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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tariff Act of 1930 | Description | Tariff Act of 1930 | "Tariff Act of 1930" | 19 USC 1654 | Ch. 497, 46 Stat 590 | |||||||
| Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | Sponsor | Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | "Tariff Act of 1930" | Sen. Reed Smoot, 1903-1933, (R-UT); Rep. Willis Chatman Hawley, (R-OR) | 19 USC 1654 (short title) | ch 497, 46 Stat 590 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000379 |
"Hawley-Smoot" never statutized; short title at end - "Tariff Act of 1930" | |||
| Smoot-Hawley Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | Sponsor | Smoot-Hawley Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | "Tariff Act of 1930" | Sen. Reed Smoot, 1903-1933, (R-UT); Rep. Willis Chatman Hawley, (R-OR) | 19 USC 1654 (short title) | ch 497, 46 Stat 590 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000379 |
"Smoot-Hawley" never statutized; short title at end - "Tariff Act of 1930" | |||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1930" | Ch. 846, 46 Stat 860 | ||||||||
| Brookhart Act | Sponsor | Brookhart Act | NO short title | Sen. Smith Wildman Brookhart (R-IA) (1921-1926; 1927-1932) | ch 850, 46 Stat 1003 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000873 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Williamson Act (Veterans' Administration) | Sponsor | Williamson Act (Veterans' Administration) | NO short title | Rep. William Williamson (R-SD) (1921-1932) | ch 863, 46 Stat 1016 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000553 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| McNary-Mapes Amendment (Pure Foods) | Sponsor | McNary-Mapes Amendment (Pure Foods) | NO short title | Sen. Charles L. McNary (R-OR) (1917-1944); Rep. Carl Edgar Mapes (R-MI) (1913-1940) | ch 874, 46 Stat 1019 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000583; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000119 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Shipstead-Nolan Act | Sponsor | Shipstead-Nolan Act | NO short title | Sen. Henrik Shipstead (R-MN) and Rep. William Nolan (R-MN) | 16 USC 577 (note) | ch 881, 46 Stat 1020 | Y |
Shipstead - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000369; Nolan - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000128 |
statutized by reference in S. 4, 78 Stat 893; lands in northern MN | |||
| Stobb Act (National Prohibition) | Sponsor | Stobb Act (National Prohibition) | NO short title | Rep. George Russell Stobbs (R-MA) (1925-1930) | ch 29, 46 Stat 1036 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000931 |
PNT is incorrect. Should be "Stobbs Act" | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1931" | Ch. 111, 46 Stat 1064 |