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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Heyburn Act (Pure Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) | Sponsor | Heyburn Act (Pure Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) | NO short title | Sen. Weldon Brinton Heyburn, (R-ID) | ch 3915, 34 Stat 768 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000554 |
nothing in statute | ||||
McCumber Act (Pensions) | Sponsor | McCumber Act (Pensions) | NO short title | Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-ND) | ch 468, 34 Stat 879 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Nelson Act (Criminal Appeals) (see Criminal Appeals Act) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Criminal Appeals) (see Criminal Appeals Act) | NO short title | Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 2564, 34 Stat 1246 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040 |
nothing in statute; see U.S. v. Mersky, 361 U.S. 431 (1960) at n. 5. | ||||
Nelson Amendment (Agricultural Colleges) | Sponsor | Nelson Amendment (Agricultural Colleges) | NO short title | Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 2907 [part], 34 Stat 1256, 1281 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040 |
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 | ||||
Vreeland-Aldrich Act (National Currency Associations) | Sponsor | Vreeland-Aldrich Act (National Currency Associations) | NO short title | Rep. Edward Butterfield Vreeland, (R-N.Y.); Sen. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, R- R.I.) | ch 229, 35 Stat 546 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000122; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000083 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Payne-Aldrich Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | Payne-Aldrich Act (Tariff) | NO short title | Rep. Sereno Elisha Payne, (R-N.Y.); Sen. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, (R-R.I.) | ch 6, 36 Stat 11 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000153; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000083 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Brown-Stevens Act | Sponsor | Brown-Stevens Act | NO short title | Rep. Frederick Clement Stevens, (R-MN); Sen. Norris Brown, (R-NE) | ch. 202, 36 Stat 348 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000878; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000939 |
no name in statute | ||||
Mann-Elkins Act | Sponsor | Mann-Elkins Act | NO short title | Rep. James Robert Mann, (R- IL); Sen. Stephon Benton Elkins, (R- W.VA) | ch. 309, 36 Stat 539 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000104; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000110 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Sherwood Act (Mexican, Civil War Pensions) | Sponsor | Sherwood Act (Mexican, Civil War Pensions) | NO short title | Rep. Isaac R. Sherwood, (D-IA) | ch 123, 37 Stat 112 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000355 |
nothing in statute |