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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Tariff Act | Sponsor | Walker Tariff Act | NO short title | Treasury Secretary Robert Walker | ch 74, 9 Stat 42 | X | nothing in statute | |||||
| Fitzgerald-Tyson Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | Sponsor | Fitzgerald-Tyson Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | NO short title | Sen. Lawrence Davis Tyson (D-TN); Rep. Roy G. Fitzgerald (R-OH) | ch 735, 45 Stat 735 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000456; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000166 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| 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 | |||||||
| Wilson Act (aka Original Packages Act) | Sponsor | Wilson Act (aka Original Packages Act) | NO short title | Sen. James Wilson (R-IA) | 27 USC 121 (note) | ch 728, 26 Stat 313 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000594 |
name not statutized; but both names are listed under short title note; see also Andrew Alexander Bruce, The Wilson Act and the Constitution, Green Bag, Vol. 21, Issue 5 (May 1909) and 21 Cong. Rec. 4954 (1890). | |||
| George-Barden Act (see Vocational Education Act of 1946) | Sponsor | George-Barden Act (see Vocational Education Act of 1946) | "Vocational Education Act of 1946" | Rep. Graham Arthur Barden, (D-N.C); Sen. Walter Franklin George, (D-GA). | 20 USC 11 | ch 725, 60 Stat 775 |
06/08/1936 08/01/1946 |
N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000139; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000131 |
George-Barden not statutized | ||
| George-Deen Vocational Education Act (see Vocational Education Act of 1936) | Sponsor | George-Deen Vocational Education Act (see Vocational Education Act of 1936) | "Vocational Education Act of 1946"; QUESTION: Should these be act of 1946, when enactment is 1936/1920? | Sen. Walter Franklin George, (D-GA); Rep. Braswell Drue Deen, (D-GA), | 20 USC 11 | ch 725, 60 Stat 775 |
06/08/1936 08/01/1946 |
N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000131; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000187 |
George-Deen not statutized | ||
| McMahon Atomic Energy Act (see Atomic Energy Act of 1954) | Sponsor | McMahon Atomic Energy Act (see Atomic Energy Act of 1954) | "Atomic Anergy Act of 1946" | Sen. Brien McMahon (D-CT) | 42 USC 2011 | ch 724, 60 Stat 755 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000559 |
short title at end - "Atomic Energy Act of 1946" | |||
| Wheeler-Lea Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wheeler-Lea Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | "Transportation Act of 1940" | Clarence Frederick Lea, dem, 1918-1949, calif; Burton Kendall Wheeler, 1923-1947, dem, montana | ch 722, 54 Stat 898 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163;http://... |
short title at beginning - "Transportation Act of 1940" | ||||
| Lea-Wheeler Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Lea-Wheeler Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | "Transportation Act of 1940" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT) | ch 722, 54 Stat 898 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330 |
short title at beginning - "Transportation Act of 1940" | ||||
| Russell-Overton Amendment | Sponsor | Russell-Overton Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA); Sen. John Overton (D-LA) | ch 720, section 9, 54 Stat 892 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000536; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000146 |
nothing in statute |