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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Newlands Resolution (Annexation of Hawaii) | Sponsor | Newlands Resolution (Annexation of Hawaii) | NO short title | Rep. Francis Newlands (D-NV) | No. 55, 30 Stat 750 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Gillespie-Tillman Resolution; Tillman-Gillespie Resolution (Transportation of Coal and Oil) | Sponsor | Gillespie-Tillman Resolution; Tillman-Gillespie Resolution (Transportation of Coal and Oil) | NO short title | Sen. Benjamin Tillman (D-SC) and Rep. Oscar Gillespie (D-TX), sponsors | No. 8, 34 Stat 823 | X |
http://books.google.com/books?id=fx0pAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA198&lpg=PA198...... see also - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E13F73B5A12738DDDAA099... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000274; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000198 |
Contemporary industry publication (Freight, The Shippers Forum, Volumes V and VI, p 198, available through Google books) refers to resolution as Tillman-Gillespie | ||||
| Trading with the enemy Act | Description | Trading with the enemy Act | "Trading with the Enemy Act" | NOTE - referred to by Ch. 64, 40 Stat 535 (passed 4/28/1918) |