
October 26, 2012
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.
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 |
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CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 | Acrostic | CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 | "Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 or CAN-SPAM Act of 2003" | 15 USC 7701 | 108-187 | 117 Stat 2699 | N | both in short title at the beginning of statute | ||||
Faddis Machine Tool Act | Sponsor | Faddis Machine Tool Act | NO short title | Rep. Charles Isiah Faddis (D-PA) | 50 USC App. 711 et seq | ch. 836, 54 Stat 1090 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000001 |
name not statutized | |||
Underwood Tariff Act | Sponsor | Underwood Tariff Act | NO short title | Rep Oscar Wilder Underwood, (D-AL) | ch 16, 38 Stat 114 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000013 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Dutch John Federal Property Disposition And Assistance Act of 1998 | Location | Dutch John Federal Property Disposition And Assistance Act of 1998 | "Dutch John Federal Property Disposition And Assistance Act of 1998" | Dutch John, UT | 16 USC 460v (note) | 105-326 | 112 Stat 3040 | Y |
Text of legislation |
short title; | ||
Raker Act | Sponsor | Raker Act | NO short title | Rep. John Edward Raker, (D-CA) | ch 4, 38 Stat 242 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000019 |
nothing in statute; granting land access rights in Yosemite to the city of SFO | ||||
ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998 | Abbreviation | ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998 | "ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998" | 43 USC 1601 | 105-333 | 112 Stat 3129 | N | short title at the end of the statute; amending the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act | ||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Extension of Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 424, 50 Stat 468 | ||||||||
Bland-Allison Act (Coinage of Silver) [see Coinage Act (Silver Dollar)] | Sponsor | Bland-Allison Act (Coinage of Silver) [see Coinage Act (Silver Dollar)] | NO short title | Rep. Richard Bland (D-MO); Sen. William Boyd (R-IA) | ch 20, 20 Stat 25 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000544; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000160 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Petrillo Bill | Case | Petrillo Bill | "Communications Act of 1934" | Defendant James Petrillo in U.S. v. Petrillo (332 U.S. 1, 1947), who was prosecuted for violation of a provision of the Communications Act of 1934. Petrillo was the head of the American Federation of Musicians. | 47 USC 609 | ch 652, 48 Stat 1064 | N | "Petrillo" not statutized; short title at end - "Communications Act of 1934" (creating FCC); Although the two acts are cross-referenced in the PNT, the "Petrillo Bill" was actually an amendment to the Communications Act of 1934, adopted on April 16, 1946. See American Newspaper Publishers Ass'n v. NLRB (345 U.S. 100) (1953). | ||||
Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act | Victim | Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act | "Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act" | Danny Keysar was a 17-month-old child killed in 1998 when a portable crib collapsed on him. | 15 USC 2056a(a) | 110-314, title I, Section 104 | 122 Stat 3028 | Y |
http://schakowsky.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14... |
short title at Section 104(a) |