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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatch Act of 1887 | Sponsor | Hatch Act of 1887 | NO short title | Rep. William Hatch, (D-MO) | 7 USC 361a (note) | 24 Stat 440 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000339 |
amended to include "Hatch Act of 1887" as short title by 112 Stat 525 | |||
| Gay Act (Public Lands in Louisiana) | Sponsor | Gay Act (Public Lands in Louisiana) | NO short title | Rep. Edward Gay (D-LA) | ch. 395, 25 Stat 877 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000103 |
nothing in statute; returning land in Louisiana to the public domain, but no indication that Gay is the name of the area (also, searching for Gay Louisiana did not return any helpful results | ||||
| 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) | ||||
| Comstock Act | Honor | Comstock Act | NO short title | Anthony Comstock, an anti-obscenity law advocate. | ch. 258, 17 Stat 598 | X | nothing in statute | |||||
| Bowman Act (Claims) | Sponsor | Bowman Act (Claims) | NO short title | Rep. Selwyn Bowman (R-MA) | ch 116, 22 Stat 485 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000705 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Morrison Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | Morrison Act (Tariff) | NO short title | Rep. William Morrison (D-IL) | ch 121, 22 Stat 488 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001000 |
nothing in statute; taxes | ||||
| Edmunds-Tucker Act (Polygamy) | Sponsor | Edmunds-Tucker Act (Polygamy) | NO short title | Sen. George Edmunds (R-VT); Rep. John Tucker (D-VA) | ch. 397, 24 Stat 635 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000056; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000401 |
nothing in statute; named for Sen Edmunds and Rep Tucker; repealed in 1978 | ||||
| Tucker Act (Claims) | Sponsor | Tucker Act (Claims) | NO short title | Rep. John Randolph Tucker (VA) | ch 359, 24 Stat 505 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000401; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Act |
Statutized by reference in ch 315, 47 Stat 420 (1932) | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Teller Resolution (Cuba) | Sponsor | Teller Resolution (Cuba) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Teller (R-CO) | No 24, 30 Stat 738 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000116 |
nothing in statute; recognizing Cuba's independence from Spain |