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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McCreary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | Sponsor | McCreary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | NO short title | Rep. Jame McCreary (D-KY) | ch. 14, 28 Stat 7 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000382 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921 | Description | Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921 | "Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921" | Ch. 14, 42 Stat 9 | ||||||||
Guayule Rubber Act | Description | Guayule Rubber Act | NO short title | 7 USC 171 | ch. 140, 56 Stat 126 | N | guayule is a thing; name not statutized | |||||
Fourth Liberty Bond Act | Description | Fourth Liberty Bond Act | "The Fourth Liberty Bond Act" | Ch. 142, 40 Stat 844 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "An act to amend the war-risk Insurance Act" | Ch. 145, 40 Stat 897 | ||||||||
Johnson-O'Malley Act | Sponsor | Johnson-O'Malley Act | NO short title | Rep. Thomas David Patrick O'Malley (D-WI); Sen. Hiram Warren Johnson (R-CA) | 25 USC 452 (note) | ch. 147, 48 Stat 596 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000087; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000140 |
name not statutized | |||
Shipping Act, 1916 | Description | Shipping Act, 1916 | "Shipping Act, 1916" | Ch. 152, 40 Stat 900 | ||||||||
Northern Pacific Halibut Act | Description | Northern Pacific Halibut Act | "Northern Pacific Halibut Act" | Ch. 154, 47 Stat 142 | ||||||||
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1937 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1937 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1937" | Ch. 156, 49 Stat 1167 | ||||||||
Bland Change of Masters Act | Sponsor | Bland Change of Masters Act | NO short title | Rep. Schuyler Otis Bland (D-VA) | ch. 159, 53 Stat 794 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000545 |
no name in statute |