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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco Inspection Act | Description | Tobacco Inspection Act | "Tobacco Inspection Act" | 7 USC 511q | Ch. 623, 49 Stat 731 | |||||||
| Luce Patent Act | Sponsor | Luce Patent Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Luce (R-MA) | ch. 619, 53 Stat 1293 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000498 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Banking Act of 1935 | Description | Banking Act of 1935 | "Banking Act of 1935" | 12 USC 228 | Ch. 614, 49 Stat 684 | |||||||
| Barkley-Norris Resolution (T.V. Authoirty) | Sponsor | Barkley-Norris Resolution (T.V. Authoirty) | NO short title | Sen. Alben Barkley (D-KY); Sen. George Norris (I-NE) | ch. 61, 52 Stat 154 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000145; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139 |
nothing in statute; establishing a joint committee to investigate the Tenn. Valley Authority - wonder if Barkley/Norris were chairs or sponsors? | ||||
| Geary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | Sponsor | Geary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | NO short title | Rep. Thomas Geary (D-CA) | ch. 60, 27 Stat 25 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000113 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Gold Reserve Act of 1934 | Description | Gold Reserve Act of 1934 | "Gold Reserve Act of 1934" | Ch. 6, 48 Stat 337 | ||||||||
| Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1919 | Description | Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1919 | "Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1919" | Ch. 6, 41 Stat 35 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Independent Offices Act" | Ch. 580, 45 Stat 573 | ||||||||
| Glass-Steagall Act, 1932 | Sponsor | Glass-Steagall Act, 1932 | NO short title | Sen. Carter Glass (D-VA) and Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | 12 USC 226 (note)/12 USC 347a, 347b, 412 | ch. 58, 47 Stat 56 | Y |
Glass - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232; Steagall - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
Statutized by 94 Stat 188, but note in code (at at 12 USC 93a) indicates that the Glass-Steagall Act referred to in text is "probably" the 1933 act not the 1932 act | |||
| Humphrey-Durham Drug Prescriptions Act | Sponsor | Humphrey-Durham Drug Prescriptions Act | NO short title | Rep. Carl Durham (D-NC); Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | ch. 578, 65 Stat 648 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000571; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953 |
nothing in statute |