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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Act | Sponsor | Williams Act | NO short title | Sen Harrison Williams (D-NJ) | 90-439 | 82 Stat 454 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000502 |
nothing in statute; amending SEC Act | |||
| Morrill Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | Morrill Act (Tariff) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) | ch 68, 12 Stat 178 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Webb-Pomerene Act (Export Trade) | Sponsor | Webb-Pomerene Act (Export Trade) | NO short title | Rep. Edwin Webb (D-NC) and Sen. Atlee Pomerene (D-OH) | 15 USC 66 | ch 50, 40 Stat 516 | Y |
Webb - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000231; Pomerene - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000420 |
"Webb-Pomerene" is codified at 15 USC 66, added by 90 Stat 1397 (Hart-Scott-Rodino) | |||
| McDuffie-Tydings Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | Sponsor | McDuffie-Tydings Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | NO short title | Rep. John McDuffie (D-AL); Sen. Millard E. Tydings (D-MD) | ch 84, 48 Stat 456 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000427; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Byrnes Act (Transporting Strikebreakers) | Sponsor | Byrnes Act (Transporting Strikebreakers) | NO short title | Sen. James Byrnes (D-SC) | ch. 746, 49 Stat 1899 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001215 |
no name in statute | ||||
| May Defense Expediting Act | Sponsor | May Defense Expediting Act | NO short title | Rep. Andrew Jackson May (D-KY) | ch 440, 54 Stat 676 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000272 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Dollinger Act (Food and Drugs) | Sponsor | Dollinger Act (Food and Drugs) | NO short title | Rep. Isidore Dollinger (D-NY) | 85-250 | 71 Stat 567 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000402 |
nothing in statute | |||
| 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. | ||
| Second Morrill Act (aka Agricultural College Act of 1890) | Sponsor | Second Morrill Act (aka Agricultural College Act of 1890) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT), though really named for the "First Morrill Act." The Second Morrill Act provided additional endowments for land-grant universities, but prohibited money to states that discriminated based on race in admission. | 7 USC 321 (note) | ch 841, 26 Stat 417 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969; http://ext.wvu.edu/about_extension/land_grant_system |
"Second Morrill Act" statutized by reference at 94 Stat 1502 | |||
| Adamson Law (Eight Hour Day) | Sponsor | Adamson Law (Eight Hour Day) | NO short title | Rep. William C. Adamson (D-GA_ | 45 USC 65 et seq | 39 Stat 721 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000051 |
name not statutized; |