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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
McDuffie-Tydings Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | Sponsor | McDuffie-Tydings Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | NO short title | Rep. John McDuffie (D-AL); Sen. Millard E. Tydings (D-MD) | ch 84, 48 Stat 456 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000427; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | Sponsor | Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | NO short title | Rep. John McDuffie (D-AL); Sen. Millard E. Tydings (D-MD) | ch 84, 48 Stat 456 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000427; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Vinson Naval Parity Act (aka Vinson-Trammell Parity Act) (see Naval Parity Act) | Sponsor | Vinson Naval Parity Act (aka Vinson-Trammell Parity Act) (see Naval Parity Act) | NO short title | Rep. Carl Vinson (D-GA, Chairman of Comm on Naval Affairs); Sen. Park Trammell (D-FL) | ch 95, 48 Stat 503 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000105; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000353 |
nothing in statute | ||||
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 | ||||
Johnson Debt Default Act (see Foreign Securities Act) | Sponsor | Johnson Debt Default Act (see Foreign Securities Act) | NO short title | Sen. Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | ch 112, 48 Stat 574 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000140 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Johnson-O'Malley Act | Sponsor | Johnson-O'Malley Act | NO short title | Rep. Thomas David Patrick O'Malley (D-WI); Sen. Hiram Warren Johnson (R-CA) | 25 USC 452 (note) | ch. 147, 48 Stat 596 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000087; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000140 |
name not statutized | |||
Jones-Costigan Sugar Act (see Sugar Control Act) | Sponsor | Jones-Costigan Sugar Act (see Sugar Control Act) | NO short title | Rep. John Marvin Jones (D-TX); Sen. Edward Costigan (D-CO) | ch 263, 48 Stat 670 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000797 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Johnson Act (Injunctions Affecting Utility Rates) | Sponsor | Johnson Act (Injunctions Affecting Utility Rates) | NO short title | Sen. Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | ch. 283, 48 Stat 775 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000140 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Ashurst-Sumners Act | Sponsor | Ashurst-Sumners Act | NO short title | Sen. Henry Fountain Ashurst, (D-AZ); Rep. Hatton William Sumners, (D-TX) | ch. 406, 48 Stat 909 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000319; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |
|||||
McKeown Act (Corporate Bankruptcy) | Sponsor | McKeown Act (Corporate Bankruptcy) | NO short title | Rep. Thomas McKeown (D-OK) (1917-1934) | ch 424, 48 Stat 911 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000511 |
nothing in statute |