1938) (aka Steagall-Wagner National Housing Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Steagall National Housing Act of 1938 (see National Housing Act Amendments of 1938) (aka Steagall-Wagner National Housing Act of 1938) | "National Housing Act Amendments of 1938" | Rep. Henry Bascom Steagall, (D-AL) | 12 USC 1701a | ch 13, 52 Stat 8 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
short title at beginning; no mention of Steagall or Wagner in code | |||
| Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act (see War Labor Disputes Act) | Sponsor | Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act (see War Labor Disputes Act) | "War Labor Disputes Act" | Sen. Thomas Connally (D-TX); Rep. Howard Worth (D-VA) | 50 USC App 1501 | ch 144, 57 Stat 163 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000684; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000554 |
"Smith-Connally" not statutized; short title at end - "War Labor Disputes Act" |