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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall-Mark Act | Description | Hall-Mark Act | NO short title | Hallmark is what is stamped on Gold and Silver to certify purity | 15 USC 291 | ch. 720, 33 Stat 732 | N |
(Dictionary) |
Hallmark not statutized - statute prohibits stamping of gold and silver with "U.S. assay" (still on books, never amended); No one in Congress named Hall at the time and no one ever named Mark; Seems to be "Hallmark" | |||
| Elkins Act (Interstate Commerce) | Sponsor | Elkins Act (Interstate Commerce) | NO short title | Sen. Stephen Elkins (R-WV), chairman of Comm on Interstate Commerce | ch. 708, 32 Stat 847 | X |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkins_Act#cite_note-0; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000110; (see also p 201 of Railway regulation: an analysis of the underlying problems in railway ... |
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| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1929" | Ch. 706, 45 Stat 1607 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1935" | Ch. 70, 48 Stat 425 | ||||||||
| Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act | Description | Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act | "Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act" | Ch. 7, 48 Stat 344 | ||||||||
| Jenkins Act | Sponsor | Jenkins Act | NO short title | Rep. Thomas Jenkins (R-OH) | 15 USC 375 (note) | ch. 699, 63 Stat 884 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000088 |
statutized by PACT Act, 124 Stat 1087 | |||
| Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States | Description | Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States | "Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States" | Ch. 699, 49 Stat 1807 | ||||||||
| Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act | Sponsor | Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act | NO short title | Sen. Robert Wagner (NY) and Rep. Caroline O'Day (NY) were in Congress when the original provision was passed in 1938, but Sen. Jacob Javits (NY) was not elected to Congress until 1957. The act was revised in 1971 (85 Stat 77) and it is possible Javits was the sponsor of that amendment. | ch. 697, 52 Stat 1196 | Y |
Wagner - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; O'Day - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000033; Javits - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000064 |
nothing in statute; creating committee on purchasing blind-made products; amended to add short title "Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act" by 108 Stat 3409 in 1994; THIS IS THE ONLY SPONSOR STATUTE NAMED FOR A WOMAN | ||||
| Railway Labor Act | Description | Railway Labor Act | "Railway Labor Act" | 45 USC 151 | Ch. 691, 48 Stat 1185 | |||||||
| Revenue Act of 1936 | Description | Revenue Act of 1936 | "Revenue Act of 1936" | Ch. 690, 49 Stat 1648 |