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 |
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Macon's Law | Sponsor | Macon's Law | NO short title | Rep. Nathanial Macon (D-NC) | ch. 39, 2 Stat 605 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000034 |
nothing in statute; foreign trade | ||||
Edge Act (Federal Reserve Banks) | Sponsor | Edge Act (Federal Reserve Banks) | NO short title | Sen. Walter Evans Edge (R-NJ) | 12 USC 611 (note) | ch. 18, 41 Stat 378 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000044 |
not statutized; amending the Federal Reserve Act; | |||
Sterling-Lehlbach Act (Classification, Federal Employees) (see Classification Act of 1923) | Sponsor | Sterling-Lehlbach Act (Classification, Federal Employees) (see Classification Act of 1923) | "The Classification Act of 1923" | Sen. Thomas Sterling,1913-1925, (R-OH); Rep. Frederick Reimold Lehlbach, (R-NJ) | ch 265, 42 Stat 1488 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000872; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000222 |
short title at beginning "The Classification Act of 1923" | ||||
Lever Act (Food and Fuel Control) | Sponsor | Lever Act (Food and Fuel Control) | NO short title | Rep. Asbury Francis Lever, (D-S.C.) | ch. 53, 40 Stat 276 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000259 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Harrison Act of 1914 | Sponsor | Harrison Act of 1914 | NO short title | Rep. Francis Burton Harrison (D-NY) | ch. 1, 38 Stat 785 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000268 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Gold Star Mothers Act | Sponsor | Gold Star Mothers Act | NO short title | ch 659, 50 Stat 660 | X | nothing in statute | ||||||
Steagall Commodity Credit Act | Sponsor | Steagall Commodity Credit Act | NO short title | Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | ch 270, 55 Stat 498 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Tarsney Act (Erection of Public Buildings) | Sponsor | Tarsney Act (Erection of Public Buildings) | NO short title | Rep. John Tarsney (D-MO) | ch 146, 27 Stat 468 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000043 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Sulloway Act (Pensions) (see Widows' Pension Act) | Sponsor | Sulloway Act (Pensions) (see Widows' Pension Act) | NO short title | Rep. Cyrus Adams Sulloway, (R-NH) | ch 147, 35 Stat 64 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001063 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Norris-Rayburn Rural Electrification Act (see Rural Electrification Act of 1936) | Sponsor | Norris-Rayburn Rural Electrification Act (see Rural Electrification Act of 1936) | "Rural Electrification Act of 1936" | Sen. George William Norris, (R-NE); Rep. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, (D-TX) | 7 USC 901 | ch 432, 49 Stat 1363 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082 |
"Norris-Rayburn" not statutized; short title at beginning |