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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Dollinger Act (Food and Drugs) | Sponsor | Dollinger Act (Food and Drugs) | NO short title | Rep. Isidore Dollinger (D-NY) | 85-250 | 71 Stat 567 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000402 |
nothing in statute | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Erdman Act of 1898 | Sponsor | Erdman Act of 1898 | NO short title | Rep. Constantine Jacob Erdman (D-PA) | ch 370, 30 Stat 424 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000199 |
Although Erdman was not in the House when the bil was finally signed into law, he had worked on previous versions which had passed the House in earlier Congresses. (See, eg, The House Devotes a Day to Labor Legislation, NY Times, Feb. 26, 1895) | ||||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 | Sponsor | Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 | "Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976" | Sen. Philip Hart (D-MI), Sen. Hugh Scott, Jr. (R-PA), and Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ). Rodino was Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Hart was Chairman of the Antitrust Subcommittee on Senate Judiciary, and Scott retired in 1976. In an interview for the Senate Historical Office Oral History Project, former Senate Judiciary Counsel Chuck Ludlam claimed that Rodino in fact "hated" the bill but settled for getting it through his committee, which was more liberal than he was, in exchange for having his name attached to the legislation. | 15 USC 1 (note) | 94-435 | 90 Stat 1383 | Y |
Hart - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000291; Scott - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000174; Rodino - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000374; http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Ludlam_Intervi... |
Final section of this act statutized the short titles of the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Webb-Pomerene Act, and the Wilson Tariff Act. | ||
| Webb-Pomerene Act (Export Trade) | Sponsor | Webb-Pomerene Act (Export Trade) | NO short title | Rep. Edwin Webb (D-NC) and Sen. Atlee Pomerene (D-OH) | 15 USC 66 | ch 50, 40 Stat 516 | Y |
Webb - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000231; Pomerene - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000420 |
"Webb-Pomerene" is codified at 15 USC 66, added by 90 Stat 1397 (Hart-Scott-Rodino) |