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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Spooner Act (Panama Canal) | Sponsor | Spooner Act (Panama Canal) | NO short title | Sen. John Spooner (R-WI), author | ch 1302, 32 Stat 481 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000741; also 12.15.1905 NYT article (on file); also http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/560906/John-Spooner?anchor=ref... |
creating Panama Canal | ||||
Johnson Act (Maritime Workers' Compensation) | Sponsor | Johnson Act (Maritime Workers' Compensation) | NO short title | Sen. Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | ch. 97, 40 Stat 395 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000140 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Borah Act | Sponsor | Borah Act | NO short title | Sen. William Borah (R-ID) | ch 777, 50 Stat 810 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000634 |
no name in statute | ||||
Cullom Act (Interstate Commerce) (see Interstate Commerce Act) | Sponsor | Cullom Act (Interstate Commerce) (see Interstate Commerce Act) | NO short title | Sen. Shelby Cullom (R-IL) | ch 104, 24 Stat 379 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000973 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Robinson-Patman Act (aka Robinson-Patman Anti-discrimination Act and aka Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act) | Sponsor | Robinson-Patman Act (aka Robinson-Patman Anti-discrimination Act and aka Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act) | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Robinson (D-AR) and Rep. John Wright Patman (D-TX) | 15 USC 13 (note) | ch 592, 49 Stat 1526 | Y |
Patman - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000103; Robinson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000347 |
name not statutized by amendment to the act, but "Robinson-Patman Act" is referenced in S. 513 (34)(D) of 94 Stat 2835 | |||
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 | ||||
Newlands Resolution (Annexation of Hawaii) | Sponsor | Newlands Resolution (Annexation of Hawaii) | NO short title | Rep. Francis Newlands (D-NV) | No. 55, 30 Stat 750 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Chamberlain-Ferris Act | Sponsor | Chamberlain-Ferris Act | NO short title | Sen. George Earle Chamberlain, (D-OR); Rep. Scott Ferris, (D-OK) | ch. 137, 39 Stat 218 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000277; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000091 |
no name in statute; railroad/telegraph land grant | ||||
Shipstead-Nolan Act | Sponsor | Shipstead-Nolan Act | NO short title | Sen. Henrik Shipstead (R-MN) and Rep. William Nolan (R-MN) | 16 USC 577 (note) | ch 881, 46 Stat 1020 | Y |
Shipstead - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000369; Nolan - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000128 |
statutized by reference in S. 4, 78 Stat 893; lands in northern MN | |||
Dill-Rayburn Communications Act | Sponsor | Dill-Rayburn Communications Act | "Communications Act of 1934" | Sen. Clarence Cleveland Dill, (D-WA); Rep. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, (D-TX) | 47 USC 609 | ch 652, 48 Stat 1064 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000345; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082 |
"Dill-Rayburn" not statutized; short title at end - "Communications Act of 1934" (creating FCC) |