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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copeland Anti-Racketeering Act (see Anti-Racketeering Act) | Sponsor | Copeland Anti-Racketeering Act (see Anti-Racketeering Act) | NO short title | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland (D-NY) | ch 569, 48 Stat 979 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Capper-Volstead Act (See Co-operative Marketing Assocations Act) | Sponsor | Capper-Volstead Act (See Co-operative Marketing Assocations Act) | NO short title | Sen. Arthur Capper (R-KS) and Rep. Andrew Volstead (R-MN) | 7 USC 291, 292 | ch 57, 42 Stat 388 | Y |
Capper - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; Volstead - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000114; http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/info/capper.html |
"Capper-Volstead" statutized by reference in 94 Stat 374 (1980 amendment to 7 USC 292) | |||
| Foraker Act (Puerto Rico) | Sponsor | Foraker Act (Puerto Rico) | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Foraker (R-OH), Chairman of Comm. On Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico | ch 191, 31 Stat 77 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000253 |
aka Puerto Rico Civil Code; nothing in short title | ||||
| Dingley Act (Tarriff) | Sponsor | Dingley Act (Tarriff) | NO short title | Rep. Nelson Dingley (R-ME) | ch. 11, 30 Stat 151 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000356 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Dyer Act (Motor Vehicles) (see National Motor Vehicle Theft Act) | Sponsor | Dyer Act (Motor Vehicles) (see National Motor Vehicle Theft Act) | "National Motor Vehicle Theft Act" | Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer; (R-MO) | ch 89, 41 Stat 324 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000591 |
short title at beginning - "the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act" | ||||
| Evarts Act (Circuit Courts of Appeals) (see Circuit Court of Appeals Act) | Sponsor | Evarts Act (Circuit Courts of Appeals) (see Circuit Court of Appeals Act) | NO short title | Sen. William Evarts (R-NY) | ch 517, 26 Stat 826 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000262 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act | Sponsor | Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act | "Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act" | Sen. John Bankhead (D-AL) and Rep. John Jones (D-TX) | 7 USC 1000 | 50 Stat 522 | Y |
Bankhead - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000110; Jones - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236 |
short title in unnumbered section 1 | |||
| Sheppard Air Corps Cadet Act (see Army Aviation Cadet Act) | Sponsor | Sheppard Air Corps Cadet Act (see Army Aviation Cadet Act) | "Army Aviation Cadet Act" | Sen. Morris Sheppard (D-TX), Chairman of Committee on Military Affairs until his death on April 9, 1941 | ch 165, 55 Stat 239 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337 |
short title at end - "Army Aviation Cadet Act" | ||||
| Glass R.F.C. Recovery Loan Act (see Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act) | Sponsor | Glass R.F.C. Recovery Loan Act (see Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act) | "Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act" | Sen. Carter Glass, (D-VA) | 15 USC 601 | ch 8, 47 Stat 5 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232 |
"Glass" not statutized; short title at beginning | |||
| Esch Car Service Act | Sponsor | Esch Car Service Act | NO short title | Rep. John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | ch. 23, 40 Stat 101 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
nothing in statute |