
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.
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.
Title | Type | Popular Name | Short Title | Named For? | Classification | PL | Statute At Large | Date(s) Enacted |
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Leads to other named Legislation | Link/Source | Notes |
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Vinson-Patman-McCormack Act (see Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936) | Sponsor | Vinson-Patman-McCormack Act (see Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936) | "Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936" | Rep. Vinson (D-KY); Rep. Patman (D-TX); Rep. McCormack (D-MA) | ch 32, 49 Stat 1099 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000106; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000103; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000364 |
short title at end; Referred to as Vinson-Patman-McCormack in contemporary news about bill: http://www.fultonhistory.com/Process%20small/Newspapers/Lowvile%20Ny%20Rebulican/1936/Newspaper%20Lowville%20NY%20Journal%20Republican%201936%20-%20%28120%29.PDF | ||||
Red Light Abatement Act (District of Columbia) | Description | Red Light Abatement Act (District of Columbia) | NO short title | ch 16, 38 Stat 280 | N | nothing in statute; about prostitution, "houses of lewdness" | ||||||
McCarran-Ferguson Act | Sponsor | McCarran-Ferguson Act | NO short title | Sen. Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-NV); Sen. Homer Samuel Ferguson, (R-MI) | 15 USC 1011 (note) | ch. 20, 59 Stat 33 | check repeal |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000081 |
name not statutized | |||
Reading Excellence Act | Description | Reading Excellence Act | "Reading Excellence Act" | 105-277, div A, S101(f) [title VIII] | 112 Stat 2681-337, 2681-391 | CHECK | ||||||
War Department Civil Appropriations Act, 1938 | Description | War Department Civil Appropriations Act, 1938 | "War Department Civil Appropriations Act, 1938" | Ch. 511, 50 Stat 515 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1922" | Ch. 1, 42 Stat 327 | ||||||||
Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 | Description | Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 | "Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933" | 12 USC 1461 | Ch. 64, 48 Stat 128 | |||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936" | Ch. 49, 49 Stat 1109 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1927" | ch. 226, 44 Stat 1250 | ||||||||
Banking Act of 1933 | Description | Banking Act of 1933 | "Banking Act of 1933" | 12 USC 227 | Ch. 89, 48 Stat 162 |