
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 |
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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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Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 | Tribe | Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 | "Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990" | Fallon Paiute Shoshone is the name of a Tribe. | 101-618 | 104 Stat 3289 | Y | title of bill and short title; | ||||
Black-Connery Fair Labor Standards Act (see Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Black-Connery Fair Labor Standards Act (see Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938) | "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938" | Sen. Hugo Lafayette Black (Future justice); (D-AL); Rep. William Patrick Connery, Jr., 1923-37, (D-MA). | 29 USC 201 | S2475 | ch 676, 52 Stat 1060 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000499; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000694; see also http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/flsa1938.htm |
ST at beginning; "Black-Connery" not statutized | ||
Wagner-Connery Wages and Hours Act (see Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Wagner-Connery Wages and Hours Act (see Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938) | "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. William Patrick Connery, Jr., 1923-37, (D-MA). | 29 USC 201 | ch 676, 52 Stat 1060 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000694; see also http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/flsa1938.htm |
ST at beginning; "Wagner-Connery" not statutized | |||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Extension of Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 424, 50 Stat 468 | ||||||||
Eugene Land Conveyance Act | Location | Eugene Land Conveyance Act | "Eugene Land Conveyance Act" | Eugene, OR | 109-457 | 120 Stat 3392 | N | short title; Eugene refers to city | ||||
Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 | Honor | Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 | "Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006" | Esther Martinez was a storyteller, linguist, and teacher who worked to preserve the Tewa language. | 42 USC 2991 (note) | 109-394 | 120 Stat 2705 | Y |
"Esther Martinez, 94; Preserved Language," Washington Post, Sept. 19, 2006. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/18/AR200609... |
short title | ||
ENHANCED Act of 2009 | Acrostic | ENHANCED Act of 2009 | "Establishing a Network of Health-Advancing National Centers of Excellence for Depression Act of 2009" or "ENHANCED Act of 2009" | 42 USC 290bb-38 | 111-148, title X, section 10410 | 124 Stat 984 | Y | short title at beginning of S 10410 | ||||
Equal Access Act | Political Description | Equal Access Act | "Equal Access Act" | Making it unlawful for a public secondary school or a school that receives Federal financial assistance to deny equal access to school facilities for meetings based on religious, political or philsophical content | 20 USC 4071 | 98-377, title VIII | 98 Stat 1302 | Y | short title of Title VIII and name of Title; | |||
ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004 | Acrostic | ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004 | "Ensuring Needed Help Arrives Near Callers Employing 911 Act of 2004" or "ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004" | 47 USC 901 | 108-494, title I | 118 Stat 3986 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Wagner Act (Advance Planning of Public Works) (see Employment Stabilization Act of 1931) | Sponsor | Wagner Act (Advance Planning of Public Works) (see Employment Stabilization Act of 1931) | "Employment Stabilization Act of 1931" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.) | ch 117, 46 Stat 1084 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
short title at beginning "Employment Stabilization Act of 1931" |