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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiley Act (Homestead Lands, Alabama) | Sponsor | Wiley Act (Homestead Lands, Alabama) | NO short title | Rep. Ariosto Appling Wiley (AL) | ch 1013, 32 Stat 1222 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000466 |
nothing in statute; homestead settlers in AL; House Congressional Record of debate from 1907 refers to legislation as the "Wiley 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 | |||
| McCumber Act (Transportation) | Sponsor | McCumber Act (Transportation) | NO short title | Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-ND) | ch 1766, 33 Stat 518 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Nelson Act (Alaska Roads, Schools, and Insane) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Alaska Roads, Schools, and Insane) | NO short title | Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 277, 33 Stat 616 | N |
http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040 |
created segregated public schools in Alaska. | ||||
| Hall-Mark Act | Description | Hall-Mark Act | NO short title | Hallmark is what is stamped on Gold and Silver to certify purity | 15 USC 291 | ch. 720, 33 Stat 732 | N |
(Dictionary) |
Hallmark not statutized - statute prohibits stamping of gold and silver with "U.S. assay" (still on books, never amended); No one in Congress named Hall at the time and no one ever named Mark; Seems to be "Hallmark" | |||
| The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sponsor | The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000393; http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.111-tv-284 |
Was not listed in PNT. Legislative gave the opportunity for citizenship to refugees from Communist countries if they served in the US armed forces for 5 years. Participants became known as "Lodge Act Soldiers." Sponsored by Sen Henry Cabot Lodges. I9 | ||||||
| Gillespie-Tillman Resolution; Tillman-Gillespie Resolution (Transportation of Coal and Oil) | Sponsor | Gillespie-Tillman Resolution; Tillman-Gillespie Resolution (Transportation of Coal and Oil) | NO short title | Sen. Benjamin Tillman (D-SC) and Rep. Oscar Gillespie (D-TX), sponsors | No. 8, 34 Stat 823 | X |
http://books.google.com/books?id=fx0pAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA198&lpg=PA198...... see also - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E13F73B5A12738DDDAA099... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000274; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000198 |
Contemporary industry publication (Freight, The Shippers Forum, Volumes V and VI, p 198, available through Google books) refers to resolution as Tillman-Gillespie | ||||
| Lodge Act (Consular Recognition) | Sponsor | Lodge Act (Consular Recognition) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | ch. 1366, 34 Stat 99 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000393 |
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| Five Civilized Tribes Act (Disposition of Affairs) | Description | Five Civilized Tribes Act (Disposition of Affairs) | NO short title | ch 1876, 34 Stat 137 | X | Double entry in PNT | ||||||
| Curtis Act (Five Civilized Tribes) | Sponsor | Curtis Act (Five Civilized Tribes) | NO short title | Rep. Charles Curtis (R-KS), chair of Comm. On Indian Depredations | ch. 1876, 34 Stat 137 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001008 |