
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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Borah Resolution (Armament Conference) (see Disarmament Conference Resolution) | Sponsor | Borah Resolution (Armament Conference) (see Disarmament Conference Resolution) | NO short title | Sen. William Edgar Borah, (R-ID) | ch 44 ��_��__9, 42 stat 141 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000634 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Gould Amendment (Food and Drugs) | Sponsor | Gould Amendment (Food and Drugs) | NO short title | Rep. Samuel Gould (D-ME) | ch. 117, 37 Stat 732 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000343 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Burton Law (Control and Regulation of Waters of Niagra Falls) | Sponsor | Burton Law (Control and Regulation of Waters of Niagra Falls) | NO short title | Most likely Rep. Theodore Burton (R-OH), Chairman of Committee on Rivers and Harbors | ch. 3621, 34 Stat 626 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001159 |
no name in statute | ||||
Newton Amendment to Carmack Amendment | Sponsor | Newton Amendment to Carmack Amendment | NO short title | Rep. Walter Hughes Newton (R-MN) (1919-1929) (Newton resigned June 30, 1929); The only Carmack in the directory is Sen. Edward Ward Carmack, who died in 1908) | ch 208, 46 Stat 251 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000079 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Faddis Machine Tool Act | Sponsor | Faddis Machine Tool Act | NO short title | Rep. Charles Isiah Faddis (D-PA) | 50 USC App. 711 et seq | ch. 836, 54 Stat 1090 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000001 |
name not statutized | |||
Fulbright-Hays Act (see Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961) | Sponsor | Fulbright-Hays Act (see Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961) | "Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961" | Sen. J. William Fulbright, (D-AK) | 22 USC 2451 | 87-256 | 75 Stat 527 | Y |
Richard D. Scarfo, The History of Title VI and Fulbright-Hayes, www.international.ucla.edu/pacrim/title6/Over2-Scarfo.pdf; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000401. |
"Fulbright-Hays" statutized by PL 102-138, 105 Stat 647 with "(commonly referred to as the 'Fulbright-Hays Act')", codified at 22 USC 1475h | ||
Nelson Act (Chippewa Indians of Minnesota) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Chippewa Indians of Minnesota) | NO short title | Rep. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 24, 25 Stat 642 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040; see also http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml |
nothing in statute | ||||
Eaton Foreign Service Act | Sponsor | Eaton Foreign Service Act | NO short title | Probably Rep. Charles Eaton (R-NJ) (later became Foreign Affairs Comm Chair) | ch. 330, 53 Stat 1067 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000023 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Celler-Kefauver Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | Sponsor | Celler-Kefauver Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | NO short title | Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-NY); Sen. Carey Kefauver (D-TN) | ch 1184, 64 Stat 1125 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000044 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 | Sponsor | Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 | "Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994" | Rep. Donald Riegle, (D-MO) | 12 USC 4701 | 103-325 | 108 Stat 2160 | Y | short title |