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 |
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Linthicum-Moses Act (see Foreign Service Act) | Sponsor | Linthicum-Moses Act (see Foreign Service Act) | NO short title | Rep. John Charles Linthicum, (D-MA); Sen. George Higgins Moses, (R-N.H.) | ch 182, 43 Stat 140 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000340; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001028 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Rogers Act (Foreign Service) (see Foreign Service Act) | Sponsor | Rogers Act (Foreign Service) (see Foreign Service Act) | NO short title | Rep. John Jacob Rogers (R-MA) | ch 182, 43 Stat 140 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000400 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Clarke-McNary Act (Reforestration) | Sponsor | Clarke-McNary Act (Reforestration) | NO short title | Rep. John Davenport Clarke, (R-NY); Sen. Charles Linza McNary, (R-OR) | ch. 348, 43 Stat 653 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000465; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000583 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Hoch-Smith Resolution | Sponsor | Hoch-Smith Resolution | NO short title | Rep. Homer Hoch (R-KS); Sen. Ellison DuRant Smith (D-SC) | ch. 120, 43 Stat 801 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000669; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000530 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Purnell Act of 1925 | Sponsor | Purnell Act of 1925 | NO short title | Rep. Fred Sampson Purnell, (R-IN) | ch 308, 43 Stat 970 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000573 |
nothing in statute; agriculture | ||||
Temple Act (Topographica Survey) | Sponsor | Temple Act (Topographica Survey) | NO short title | Rep. Henry Wilson Temple, (R-PA) | ch 360, 43 Stat 1011 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000119 |
nothing in statute; topographica survey of the US | ||||
Walsh Act (Contempts) | Sponsor | Walsh Act (Contempts) | NO short title | Sen. Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT) | ch 762, 44 Stat 835 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000104 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Purnell Act (Corn Borer Eradication) | Sponsor | Purnell Act (Corn Borer Eradication) | NO short title | Rep. Fred Sampson Purnell, (R-IN) | 7 USC 146 | ch 90, 44 Stat 1065 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000573 |
not statutized; corn borer was a kind of pest | |||
McFadden-Pepper Act (see McFadden Act (Branch Banks)) | Sponsor | McFadden-Pepper Act (see McFadden Act (Branch Banks)) | NO short title | Rep. Louis Thomas McFadden (R-PA); Sen. George W. Pepper (R-PA) | ch 191, 44 Stat 1224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000434; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000219 |
nothing in statute | ||||
McFadden Act (Branch Banks) | Sponsor | McFadden Act (Branch Banks) | NO short title | Rep. Louis Thomas McFadden, (R-PA) | ch. 191, 44 Stat 1224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000434 |
nothing in statute |