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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filled Cheese Act | Description | Filled Cheese Act | NO short title | ch 337, 29 Stat 253 | X | |||||||
| Hall-Mark Act (Gold and Silver Articles) (see Jewelers' Liability Act (Gold and Silver Articles)) | Description | Hall-Mark Act (Gold and Silver Articles) (see Jewelers' Liability Act (Gold and Silver Articles)) | NO short title | Hall-Mark is an indication of metal content. | 15 USC 294 | ch 3289, 34 Stat 260 | Y |
; see also Warman's Jewelry, 2nd edition |
short title not statutized; aka National Gold and Silver Stamping Act of 1906; short title is listed in code but not was not statutized by 1976 amendments | |||
| Covering-in Act | Description | Covering-in Act | NO short title | ch 328, section 5, 18 Stat 110 | N | no idea what "covering-in" is | ||||||
| Walter-Logan Act (see Administrative Procedure Act) | Sponsor | Walter-Logan Act (see Administrative Procedure Act) | "Administrative Procedure Act" | Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-PA); Sen. Marvel M. Logan (D-KY) | 5 USC note prec 551 | ch 324, 60 Stat 237 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000108; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000404 |
short title at beginning; Seems as though "Walter-Logan Act" was really a failed 1941 version that was vetoed by the President. The Emerging Concept of Administrative Procedure, Paul R. Verkuil, Columbia Law Review , Vol. 78, No. 2 (Mar., 1978), pp. 258-329, 261 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/1121898) | |||
| Ransdell Act | Sponsor | Ransdell Act | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Ransdell (D-LA) (1913-1930) | ch 320, 46 Stat 379 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000059 |
nothing in statute; establishing NIH | ||||
| Reed-Johnson Act (see World War Veterans' Act, 1924) | Sponsor | Reed-Johnson Act (see World War Veterans' Act, 1924) | "World War Veterans' Act, 1924" | Sen. David Aiken Reed (R-PA); Rep. Royal Cleaves Johnson (R-SD, Chairman of the Committee on WW Veterans' Legislation) | ch 320, 43 Stat 607 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000114; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000173 |
The PNT and some secondary sources link Reed-Johnson and the WW Veterans' Act, but other sources link Reed-Johnson with the Immigration Act of 1924, which was 43 Stat. 153. | ||||
| Steagall R.F.C. Relief Organizations Act | Sponsor | Steagall R.F.C. Relief Organizations Act | NO short title | Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | ch 32, 52 Stat 79 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
nothing in statute\ | ||||
| Vinson-Patman-McCormack Act (see Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936) | Sponsor | Vinson-Patman-McCormack Act (see Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936) | "Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936" | Rep. Vinson (D-KY); Rep. Patman (D-TX); Rep. McCormack (D-MA) | ch 32, 49 Stat 1099 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000106; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000103; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000364 |
short title at end; Referred to as Vinson-Patman-McCormack in contemporary news about bill: http://www.fultonhistory.com/Process%20small/Newspapers/Lowvile%20Ny%20Rebulican/1936/Newspaper%20Lowville%20NY%20Journal%20Republican%201936%20-%20%28120%29.PDF | ||||
| Norris Muscle Shoals Act (see Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933) | Description | Norris Muscle Shoals Act (see Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933) | "Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933" | Norris (Sen.) Muscle Shoals Bill was vetoed by Hoover, but then became the basis for the TVA Act in 1933 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_Shoals_Bill | 16 USC 831 | ch 32, 48 Stat 58 | N | "norris" not statutized; short title at beginning | ||||
| Smith Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | Sponsor | Smith Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | NO short title | Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) | 43 USC 621 | ch 319, 39 Stat 506 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551 |
name not statutized |