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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia minimum wage law | Description | District of Columbia minimum wage law | "District of Columbia minimum-wage law" | ch 174, 40 Stat 960 | N | short title at end | ||||||
| Nolan Minimum Wage Law (District of Columbia) (see District of Columbia Minimum Wage Act) | Sponsor | Nolan Minimum Wage Law (District of Columbia) (see District of Columbia Minimum Wage Act) | "District of Columbia minimum-wage law" | John Ignatius Nolan, (R-CA) | ch 174, 40 Stat 960 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000124 |
short title at end - "District of Columbia minimum-wage law"; Nolan was pro-labor rep from CA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_I._Nolan | ||||
| Supplement to Second Liberty Bond Act | Description | Supplement to Second Liberty Bond Act | "Supplement to Second Liberty Bond Act" | Ch. 176, 40 Stat 965 | ||||||||
| Gerry Act (Corrupt Practices) | Sponsor | Gerry Act (Corrupt Practices) | NO short title | Sen. Peter Goelet Gerry, (D-R.I.) | ch. 187, 40 Stat 1013 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000141 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1919" | Ch. 39, 40 Stat 1161 | ||||||||
| Dent Act | Sponsor | Dent Act | NO short title | Rep. Stanley Hubert Dent, Jr., (D-AL) | ch. 94, 40 Stat 1272 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000256 |
nothing in statute; granting emergency power to the Secretary of War -- maybe Dent is secretary of war? | ||||
| Victory Liberty Loan Act | Description | Victory Liberty Loan Act | "Victory Liberty Loan Act" | Ch. 100, 40 Stat 1209 | ||||||||
| Hastings Amendment | Sponsor | Hastings Amendment | NO short title | Rep. William Wirt Hastings, (D-OK) | ch. 4, 41 Stat 4 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000333 |
nothing in statute, but this is one section of a larger statute -- Hastings maybe was sponsor of amendment that became that section? | ||||
| Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1919 | Description | Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1919 | "Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1919" | Ch. 6, 41 Stat 35 | ||||||||
| Ball Act | Sponsor | Ball Act | NO short title | Sen. Lewis Heisler Ball, (R-DE) | ch 80, title II, 41 Stat 298 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000100 |
(Rents in the District of Columbia) |