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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones-Reid Act (see Flood Control Act of 1928) | Sponsor | Jones-Reid Act (see Flood Control Act of 1928) | NO short title | Rep. Frank R. Reid (R-IL); Sen. Wesley Livsey Jones (R-WA) | 33 USC 702a | ch 569, 45 Stat 534 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000145; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
name not statutized | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Baldwin Amendment | Sponsor | Baldwin Amendment | NO short title | Rep. John Finley Baldwin, Jr., (R-CA) | Amending 1USC 23 | 89-139 section 4(a) | 79 Stat 578 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000092 |
"Baldwin" not statutized; highway safety programs | ||
| Winslow Act | Sponsor | Winslow Act | NO short title | Rep. Samuel Winslow (R-MA) | ch 285, 42 Stat 1511 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000639 |
nothing in statute; enacting clause specifies amending "Trading With the Enemy Act" | ||||
| Rankin World War Widows Act | Sponsor | Rankin World War Widows Act | NO short title | Rep. John Rankin (D-MS) | ch 214, 52 Stat 352 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000056 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Teller Act (Omnibus Statehood Act) | Sponsor | Teller Act (Omnibus Statehood Act) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Teller (R-CO) | ch 180, 25 Stat 676 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000116 |
nothing in statute; dividing Dakotas and providing for statehood for Montana and Washington | ||||
| Morris Act (Chippewa Indians of Minnesota) | Sponsor | Morris Act (Chippewa Indians of Minnesota) | NO short title | Rep. Robert Page Walter Morris (R-MN) | 25 USC 197 (note) | ch 1157, 32 Stat 400 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000986 |
name not statutized; provides for the disposition of dead timber in MN, so likely named for the Rep. Morris of MN | |||
| Esch-Cummins Act (Railroads) (see Transportation Act, 1920) | Sponsor | Esch-Cummins Act (Railroads) (see Transportation Act, 1920) | "Transportation Act, 1920" | Rep. John Jacob Esch (R-WI); Sen. Albert Cummins (D-IA) | ch 91, 41 Sat 456 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000988 |
short title at beginning "Transportation Act, 1920"; Typo in PNT - listed as "Esch-Cummings" but is really "Esch-Cummins" | ||||
| Lanham Act (aka the Trademark Act of 1946) | Sponsor | Lanham Act (aka the Trademark Act of 1946) | NO short title | Rep. Fritz Garland Lanham (D-TX) | 15 USC 1051 (note) | ch. 540, 60 Stat 427 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000076 |
statutized by 98 Stat 3335 |