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 |
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Esch-Cummins Act (Railroads) (see Transportation Act, 1920) | Sponsor | Esch-Cummins Act (Railroads) (see Transportation Act, 1920) | "Transportation Act, 1920" | Rep. John Jacob Esch (R-WI); Sen. Albert Cummins (D-IA) | ch 91, 41 Sat 456 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000988 |
short title at beginning "Transportation Act, 1920"; Typo in PNT - listed as "Esch-Cummings" but is really "Esch-Cummins" | ||||
O'Mahoney-Hatch Act | Sponsor | O'Mahoney-Hatch Act | NO short title | Sen. Joseph O'Mahoney (D-WY); Sen. Carl Hatch (D-NM) | ch 916, 60 Stat 950 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000088; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000334 |
nothing in statute; mineral rights | ||||
Ramspeck Act | Sponsor | Ramspeck Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Ramspeck (D-GA) | ch 919, title I, 54 Stat 1211 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000032 |
nothing in statute; civil service act | ||||
Vinson Naval Parity Act (aka Vinson-Trammell Parity Act) (see Naval Parity Act) | Sponsor | Vinson Naval Parity Act (aka Vinson-Trammell Parity Act) (see Naval Parity Act) | NO short title | Rep. Carl Vinson (D-GA, Chairman of Comm on Naval Affairs); Sen. Park Trammell (D-FL) | ch 95, 48 Stat 503 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000105; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000353 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Burton-Hill Hospital Survey of Construction Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | Sponsor | Burton-Hill Hospital Survey of Construction Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | Sen. Harold Hitz Burton (R-OH); Sen. Joseph Lister Hill (D-AL) | ch 958, 60 Stat 1040 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001150; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000598 |
short title is "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | ||||
Hill-Burton Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | Sponsor | Hill-Burton Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | Sen. Harold Hitz Burton (R-OH); Sen. Joseph Lister Hill (D-AL) | ch 958, 60 Stat 1040 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001150; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000598 |
short title at beginning - "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | ||||
Thurman Act (Pacific Railroads) | Sponsor | Thurman Act (Pacific Railroads) | NO short title | Sen. Allen Thurman (D-OH) | ch 96, 20 Stat 56 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000251 |
nothing in statute; railroads | ||||
Logan Act (Foreign Relations) | Sponsor | Logan Act (Foreign Relations) | NO short title | Dr. George Logan, a prominent Republican and Quaker from Pennsylvania | ch. 1, 1 Stat 613 | X | nothing in statute | |||||
Harrison Act of 1914 | Sponsor | Harrison Act of 1914 | NO short title | Rep. Francis Burton Harrison (D-NY) | ch. 1, 38 Stat 785 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000268 |
nothing in statute | ||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1922" | Ch. 1, 42 Stat 327 |