
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.
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.
Title | Type | Popular Name |
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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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Copeland Firearms Act | Sponsor | Copeland Firearms Act | "Federal Firearms Act" | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, (D-N.Y.) | 15 USC 901 et seq | ch 850, 52 Stat 1250 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
"Copeland" never statutized, act repealed; short title (at end) | |||
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act | Description | Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act | "Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act" | Ch. 7, 48 Stat 344 | ||||||||
Federal Farm Loan Act | Description | Federal Farm Loan Act | "Federal Farm Loan Act" | ch. 245, 39 Stat. 360 | ||||||||
Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933 | Description | Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933 | "Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933" | Ch. 30, 48 Stat 55 | ||||||||
Federal Credit Union Act | Description | Federal Credit Union Act | "Federal Credit Union Act" | 12 USC 1751 | Ch. 750, 48 Stat 1216 | |||||||
Bonner Act (see Federal Boating Act of 1958) | Sponsor | Bonner Act (see Federal Boating Act of 1958) | "Federal Boating Act of 1958" | Rep. Herbert Covington Bonner, (D-SC) | 85-911 | 72 Stat 1754 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000621 |
short title - "Federal Boating Act of 1958" | |||
Federal Alcohol Adminstration Act | Description | Federal Alcohol Adminstration Act | "Federal Alcohol Administration Act" | Ch. 813, 49 Stat 977 | ||||||||
Kilday Bill | Sponsor | Kilday Bill | "Federal Aid Highway Act of 1961" | Rep. Paul Joseph Kilday, (D-TX) | 85-422 | 72 Stat 122 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000171 |
not in statute -- short title is "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1961" | |||
Father Theodore M. Hesburgh Congressional Gold Medal Act | Award | Father Theodore M. Hesburgh Congressional Gold Medal Act | "Father Theodore M. Hesburgh Congressional Gold Medal Act" | Father Theodore Hesburgh was president of Notre Dame University. | 31 USC 5111 (note) | 106-153 | 113 Stat 1733 | Y | title of statute and short title; awarding congressional gold medal | |||
Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act | Sponsor | Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act | "Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act of 1990" | Rep. Dante Fascell, (D-FL) | 22 USC 4901 | 101-454 | 104 Stat 1065 | Y |
Notable Members of Congress and the Laws They Sponsored, http://congress.indiana.edu/notable-members-congress-and-laws-they-spons... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000041 |
short title at beginning of S 9 |