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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobbs Administrative Orders Review Act of 1950 (see Administrative Orders Review Act) | Sponsor | Hobbs Administrative Orders Review Act of 1950 (see Administrative Orders Review Act) | NO short title | Rep. Samuel Hobbs (D-AL) | ch 1189, 64 Stat 1129 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Dawes Act (Indians) (see Indian General Allotment Act) | Sponsor | Dawes Act (Indians) (see Indian General Allotment Act) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Laurens Dawes, (R-MA) | 25 USC 331 | ch 119, 24 Stat 388 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000148 |
nothing in statute; name not statutized | |||
| Hayden-Cartwright Act (see Federal Highway Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Hayden-Cartwright Act (see Federal Highway Act of 1938) | "Federal Highway Act" | Sen. Carl Trumbell Hayden, (D-AZ); Rep. Wilburn Cartwright, (D-OK) | ch 119, 42 Stat 212 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000385; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000207 |
short title at beginning "Federal Highway Act"; Section 2 specifies that two other acts will be referred to as the "Federal Aid Act" | ||||
| Johnson Act (Gambling) (see Gambling Devices Transportation Act) | Sponsor | Johnson Act (Gambling) (see Gambling Devices Transportation Act) | NO short title | Sen. Edwin Johnson (D-CO) | 15 USC 1171 | ch 1194, 64 Stat 1134 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000127 |
not statutized; See floor statements at 96 CR 15107 (Sept. 19, 1950) | |||
| Doughton Current Tax Payment Act of 1943 (see Current Tax Payment Act of 1943) | Sponsor | Doughton Current Tax Payment Act of 1943 (see Current Tax Payment Act of 1943) | "Current Tax Payment Act of 1943" | Rep. Robert Lee Doughton, (D-N.C.) | ch 120, 57 Stat 126 | x |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000448 |
short title at end; Rep. Doughton was chairman of House Ways and Means - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Doughton | ||||
| Taft-Hartley Act (see Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947) | Sponsor | Taft-Hartley Act (see Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947) | "Labor Management Relations Act, 1947" | Sen. Robert Taft, (R-OH); Rep. Fred Hartley, (R-N.J.) | 29 USC 141(a) | ch 120, 61 Stat 136 | Y |
Taft-Hartley Labor Act, infoplease.com, http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/bus/A0847620.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000009; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000298 |
short title at beginning - "Labor Management Relations Act, 1947"; "Taft-Hartley" name statutized by mention in PL 105-258, 112 Stat 1902 (1998) but direct mention was dropped when in codification, see notes in codification | |||
| Morrison Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | Morrison Act (Tariff) | NO short title | Rep. William Morrison (D-IL) | ch 121, 22 Stat 488 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001000 |
nothing in statute; taxes | ||||
| Sherwood Act (Mexican, Civil War Pensions) | Sponsor | Sherwood Act (Mexican, Civil War Pensions) | NO short title | Rep. Isaac R. Sherwood, (D-IA) | ch 123, 37 Stat 112 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000355 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| McKinley Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | McKinley Act (Tariff) | NO short title | Rep. William McKinley (R - OH) | ch 1244, 26 Stat 567 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000522 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Nolan Act (Patents) | Sponsor | Nolan Act (Patents) | NO short title | Rep. John Ignatius Nolan, (R-CA) | ch 126, 41 Stat 1313 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000124 |
nothing in statute |