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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.
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.
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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 |
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Lowden Act (Purchase of Embassy Buildings, etc.) | Sponsor | Lowden Act (Purchase of Embassy Buildings, etc.) | NO short title | Rep. Frank Orren Lowden, (R-IL) | 22 USC 133 | ch. 105, 36 Stat 917 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000472 |
Repealed by ch. 250, Section 7, 44 Stat 405; not statutized | |||
Lucas Act | Sponsor | Lucas Act | NO short title | Sen. Scott Lucas (D-IL) | ch. 864, 60 Stat 902 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000493 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Luce Patent Act | Sponsor | Luce Patent Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Luce (R-MA) | ch. 619, 53 Stat 1293 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000498 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Macon's Law | Sponsor | Macon's Law | NO short title | Rep. Nathanial Macon (D-NC) | ch. 39, 2 Stat 605 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000034 |
nothing in statute; foreign trade | ||||
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. | ||
Magnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act | Sponsor | Magnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act | "Magnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act" | Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) and Rep. John E. Moss (D-CA) (sponsor of House vehicle, HR 7917) | 15 USC 2301 (note) | 93-637 | 88 Stat 2183 | Y |
Magnuson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000053; Moss - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001035 |
Enacting clause | ||
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act | Sponsor | Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act | "Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976" | Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) and Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) | 16 USC 1801 (note) | 94-265 | 90 Stat 331 | Y |
Magnuson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000053; Stevens - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000888; Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Stevens_Fishery_Conservati... |
statutized by amending short title to "Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act" in S. 238 of 94 Stat 3275; subsequent amendments refer to "Magnuson" until 2007, then 120 Stat 3575 amends "Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act", despite the fact that Stevens was never previously included | ||
Mahaffie Act | Honor | Mahaffie Act | NO short title | Charles D. Mahaffie, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission | ch. 180, 62 Stat 162 | X |
Note, Solicitation of Assents to Railroad Reorganization Plans Under Section 20B of the Interstate Commerce Act, 62 Yale L.J. 806 (1953) at n. 1. |
nothing in statute | ||||
Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 | Honor | Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 | "Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Improvement Act of 1987" | Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldridge, killed in a rodeo accident in July 1987. | 15 USC 3701 (note) | 100-107 | 101 Stat 724 | Y | long title is amending Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1990 to establish an award named for Malcom Baldridge | |||
Man-Power Act | Description | Man-Power Act | NO short title | ch. 166, 40 Stat 955 | X | nothing in statute, but probably not a name -- statute is temporarily expanding size of the armed forces |