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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones-Connally Farm-Relief Act | Sponsor | Jones-Connally Farm-Relief Act | NO short title | Rep. John Marvin Jones (D-TX); Sen. Thomas Terry Connally (D-TX) | ch. 103, 48 Stat 528 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000684 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Sumners-McCarran Act | Sponsor | Sumners-McCarran Act | NO short title | Rep. Hatton Sumners (D-TX); Sen. Patrick McCarran (D-NV) | ch 21, 50 Stat 24 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308 |
nothing in statute; allowing SC Justices to retire | ||||
| Wagner-Lea Act (see Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Investment Company Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wagner-Lea Act (see Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Investment Company Act of 1940) | short title at end of title I - "Investment Company Act of 1940"; short title at end of title II - "Investment Advisers Act of 1940" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-NY) | 15 USC 80a-51 | ch 686, title I, 54 Stat 789 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
"Wagner-Lea" not statutized; Investment Advisers Act is ch 686, title II, 54 Stat 847, codified at 15 USC 80b-20 | |||
| Delaney Amendment (see Food Addititves Amendment of 1958) | Sponsor | Delaney Amendment (see Food Addititves Amendment of 1958) | "Food Additives Amendment of 1968" | Rep.James Joseph Delaney, (D-NY) | 21 USC 301 | 85-929 | 72 Stat 1784 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000211 |
short title at beginning - "Food Additives Amendment of 1958" | ||
| Adams Act (Agricultural Experimental Stations) | Sponsor | Adams Act (Agricultural Experimental Stations) | NO short title | Rep. Henry Cullen Adams (R-WI) | 59 PL 47 | 34 Stat 63 | X |
The Adams Act, Charles E Rosenberg, Agricultural History, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3739939; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000037 |
Repealed Aug. 11, 1955 by 69 Stat 674 - repealing statute refers to it as the "Adams Act" | |||
| Hawes-Cooper Act | Sponsor | Hawes-Cooper Act | NO short title | Probably Rep. Henry Allen Cooper (R-WI) (1893-1919, 1921-1931); Sen. Harry Bartow Hawes (D-MO) | ch. 79, 45 Stat 1084 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000362; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000752 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Johnson Act (Immigration) (see Immigration Act of 1921) | Sponsor | Johnson Act (Immigration) (see Immigration Act of 1921) | NO short title | Rep. Albert Johnson (R-WA) | ch 8, 42 Stat 5 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000114 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Cochran-Patterson Act (see Kidnapping Act) | Sponsor | Cochran-Patterson Act (see Kidnapping Act) | NO short title | Sen. Roscoe Patterson (R-MO); Rep. John J. Cochran (D-MO) | ch 301, 48 Stat 781 |
06/22/1932 05/18/1934 |
X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000127; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000565 |
This is a great example of when the PNT's practice of listing two dates for an act -- one for when it was first enacted and another for an amendment -- is confusing. Sen. Patterson and Cochran sponsored the original act passed in 1932, which is ch. 271, 47 Stat. 326. The USSL citation given in the PNT is to a 1934 amendment to that law, which was sponsored by different Members. | |||
| La Guardia-McKeown Act | Sponsor | La Guardia-McKeown Act | NO short title | Rep. Fiorello Henry La Guardia (R-NY) (1917-1932); Rep. Thomas McKeown (D-OK) (1917-1934) | ch. 204, 47 Stat 1467 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000007; http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch1.asp |
nothing in statute; bankruptcy | ||||
| McKellar-Mead 40-Hour Mail Act | Sponsor | McKellar-Mead 40-Hour Mail Act | NO short title | Sen. Kenneth McKellar (D-TN); Rep. James Mead (D-NY) | ch 535, 49 Stat 650 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000499; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000615 |
nothing in statute |