![A political cartoon lampooning the Embargo Act of 1807. A merchant trying to smuggle goods out of the country is snapped at by a turtle, and complains about the "Ograbme". Ograbme is embargo spelled backwards. A political cartoon lampooning the Embargo Act of 1807](https://documents.law.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/ograbme.jpeg?itok=HppYjy6b)
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.
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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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Food and Rest Law | Description | Food and Rest Law | NO short title | 45 USC 71 note | ch 3594, 34 Stat 607 | N | name not statutized; aka the Cruelty to Animals Act, the Live Stock Transportation Act, and the Twenty-Eight Hour Law in PNT; nothing in statute | |||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1935" | Ch. 372, 48 Stat 817 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 359, 50 Stat 261 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1919" | Ch. 39, 40 Stat 1161 | ||||||||
District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act | Description | District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act | "District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act" | Ch. 794, 49 Stat 946 | ||||||||
Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 | Description | Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 | "Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006" | 30 USC 262 | 109-338, title I | 120 Stat 1786 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle title I; no idea what this is about | ||||
Independent Offices Act, 1931 | Description | Independent Offices Act, 1931 | "Independent Offices Act, 1931" | Ch. 201, 46 Stat 229 | ||||||||
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | Description | Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | "Securities Exchange Act of 1934" | 15 USC 78a | Ch. 404, 48 Stat 881 | |||||||
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 396, 50 Stat 329 | ||||||||
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 |