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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Glass Bank Official Loan Act (see Bank Official Loan Act) | Sponsor | Glass Bank Official Loan Act (see Bank Official Loan Act) | NO short title | Sen. Carter Glass, (D-VA) | 12 USC 375a | ch 89, ��_��__12, 48 Stat 182 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232 |
only statutized as Federal Reserve Act, no mention of Glass | |||
Voorhis Anti-Propaganda Act | Sponsor | Voorhis Anti-Propaganda Act | NO short title | Rep. Horace (Jerry) Voorhis (D-CA) | ch 897, 54 Stat 1201 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000118 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Ellender Sugar Act (see Sugar Act of 1937) | Sponsor | Ellender Sugar Act (see Sugar Act of 1937) | NO short title | Sen. Allen Ellender (D-LA) | ch 898, 50 Stat 903 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000112 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act of | Sponsor | Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act of | NO short title | Sen. Key Pittman (D-NV) and Rep. Absalom Robert (D-VA) | 16 USC 669 (note) | ch 899, 50 Stat 917 | Y |
Pittman - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372; Robertson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000317 |
statutized as "Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act" by S. 101(b) of 114 Stat 1762 | |||
Robertson-Pittman Wildlife Restoration Act (see Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act) | Sponsor | Robertson-Pittman Wildlife Restoration Act (see Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act) | NO short title | Sen. Key Pittman (D-NV) and Rep. Absalom Robert (D-VA) | 16 USC 669 | ch 899, 50 Stat 917 | Y |
Pittman - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372; Robertson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000317 |
statutized as "Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act" by S. 101(b) of 114 Stat 1762 | |||
Mead Air Mail Extension Act | Sponsor | Mead Air Mail Extension Act | NO short title | Rep. James Mead (D-NY) | ch 9, 52 Stat 6 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000615 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Webb-Kenyon Act | Sponsor | Webb-Kenyon Act | NO short title | Rep. Edwin Yates Webb, (D-N.C.); Sen. William Squire Kenyon, (R-IA) | 27 USC 122 (note) | ch 90, 37 Stat 699 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000231; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000129 |
name not statutized | |||
Saulsbury Resolution (District of Columbia Rents) | Sponsor | Saulsbury Resolution (District of Columbia Rents) | NO short title | Sen. Willard Saulsbury, Jr., (D-DE) | ch 90, 40 Stat 593 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000073 |
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 | |||
Norris-LaGuardia Act (Labor Disputes) | Sponsor | Norris-LaGuardia Act (Labor Disputes) | NO short title | Sen. George William Norris, (R-NE); Rep. Fiorello H. La Guardia, (R-N.Y.) | 29 USC 101 (note) | ch 90, 47 Stat 70 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000007 |
name not statutized |