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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (see Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Jones Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (see Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938) | "Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938" | Rep. John Marvin Jones (D-TX) | 7 USC 1281 | ch 30, 52 Stat 31 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236 |
"Jones" not statutized; short title at beginning | |||
| Russell Amendment | Sponsor | Russell Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-GA) | ch 286, title II, section 213, 58 Stat 387 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000536 |
nothing in statute with name; section 214 - short title for act is "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1945"; Russell amendment was a rider requiring congressional approval for all funds for agencies established by executive order and operational for more than one year, meant to stymie President Roosevelt's funding and operation of the FEPC. See William G. Howell, "Power without persuasion: the politics of direct presidential action" (2003) at 132-133. | ||||
| Curtis Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | Sponsor | Curtis Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | NO short title | Sen. Charles Curtis, (R-KA) | 43 USC 468 | ch. 49, 36 Stat 902 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001008 |
name not statutized | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Copeland-Guffey-Gibson Ship Subsidy Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) | Sponsor | Copeland-Guffey-Gibson Ship Subsidy Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) | "Merchant Marine Act, 1936" | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, (D-N.Y); Sen. Joseph F. Guffey, (D-PA); Sen. Ernest Willard Gibson, (R-VA) | 46 USC 101 note | ch 858, 49 Stat 1985 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000519; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000158 |
Section 906 gives short title as "Merchant Marine Act, 1936"; "Copeland-Guffey-Gibson" not statutized | |||
| Sumners Courts Act | Sponsor | Sumners Courts Act | NO short title | Rep. Hatton Sumners (D-TX) | ch 445, 54 Stat 688 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |
nothing in statute; authorizing SCOTUS to prescribe rules of criminal procedure | ||||
| Riegle-Neal Amendments Act of 1997 | Sponsor | Riegle-Neal Amendments Act of 1997 | "Riegle-Neal Amendments Act of 1997" | Rep. Donald Wayne Riegle, (D-MO); Rep. Stephen Neal (D-NC) | 12 USC 1811 (note) | 105-24 | 111 Stat 238 | Y |
Riegle -http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000249; Neal - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000016 |
short title | ||
| Smoot-Burton Act (British War Debt) | Sponsor | Smoot-Burton Act (British War Debt) | NO short title | Sen. Reed Smoot, (R-UT); Sen. Theodore Elijah Burton, (R-OH) | ch 146, 42 Stat 1325 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001159 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Copeland Pure Food and Drugs Act (see Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) | Sponsor | Copeland Pure Food and Drugs Act (see Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) | "Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act" | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, 1923-38, (D-NY), | 21 USC 301 | ch 675, 52 Stat 1040 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
short title - Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; Copeland never statutized | |||
| Reed-Jenkins Act | Sponsor | Reed-Jenkins Act | NO short title | Sen. David Aiken Reed (R-PA) (1921-1934); Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins (R-OH) (1925-1958) | ch 864, 45 Stat 954 | X | nothing in statute; immigration |