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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McGillicuddy Act (see Federal Employees' Compensation Act (1916)) | Sponsor | McGillicuddy Act (see Federal Employees' Compensation Act (1916)) | NO short title | Rep. Daniel John McGillicuddy, (D-ME) | ch 458, 39 Stat 742 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000448 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Frazier-Lemke Farm-Mortgage Act | Sponsor | Frazier-Lemke Farm-Mortgage Act | NO short title | Sen. Lynn Frazier (R-ND); Rep. William Lemke (Non-Partisan/R-ND) | ch. 869, 48 Stat 1289 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000354; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000238 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Mann Act (see White-slave Traffic Act) | Sponsor | Mann Act (see White-slave Traffic Act) | "White-slave traffic Act" | Rep. James Robert Mann (R-IL) | 18 USC 2421; 8 USC 1557 | ch 395, 36 Stat 825 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000104 |
"Mann Act" not statutized by amendment adding a short title, but the section heading for S. 5 of 100 Stat 3511 was "Mann Act Amendments" | |||
| Cooley Tobacco Act (see Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Cooley Tobacco Act (see Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938) | "Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938" | Rep. Harold Dunbar Cooley (D-NC) | 7 USC 1281 | ch 30, 52 Stat 31 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000736 |
"Cooley Tobacco Act" not statutized | |||
| Wheeler-Case Act | Sponsor | Wheeler-Case Act | NO short title | Sen. Burton Wheeler (D-MT); Rep. Francis Case (R-SD) | ch 242, 57 Stat 566 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000221 |
nothing in statute; water conservation and irrigation | ||||
| Nelson Bill | Sponsor | Nelson Bill | NO short title | Most likely Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) | 91-405, title II, sectionns 204(a)-(e ), 206(b) | 84 Stat 852, 853, 855 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000033 |
nothing in statute; providing for a delegate from DC | |||
| Edmunds Act (Polygamy) | Sponsor | Edmunds Act (Polygamy) | NO short title | Sen. George Edmunds (R-VT) | ch. 47, 22 Stat 30 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000056 |
nothing in statute (made polygamy a felony) | ||||
| Esch Water Power Act (see Federal Power Act) | Sponsor | Esch Water Power Act (see Federal Power Act) | "The Federal Water Power Act" | John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | 16 USC 791a | ch 285, 41 Stat 1063 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
"Esch" not statutized; short titled at end | |||
| Vinson Naval Parity Act (aka Vinson-Trammell Parity Act) (see Naval Parity Act) | Sponsor | Vinson Naval Parity Act (aka Vinson-Trammell Parity Act) (see Naval Parity Act) | NO short title | Rep. Carl Vinson (D-GA, Chairman of Comm on Naval Affairs); Sen. Park Trammell (D-FL) | ch 95, 48 Stat 503 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000105; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000353 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Copeland-Guffey-Gibson Ship Subsidy Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) | Sponsor | Copeland-Guffey-Gibson Ship Subsidy Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) | "Merchant Marine Act, 1936" | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, (D-N.Y); Sen. Joseph F. Guffey, (D-PA); Sen. Ernest Willard Gibson, (R-VA) | 46 USC 101 note | ch 858, 49 Stat 1985 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000519; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000158 |
Section 906 gives short title as "Merchant Marine Act, 1936"; "Copeland-Guffey-Gibson" not statutized |