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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Act (Bankruptcy Act of 1898) (see Bankruptcy Act) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Bankruptcy Act of 1898) (see Bankruptcy Act) | NO short title | Rep. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 541, 30 Stat 544 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040; see also http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Wilson Act (Northern Pacific Railraod) | Sponsor | Wilson Act (Northern Pacific Railraod) | NO short title | Sen. John Lockwood Wilson (R-WA) | ch 546 [part], 30 Stat 597, 620 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000602 |
nothing in statute; also unclear why 620 is included | ||||
| Nelson Act (Department of Commerce and Labor) (see Department of Commerce and Labor Act) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Department of Commerce and Labor) (see Department of Commerce and Labor Act) | NO short title | Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 552, 32 Stat 825 | X |
http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/gov/gov_14.htm; http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml |
establishing Dept. of Commerce and Labor; introduced by Sen. William Frye (ME) but he doesn't get the name (see http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/dolorigabridge.htm); the statute establishing the Dept. of Labor does not mention Nelson or Lodge | ||||
| Wagner-Steagall Housing Act | Sponsor | Wagner-Steagall Housing Act | "United States Housing Act Amendments of 1938" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. Henry Bascom Steagall, (D-AL) | ch 554, title VI, 52 Stat 820 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
short title at end of Title VI (only applies to title VI) | ||||
| Brown-Lea Natural Gas Act | Sponsor | Brown-Lea Natural Gas Act | "Natural Gas Act" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Prentiss Brown (D-MI) | 15 USC 717w | ch 556, 52 Stat 821 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000941 (for information regarding Sen. Brown's involvement in the bill, see The Fpc and Indefinite Price Escalation Clauses: Remedy for Administrative Breakdown, 73 Yale L.J. 1283 (1964), n. 26) |
short title at end; | |||
| Lea-Brown Act (Natural Gas) (see Natural Gas Act) | Sponsor | Lea-Brown Act (Natural Gas) (see Natural Gas Act) | "Natural Gas Act" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Prentiss Brown (D-MI) | 15 USC 717w | ch 556, 52 Stat 821 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000941 (for information regarding Sen. Brown's involvement in the bill, see The Fpc and Indefinite Price Escalation Clauses: Remedy for Administrative Breakdown, 73 Yale L.J. 1283 (1964), n. 26) |
short title at end; Lea-Brown not statutized | |||
| Doughton Bond Limitation Act (see Second Liberty Bond Act) | Sponsor | Doughton Bond Limitation Act (see Second Liberty Bond Act) | NO short title | Rep. Robert Lee Doughton, (D-N.C.) | ch 56, 40 Stat 288 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000448 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Van Zandt Patent Act | Sponsor | Van Zandt Patent Act | NO short title | Rep. James Van Zandt (R-PA) | ch 568, 53 Stat 1264 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000069 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Jadwin Act (see Flood Control Act of 1928) | Honor | Jadwin Act (see Flood Control Act of 1928) | NO short title | Lt. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, who developed the plan for dealing with Mississippi floods, adopted by the Flood Control Act of 1928. | 33 USC 702a | ch 569, 45 Stat 534 | N | name not statutized | ||||
| Jones-Reid Act (see Flood Control Act of 1928) | Sponsor | Jones-Reid Act (see Flood Control Act of 1928) | NO short title | Rep. Frank R. Reid (R-IL); Sen. Wesley Livsey Jones (R-WA) | 33 USC 702a | ch 569, 45 Stat 534 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000145; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
name not statutized |