![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.
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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Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990 | Political Description | Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990 | "Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990" | 42 USC 12501 | 101-610, title I, subtitle B, S 110 | 104 Stat 3132 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle B, part I | ||||
Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act | Political Description | Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act | "Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act" | 49 USC 40101 | 108-176 | 117 Stat 2490 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Military Appropriation Act, 1938 | Description | Military Appropriation Act, 1938 | "Military Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 423, 50 Stat 442 | ||||||||
Bankhead-Jones Act | Sponsor | Bankhead-Jones Act | NO short title | Sen. John Bankhead (D-AL) and Rep. John Jones (D-TX) | 7 USC 427 | 49 Stat 436 | Y |
Bankhead - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000110; Jones - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236 |
statutized by reference in 91 Stat 1021 (1977) | |||
Nelson Act (Alaska Roads, Schools, and Insane) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Alaska Roads, Schools, and Insane) | NO short title | Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 277, 33 Stat 616 | N |
http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040 |
created segregated public schools in Alaska. | ||||
Hickenlooper Amendment | Sponsor | Hickenlooper Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Bourke Hickenlooper (R-IA) who introduced the amendment. Though Rep. Hays apparently claimed co-parentage of the amendment (see W. Averell Harriman, The Protection of Foreign Investment and the Hickenlooper Amendment, 112 U.Penn.L.Rev. 1116, http://www.jstor.org/pss/3310530) | 22 USC 2370 (e )(2) | 88-633, part III, Section 301(d)(4) | 78 Stat 1013 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000559 |
Unclear why the Hickenlooper Amendment listed in the PNT is from 1964. It was first attached to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1962 (76 Stat 255). | ||
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act | Honor | Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act | "Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act" | Rep. Sonny Bono (CA), former entertaininer, died in a skiing accident on January 5, 1998. | 17 USC 101 (note) | 105-298, title I | 112 Stat 2827 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000622 |
short title; Bono died Jan 5, 1998 | ||
Chimp Haven is Home Act | Institution | Chimp Haven is Home Act | "Chimp Haven is Home Act" | Chimp Haven is a "retirement community" for lab chimps. | short title see 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-170 | 121 Stat 2465 | Y | Closed a loophole in the CHIMP Act that would have allowed retired lab chimps to return to labs under some circumstances. Chimp Haven is the "retirement community" - http://www.chimphaven.org/view-news.cfm?id=38 | |||
Railway Labor Act | Description | Railway Labor Act | "Railway Labor Act" | 45 USC 151 | Ch. 691, 48 Stat 1185 | |||||||
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1932 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1932 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1932" | Ch. 281, 46 Stat 1355 |