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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steagall R.F.C. Relief Organizations Act | Sponsor | Steagall R.F.C. Relief Organizations Act | NO short title | Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | ch 32, 52 Stat 79 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
nothing in statute\ | ||||
| Wheeler-Lea Act | Sponsor | Wheeler-Lea Act | NO short title | Sen. Burton Wheeler (D-MT); Rep. Clarence Lea (D-CA) | ch 49, 52 Stat 111 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163 |
nothing in statute; FTC | ||||
| Barkley-Norris Resolution (T.V. Authoirty) | Sponsor | Barkley-Norris Resolution (T.V. Authoirty) | NO short title | Sen. Alben Barkley (D-KY); Sen. George Norris (I-NE) | ch. 61, 52 Stat 154 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000145; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139 |
nothing in statute; establishing a joint committee to investigate the Tenn. Valley Authority - wonder if Barkley/Norris were chairs or sponsors? | ||||
| May Army Officer Strength Act | Sponsor | May Army Officer Strength Act | NO short title | Rep. Andrew Jackson May (D-KY) | ch 146, 52 Stat 216 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000272 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Mitchell Act (Columbia River Basin Fishery Development) | Honor | Mitchell Act (Columbia River Basin Fishery Development) | NO short title | Hugh C. Mitchell, director of Fish Culture for the State of Oregon in the 1930s | 16 USC 755 | ch 193, 52 Stat 345 | N |
http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/entry/view/mitchell_act_1938_/ |
name not statutized | |||
| 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) | ||||
| Rankin World War Widows Act | Sponsor | Rankin World War Widows Act | NO short title | Rep. John Rankin (D-MS) | ch 214, 52 Stat 352 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000056 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Gasque Spanish War Pensions Act | Sponsor | Gasque Spanish War Pensions Act | NO short title | Rep. Allard Gasque (D-SC) | ch. 268, 52 Stat 440 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000092 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| La Follete-Bulwinkle Act (Venereal Diseases) | Sponsor | La Follete-Bulwinkle Act (Venereal Diseases) | NO short title | Sen. Robert La Follette, Jr. (Progressive-WI); Rep. Alfred Bulwinkle (D-NC) | ch. 267, 52 Stat 439 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000005; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001056 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Hatch-Sumners Act (Additional Judgeships) | Sponsor | Hatch-Sumners Act (Additional Judgeships) | NO short title | Sen. Carl Hatch (D-NM); Rep. Hatton Sumners (D-TX) | ch. 290, 52 Stat 584 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000334; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |
nothing in statute |