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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volstead Act (see National Prohibition Act) | Sponsor | Volstead Act (see National Prohibition Act) | "National Prohibition Act" | Rep. Andrew John Volstead, (R-MN) | ch 85, 41 Stat 305 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000114 |
short title at beginning - "National Prohibition Act"; references "War Prohibition Act" to mean any provision of a previoulsy enacted that prohibited alcohol during WWI | ||||
| Second Morrill Act (aka Agricultural College Act of 1890) | Sponsor | Second Morrill Act (aka Agricultural College Act of 1890) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT), though really named for the "First Morrill Act." The Second Morrill Act provided additional endowments for land-grant universities, but prohibited money to states that discriminated based on race in admission. | 7 USC 321 (note) | ch 841, 26 Stat 417 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969; http://ext.wvu.edu/about_extension/land_grant_system |
"Second Morrill Act" statutized by reference at 94 Stat 1502 | |||
| Food and Forage Act | Description | Food and Forage Act | NO short title | ch 84, S 10, 12 Stat 220 | X | R.S. 3732; nothing in statute | ||||||
| McDuffie-Tydings Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | Sponsor | McDuffie-Tydings Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | NO short title | Rep. John McDuffie (D-AL); Sen. Millard E. Tydings (D-MD) | ch 84, 48 Stat 456 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000427; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | Sponsor | Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | NO short title | Rep. John McDuffie (D-AL); Sen. Millard E. Tydings (D-MD) | ch 84, 48 Stat 456 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000427; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Guffey-Snyder Coal Act (see Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935) | Sponsor | Guffey-Snyder Coal Act (see Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935) | "Bituminous Ccoal Conservation Act of 1935" | Sen. Joseph E. Guffey, (D-PA); Rep. John Buell Snyder, (D-PA) | 15 USC 801 | ch 824, 49 Stat 991 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000519; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000668 |
"Guffey-Snyder" not statutized; short title at end (section 23) | |||
| Harrison Act (Restrictions on Territories) (see Special Laws Prohibition Act (Territories)) | Sponsor | Harrison Act (Restrictions on Territories) (see Special Laws Prohibition Act (Territories)) | NO short title | Sen. Benjamin Harrison, (R-OH) | 48 USC 1471 | ch 818, 24 Stat 170 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000263 |
"Harrison Act" statutized by reference by Act of June 25, 1890, ch. 614, 26 Stat. 175 | |||
| Springer Act (see Special Laws Prohibition Act (Territories)) | Sponsor | Springer Act (see Special Laws Prohibition Act (Territories)) | NO short title | Rep. William McKendree Springer, (D-IL) | 48 USC 1471 | ch 818, 24 Stat 170 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000757 |
name not statuted (neither Springer nor Special Laws Prohibition Act) | |||
| Welch Act | Sponsor | Welch Act | NO short title | Rep. Richard Welch (R-CA) | ch 814, 45 Stat 776 | X | nothing in statute; DC civil service | |||||
| Booth Act (California School Lands) | Sponsor | Booth Act (California School Lands) | NO short title | Sen. Newton Booth (Ind. Rep. - CA) | ch 81, 19 Stat 267 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000630 |
no name in statute |