![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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Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000 | Victim | Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000 | "Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000" | Farias - 17-year-old Texas girl who died in 1996 after GHB had been slipped into her soda. Reid - 15-year-old girl who died in 1999 after GHB was slipped into her soda. | 21 USC 801 (note) | 106-172 | 114 Stat 7 | Y |
Farias - CR H9866, Oct. 12, 1999, Statement of Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee; Reid - CR S14872, Nov. 19, 1999, Statement of Sen. Spencer Abraham. |
short title; guessing victims | ||
NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008 | Acrostic | NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008 | "New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008" or "NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008" | 47 USC 609 | 110-283 | 122 Stat 2620 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Fordney-McCumber Act (see Tariff Act of 1922) | Sponsor | Fordney-McCumber Act (see Tariff Act of 1922) | "Tariff Act of 1922" | Rep. Joseph Warren Fordney, (R-MI); Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-N.D.) | ch 356, 42 Stat 858 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000271; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397 |
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Walter-Logan Act (see Administrative Procedure Act) | Sponsor | Walter-Logan Act (see Administrative Procedure Act) | "Administrative Procedure Act" | Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-PA); Sen. Marvel M. Logan (D-KY) | 5 USC note prec 551 | ch 324, 60 Stat 237 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000108; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000404 |
short title at beginning; Seems as though "Walter-Logan Act" was really a failed 1941 version that was vetoed by the President. The Emerging Concept of Administrative Procedure, Paul R. Verkuil, Columbia Law Review , Vol. 78, No. 2 (Mar., 1978), pp. 258-329, 261 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/1121898) | |||
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act | Honor | Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act | "Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992" | Rep. Morris K. Udall (AZ) and his brother Rep. Stewart L. Udall (AZ) | 20 USC 5601 (note) | 102-259 | 106 Stat 78 | Y | Establishing scholarship foundation honoring Morris Udall; Stewart Udall added in 2009. | |||
Dylan Lee James Act (aka the Family Opportunity Act of 2005) | Honor/Victim | Dylan Lee James Act (aka the Family Opportunity Act of 2005) | "Family Opportunity Act of 2005" or the "Dylan Lee James Act" | Dylan Lee James of Mesquite, TX (introduced by Rep. Pete Sessions), boy born with Down Syndrome and a severe heart condition who died in 2000. | 42 USC 1305 (note) | 109-171, Title VI, subtitle A, chapter 6, subtitle A | 120 Stat 96 | Y |
http://www.petesessions.com/downsyndrome.htm; "Medicaid to expand its coverage," The Daily News, Feb. 9, 2001 at A3 (Galveston) (on file). |
short title: may be cited as either the "Family Opportunity Act of 2005" or the "Dylan Lee James Act" | ||
Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act | Sponsor | Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act | NO short title | Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) and Rep. Dudley Hughes (D-GA) | 20 USC 11 (note) | ch 114, 39 Stat 929 | Y |
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/aee501/camp.html; Smith - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551; Hughes - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000920 |
"Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act" statutized by 60 Stat 775 | |||
National Stolen Property Act | Description | National Stolen Property Act | "National Stolen Property Act" | Ch. 333, 48 Stat 794 | ||||||||
Ransdell Act | Sponsor | Ransdell Act | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Ransdell (D-LA) (1913-1930) | ch 320, 46 Stat 379 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000059 |
nothing in statute; establishing NIH | ||||
Burke-Wadsworth Act (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Burke-Wadsworth Act (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940" | Sen. Edward Raymond Burke (D-S.D.); Rep. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., (R-N.Y.) | 50 USC App 301 et seq | ch 720, 54 Stat 885 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001089; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000012 |
short title is "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940"; "Burke-Wadsworth" not statutized |