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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La Follete-Bulwinkle Act (Venereal Diseases) | Sponsor | La Follete-Bulwinkle Act (Venereal Diseases) | NO short title | Sen. Robert La Follette, Jr. (Progressive-WI); Rep. Alfred Bulwinkle (D-NC) | ch. 267, 52 Stat 439 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000005; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001056 |
nothing in statute | ||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933" | ch. 26, 47 Stat 780 | ||||||||
Comstock Act | Honor | Comstock Act | NO short title | Anthony Comstock, an anti-obscenity law advocate. | ch. 258, 17 Stat 598 | X | nothing in statute | |||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Third Deficiency Act, 1920" | Ch. 253, 41 Stat 1015 | ||||||||
Agricultural Credits Act of 1923 | Description | Agricultural Credits Act of 1923 | "Agricultural Credits Act of 1923" | Ch. 252, 42 Stat 1454 | ||||||||
Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 | Description | Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 | "Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926" | Ch. 250, 44 Stat 403 | ||||||||
Merchant Marine Act, 1920 | Description | Merchant Marine Act, 1920 | "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | Ch. 250, 41 Stat 988 | ||||||||
Federal Farm Loan Act | Description | Federal Farm Loan Act | "Federal Farm Loan Act" | ch. 245, 39 Stat. 360 | ||||||||
Agricultural Marketing Act | Description | Agricultural Marketing Act | "Agricultural Marketing Act" | Ch. 24, 46 Stat 11 | ||||||||
Calder Act (Daylight Savings Act) | Sponsor | Calder Act (Daylight Savings Act) | NO short title | Sen. William Calder (D-NY) | 15 USC 261 | ch. 24, 40 Stat 450 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000025 |
Calder Act statutized by 114 Stat 2811; (amend an act ��_��__��_��___ commonly known as the "Calder Act") |