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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humphrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act | Sponsor | Humphrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act | NO short title | Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN), Sen. Edward Thye (R-MN), Rep. John Blatnik (D-MN), and Rep. Herman Andersen (R-MN). | 16 USC 577d-1 | ch. 425, 70 Stat 326 | Y |
Humphrey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953; Thye - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000259; Blatnik - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000550; Andersen - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000179 |
statutized by reference in S. 4, 78 Stat 893; lands in northern MN | |||
| Elkins Act (Interstate Commerce) | Sponsor | Elkins Act (Interstate Commerce) | NO short title | Sen. Stephen Elkins (R-WV), chairman of Comm on Interstate Commerce | ch. 708, 32 Stat 847 | X |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkins_Act#cite_note-0; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000110; (see also p 201 of Railway regulation: an analysis of the underlying problems in railway ... |
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| Chandler Act (Bankruptcy Revision) | Sponsor | Chandler Act (Bankruptcy Revision) | NO short title | Rep. Walter Chandler (D-TN) | ch. 575, 52 Stat 840 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000296 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Burton-Hill Hospital Survey of Construction Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | Sponsor | Burton-Hill Hospital Survey of Construction Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | Sen. Harold Hitz Burton (R-OH); Sen. Joseph Lister Hill (D-AL) | ch 958, 60 Stat 1040 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001150; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000598 |
short title is "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | ||||
| Tyson-Fitzgerald Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | Sponsor | Tyson-Fitzgerald Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | NO short title | Sen. Lawrence Davis Tyson, (D-TN) | ch 735, 45 Stat 735 | |||||||
| Tincher-Capper Act (Grain Futures) (see Commodity Exchange Act) | Sponsor | Tincher-Capper Act (Grain Futures) (see Commodity Exchange Act) | "The Grain Futures Act" | Sen. Arthur Capper, 1919-45, (R-KA); Rep. Jasper Napoleon Tincher, (R-KA) | 7 USC 1 | ch 369, 42 Stat 998 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000282 |
"Tincher-Capper" not statutized | |||
| Dickstein Alien Officials Act (see Immigration Act of 1924) | Sponsor | Dickstein Alien Officials Act (see Immigration Act of 1924) | "The Immigration Act of 1924" | Samuel Dickstein, (D-NY) | ch 190, 43 Stat 153 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000335 |
short title at beginning - "The Immigration Act of 1924" | ||||
| Jones Act (Phillipine Government) (see Autonomy Act) | Sponsor | Jones Act (Phillipine Government) (see Autonomy Act) | NO short title | Rep. William Jones (D-VA) | ch 416, 39 Stat 545 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000259 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sponsor | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | "Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002" | Sen. Paul Sarbanes, (D-MD); Rep. Michael Oxley (R-OH) | 15 USC 7201 (note) | 107-204 | 116 Stat 745 | Y |
Nance Lucas, An Interview with United States Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NXD/is_1_11/ai_n25101748/; Sarbanes-Oxley Essential Information, sox-online.com, http://www.sox-online.com/basics.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000064; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000163 |
short title | ||
| Carlisle Act (Spirits Regauging) | Sponsor | Carlisle Act (Spirits Regauging) | NO short title | Former Sen., then Treasury Secretary John Carlise | ch. 349, Section 50, 28 Stat 564 | X |
http://www.treasury.gov/about/history/pages/jgcarlisle.aspx; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000152 |