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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wagner Act (Advance Planning of Public Works) (see Employment Stabilization Act of 1931) | Sponsor | Wagner Act (Advance Planning of Public Works) (see Employment Stabilization Act of 1931) | "Employment Stabilization Act of 1931" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.) | ch 117, 46 Stat 1084 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
short title at beginning "Employment Stabilization Act of 1931" | ||||
| Wagner Foreign Credits Act | Sponsor | Wagner Foreign Credits Act | NO short title | Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) | ch 185, 54 Stat 179 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
nothing in statute; actually a joint resolution | ||||
| Wagner-Cole Act (see Trust Indenture Act of 1939) | Sponsor | Wagner-Cole Act (see Trust Indenture Act of 1939) | "Trust Indenture Act of 1939" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. William Purington Cole Jr., (D-MD), . NOTE: TWO Coles; this is the only dem though: probably joined to pass? | 15 USC 77aaa | ch 411, 53 Stat 1149 |
05/27/1933 08/03/1939 |
N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000616 |
"Wagner-Cole" not statutized; short title included in the amending language in 1939, adding to Title III of the Act passed in 1933 | ||
| Wagner-Connery Labor Relations Act (see National Labor Relations Act) | Sponsor | Wagner-Connery Labor Relations Act (see National Labor Relations Act) | "National Labor Relations Act" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-NY); William Patrick Connery, Jr., (D-MA) (Note there are two Connery's, but this one was on the House Committee on Labor, so likely on the bill?) | 29 USC 151 | ch 372, 49 Stat 449 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000694 |
short title at end - "National Labor Relations Act"; "Wagner-Connery" not statutized | |||
| Wagner-Connery Wages and Hours Act (see Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Wagner-Connery Wages and Hours Act (see Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938) | "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. William Patrick Connery, Jr., 1923-37, (D-MA). | 29 USC 201 | ch 676, 52 Stat 1060 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000694; see also http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/flsa1938.htm |
ST at beginning; "Wagner-Connery" not statutized | |||
| Wagner-Lea Act (see Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Investment Company Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wagner-Lea Act (see Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Investment Company Act of 1940) | short title at end of title I - "Investment Company Act of 1940"; short title at end of title II - "Investment Advisers Act of 1940" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-NY) | 15 USC 80a-51 | ch 686, title I, 54 Stat 789 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
"Wagner-Lea" not statutized; Investment Advisers Act is ch 686, title II, 54 Stat 847, codified at 15 USC 80b-20 | |||
| Wagner-Lewis $500,000,000 Emergency Relief Act (see A.A.A. Farm Relief and Inflation Act) | Sponsor | Wagner-Lewis $500,000,000 Emergency Relief Act (see A.A.A. Farm Relief and Inflation Act) | NO short title | Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) (1927-1949); Probably Sen. James H. Lewis (D-IL), who was Democratic whip at the time, but unclear. No conferees were named Lewis in either chamber and no Lewis played a significant role in the debates. (Though it is clear that Sen. Lewis was present and asking questions -- no Lewis appears in the House proceedings at all.) | ch 25, 48 Stat 31 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000284 |
nothing in statute; Neither the Lewis in the House or Senate participated in the debates on the bill and neither was a conferee; Sen. Lewis didn't even vote on the conference report | ||||
| Wagner-O'Day Act (see Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act) | Sponsor | Wagner-O'Day Act (see Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act) | NO short title | Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY); Rep. Caroline O'Day (D-NY) | ch 697, 52 Stat 1196 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000033 |
nothing in statute (blind-made products) | ||||
| Wagner-Peyser Act | Sponsor | Wagner-Peyser Act | NO short title | Sen. Robert Wagner (D-NY) and Rep. Theodore Peyser (D-NY) | 29 USC 49 (note) | ch 49, 48 Stat 113 | Y |
Wagner - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; Peyser - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000281 |
statutized by amending short title to include "Wagner-Peyser Act" in 96 Stat 1397 | |||
| Wagner-Steagall Housing Act | Sponsor | Wagner-Steagall Housing Act | "United States Housing Act Amendments of 1938" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. Henry Bascom Steagall, (D-AL) | ch 554, title VI, 52 Stat 820 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
short title at end of Title VI (only applies to title VI) |