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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiss Act (Pensions) | Case | Hiss Act (Pensions) | NO short title | Accused spy and convicted perjurer Alger Hiss | ch. 1214, 68 Stat 1142 | X |
Hiss v. Hampton, 338 F.Supp. 1141 (D.D.C. 1972) |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Dingley Act (Shipping) | Sponsor | Dingley Act (Shipping) | NO short title | Rep. Nelson Dingley (R-ME) | ch. 121, 23 Stat 53 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000356 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Hoch-Smith Resolution | Sponsor | Hoch-Smith Resolution | NO short title | Rep. Homer Hoch (R-KS); Sen. Ellison DuRant Smith (D-SC) | ch. 120, 43 Stat 801 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000669; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000530 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1932" | Ch. 12, 47 Stat 15 | ||||||||
| Kellogg Act (Cable Companies) | Sponsor | Kellogg Act (Cable Companies) | NO short title | Sen. Frank Billings Kellog. (R-MN) | 47 USC 34 | ch. 12, 42 Stat 8 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000065 |
name not statutized | |||
| Celler Anti-Merger Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | Sponsor | Celler Anti-Merger Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | NO short title | Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-NY) | ch. 1184, 64 Stat 1125 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Gould Amendment (Food and Drugs) | Sponsor | Gould Amendment (Food and Drugs) | NO short title | Rep. Samuel Gould (D-ME) | ch. 117, 37 Stat 732 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000343 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1931" | Ch. 111, 46 Stat 1064 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1936" | Ch. 110, 49 Stat 218 | ||||||||
| Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act | Sponsor | Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act | NO short title | Sen. Harry B. Hawes (D-MO) (resigned Senate effective Feb. 3, 1933); Rep. Butler Black Hare (D-SC) (left Mar. 3, 1933); Sen. Bronson Murray Cutting (R-NM) (1929-1935) | ch. 11, 47 Stat 761 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000362; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000200; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001028 |
nothing in statute |