
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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Kramer Patent Act | Sponsor | Kramer Patent Act | NO short title | Rep. Charles Kramer (D-CA) | ch. 450, 53 Stat 1212 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000321 |
nothing in statute | ||||
McCumber Act (Pensions) | Sponsor | McCumber Act (Pensions) | NO short title | Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-ND) | ch 468, 34 Stat 879 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397 |
nothing in statute | ||||
McCreary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | Sponsor | McCreary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | NO short title | Rep. Jame McCreary (D-KY) | ch. 14, 28 Stat 7 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000382 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Towner-Sheppard Act (Maternity Hyiene) (see Maternity Act) | Sponsor | Towner-Sheppard Act (Maternity Hyiene) (see Maternity Act) | NO short title | Sen. Morris Sheppard, (D-TX); Rep. Horace Mann Towner, Ill, (R-IA) | ch 135, 42 Stat 224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000325 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Humphrey Durham Act (See Humphrey-Durham Drug Prescriptions Act) | Sponsor | Humphrey Durham Act (See Humphrey-Durham Drug Prescriptions Act) | NO short title | Rep. Carl Durham (D-NC); Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) | ch 578, 65 Stat 648 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000571; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 | Sponsor | Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 | "Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982" | Rep. Fernand Joseph St. Germain (D-RI) and Sen. Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn (R-UT). | 12 USC 226 (note) | 97-320 | 96 Stat 1469 | Y |
Garn - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000072; St. Germain - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000762 |
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First Morrill Act (aka the Morrill Act) | Sponsor | First Morrill Act (aka the Morrill Act) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) | 7 USC 301 (note) | ch. 130, 12 Stat 503 | Y |
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Morrill.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969 |
"Morrill" statutized by reference at 108 Stat 4048 | |||
Ball Act | Sponsor | Ball Act | NO short title | Sen. Lewis Heisler Ball, (R-DE) | ch 80, title II, 41 Stat 298 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000100 |
(Rents in the District of Columbia) | ||||
Copeland Anti-Kickback Act | Sponsor | Copeland Anti-Kickback Act | NO short title | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland (D-NY) | ch. 482, 48 Stat 948 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
nothing in statute; also listed in PNT as "Kick-Back" Racket Act | ||||
Ramspeck Act | Sponsor | Ramspeck Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Ramspeck (D-GA) | ch 919, title I, 54 Stat 1211 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000032 |
nothing in statute; civil service act |