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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltonstall-Kennedy Act | Sponsor | Saltonstall-Kennedy Act | NO short title | Sen. Leverett Saltonstall (MA); unsure which Kennedy | 15 USC 713c-3 (note) | ch 696, section 2, 53 Stat 1412 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000021 |
The 1939 Act is referred to in statute by S. 210, 94 Stat 3287 (1980) as "commonly referred to as the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act", but Saltonstall was not in Congress in 1939, so it seems more likely that Saltonstall-Kennedy was one of the amendments. | |||
| McGuire Bill | Sponsor | McGuire Bill | NO short title | Rep. John Andrew McGuire (D-CT) | ch 745, 66 Stat 631 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000465 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act (see Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) | Sponsor | Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act (see Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) | "Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985" | Sen. William Philip Gramm, (R-TX); Sen. Warren Bruce Rudman, (R-NH); Sen. Ernest Frederick Hollings, (D-SC) | 2 USC 900 | 99-177, title II | 99 Stat 1038 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000365; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000497; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000725 |
"Gramm-Rudman-Hollings" not statutized | ||
| Harrison Act (Restrictions on Territories) (see Special Laws Prohibition Act (Territories)) | Sponsor | Harrison Act (Restrictions on Territories) (see Special Laws Prohibition Act (Territories)) | NO short title | Sen. Benjamin Harrison, (R-OH) | 48 USC 1471 | ch 818, 24 Stat 170 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000263 |
"Harrison Act" statutized by reference by Act of June 25, 1890, ch. 614, 26 Stat. 175 | |||
| Nelson Amendment (Agricultural Colleges) | Sponsor | Nelson Amendment (Agricultural Colleges) | NO short title | Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 2907 [part], 34 Stat 1256, 1281 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Gearhart Armistice Day Act (see Armistice Day Act) | Sponsor | Gearhart Armistice Day Act (see Armistice Day Act) | NO short title | Rep. Bertrand Gearhart (R-CA) | ch 210, 52 Stat 351 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000111 |
nothing in statute (PNT notes renamed Veterans Day Act) | ||||
| Walter-Logan Act (see Administrative Procedure Act) | Sponsor | Walter-Logan Act (see Administrative Procedure Act) | "Administrative Procedure Act" | Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-PA); Sen. Marvel M. Logan (D-KY) | 5 USC note prec 551 | ch 324, 60 Stat 237 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000108; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000404 |
short title at beginning; Seems as though "Walter-Logan Act" was really a failed 1941 version that was vetoed by the President. The Emerging Concept of Administrative Procedure, Paul R. Verkuil, Columbia Law Review , Vol. 78, No. 2 (Mar., 1978), pp. 258-329, 261 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/1121898) | |||
| Tunney Act | Sponsor | Tunney Act | NO short title (for this section) | Sen. John Tunney (D-CA) | 15 USC 16 | 93-528, section 2 | 88 Stat 1706 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000410 |
long title refers to Sherman Act; name not statutized by amendment to the Act, but included in Subtitle B of 2004 amendment, 118 Stat 668 | ||
| Macon's Law | Sponsor | Macon's Law | NO short title | Rep. Nathanial Macon (D-NC) | ch. 39, 2 Stat 605 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000034 |
nothing in statute; foreign trade | ||||
| Brookhart Act | Sponsor | Brookhart Act | NO short title | Sen. Smith Wildman Brookhart (R-IA) (1921-1926; 1927-1932) | ch 850, 46 Stat 1003 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000873 |
no name in statute |