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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fordney-McCumber Act (see Tariff Act of 1922) | Sponsor | Fordney-McCumber Act (see Tariff Act of 1922) | "Tariff Act of 1922" | Rep. Joseph Warren Fordney, (R-MI); Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-N.D.) | ch 356, 42 Stat 858 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000271; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397 |
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| McDuffie-Tydings Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | Sponsor | McDuffie-Tydings Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | NO short title | Rep. John McDuffie (D-AL); Sen. Millard E. Tydings (D-MD) | ch 84, 48 Stat 456 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000427; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Kinkaid Act (Homestead Entries in Nebraska) | Sponsor | Kinkaid Act (Homestead Entries in Nebraska) | NO short title | Rep. Moses Kinkaid (R-NE), introduced | 43 USC 224 | ch. 1801, 33 Stat 547 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000221; http://blog.nebraskahistory.org/?p=663 |
name not statutized; amended Homestead Act to allow for homesteads in NE | |||
| Gwynne Act | Sponsor | Gwynne Act | "Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947" | Rep. John Williams Gwynne, (R-IA) | ch. 52, 61 Stat 84 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000543 |
nothing in statute; but full title refers to Walsh-Healey Act and Bacon-Davis Act | ||||
| Reed-Johnson Act (see World War Veterans' Act, 1924) | Sponsor | Reed-Johnson Act (see World War Veterans' Act, 1924) | "World War Veterans' Act, 1924" | Sen. David Aiken Reed (R-PA); Rep. Royal Cleaves Johnson (R-SD, Chairman of the Committee on WW Veterans' Legislation) | ch 320, 43 Stat 607 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000114; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000173 |
The PNT and some secondary sources link Reed-Johnson and the WW Veterans' Act, but other sources link Reed-Johnson with the Immigration Act of 1924, which was 43 Stat. 153. | ||||
| Byrnes Act (Transporting Strikebreakers) | Sponsor | Byrnes Act (Transporting Strikebreakers) | NO short title | Sen. James Byrnes (D-SC) | ch. 746, 49 Stat 1899 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001215 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Hatch Act of 1887 | Sponsor | Hatch Act of 1887 | NO short title | Rep. William Hatch, (D-MO) | 7 USC 361a (note) | 24 Stat 440 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000339 |
amended to include "Hatch Act of 1887" as short title by 112 Stat 525 | |||
| Sills Act (Pensions, Spanish War, Philippine Insurrection, China Relief Expedition) | Sponsor | Sills Act (Pensions, Spanish War, Philippine Insurrection, China Relief Expedition) | NO short title | Rep. Sam Riley Sells (R-TN) | ch 245, 41 Stat 982 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000235 |
nothing in statute; PNT error - listed as "Sills" but should be "Sells", who was sponsor | ||||
| Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Renamed Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) | Sponsor | Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Renamed Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) | "Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006" | Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (WA) and Sen. Ted Stevens (AK) | 16 USC 1801 (note) | 109-479 | 120 Stat 3575 | Y |
Magnuson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000053; Stevens - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000888 |
The House version was named for Stevens-Inouye, but the Senate version was Magnuson-Stevens. The law had previously been statutized only with Magnuson's name, not Stevens's. | ||
| Second Morrill Act (aka Agricultural College Act of 1890) | Sponsor | Second Morrill Act (aka Agricultural College Act of 1890) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT), though really named for the "First Morrill Act." The Second Morrill Act provided additional endowments for land-grant universities, but prohibited money to states that discriminated based on race in admission. | 7 USC 321 (note) | ch 841, 26 Stat 417 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969; http://ext.wvu.edu/about_extension/land_grant_system |
"Second Morrill Act" statutized by reference at 94 Stat 1502 |