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.
Database of Federal Statute Names
Database of Federal Statute Popular Names
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Act (Northern Pacific Railraod) | Sponsor | Wilson Act (Northern Pacific Railraod) | NO short title | Sen. John Lockwood Wilson (R-WA) | ch 546 [part], 30 Stat 597, 620 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000602 |
nothing in statute; also unclear why 620 is included | ||||
| Newlands Act (Railroad Mediation) | Sponsor | Newlands Act (Railroad Mediation) | NO short title | Sen. Francis Griffith Newlands, (D-MO) | ch 6, 38 Stat 103 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Dent Act | Sponsor | Dent Act | NO short title | Rep. Stanley Hubert Dent, Jr., (D-AL) | ch. 94, 40 Stat 1272 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000256 |
nothing in statute; granting emergency power to the Secretary of War -- maybe Dent is secretary of war? | ||||
| Carmack Amendment to Hepburn Act (Insterstate Commerce) | Sponsor | Carmack Amendment to Hepburn Act (Insterstate Commerce) | NO short title | Sen. Edward Ward Carmack, (D-TN) | ch. 3591, 34 Stat 595 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000157 |
no name in statute or in 1978 amendment | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Walsh Act (Contempts) | Sponsor | Walsh Act (Contempts) | NO short title | Sen. Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT) | ch 762, 44 Stat 835 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000104 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Lanham Public War Housing Act | Sponsor | Lanham Public War Housing Act | NO short title | Rep. Fritz Garland Lanham, (D-TX) | 42 USC 1501 (note) | ch. 862, 54 Stat 1125 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000076 |
name not statutized | |||
| Talmadge-Aiken Act | Sponsor | Talmadge-Aiken Act | NO short title | Sen. Herman Eugene Talmadge, (D-GA); Sen. George David Aiken, (R-VT). | 7 USC 450 | 87-718 | 76 Stat 663 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000035; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000062 |
not statutized | ||
| Pendleton Act (Civil Service) (see Civil Service Act) | Sponsor | Pendleton Act (Civil Service) (see Civil Service Act) | NO short title | Sen. George Pendleton (D- OH) | ch 27, 22 Stat 403 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000203 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Snyder Act (Indian Affairs Bureau) | Sponsor | Snyder Act (Indian Affairs Bureau) | NO short title | Rep. Homer Snyder (R-NY) | 25 USC 13 (note) | ch 115, 42 Stat 208 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000666 |
"Snyder Act" statutized by PL 105-244, 112 Stat 1581 (1998)with "(commonly known as the Snyder Act)"; authorizing approps, possibly creating BIA |