Database of Federal Statute Names

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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 Popular Names

Title Type Popular Name Short Title Named For? Classification PL Statute At Largesort ascending Date(s) Enacted Interesting Part Statutized? Leads to other named Legislation Link/Source Notes
No entry Description No entry "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920" Ch. 93, 41 Stat 327
No entry Description No entry "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1930" Ch. 92, 46 Stat 90
Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, 1933 Description Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, 1933 "Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, 1933" ch. 91, 48 Stat 211
National Industrial Recovery Act Description National Industrial Recovery Act "National Industrial Recovery Act" Ch. 90, 48 Stat 195
No entry Description No entry "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937" Ch. 9, 50 Stat 8
No entry Description No entry "Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act of 1935" Ch. 89, 48 Stat 467
Banking Act of 1933 Description Banking Act of 1933 "Banking Act of 1933" 12 USC 227 Ch. 89, 48 Stat 162
No entry Description No entry "First Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1921" Ch. 89, 41 Stat 1156
Frazier-Lemke Farm-Mortgage Act Sponsor Frazier-Lemke Farm-Mortgage Act NO short title Sen. Lynn Frazier (R-ND); Rep. William Lemke (Non-Partisan/R-ND) ch. 869, 48 Stat 1289 X

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000354; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000238

 nothing in statute
Railroad Retirement Act Description Railroad Retirement Act "Railroad Retirement Act" Ch. 868, 48 Stat 1283

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