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 |
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National Housing Act | Description | National Housing Act | "National Housing Act" | 12 USC 1701 | Ch. 847, 48 Stat 1246 | |||||||
Tydings Amendment | Sponsor | Tydings Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Millard Tydings (D-MD) | ch 638, 56 Stat 1018 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute; selective service | ||||
Camp W. G. Williams Land Exchange Act of 1989 | Location | Camp W. G. Williams Land Exchange Act of 1989 | At Title IX - "Camp W. G. Williams Land Exchange Act of 1989" | Army National Guard camp named for Brigadier Gen. W. G. Williams | 101-628 (title IX) | 104 Stat 4499 | Y | short title at Title IX; name of camp | ||||
Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 | Sponsor | Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 | "Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004" | Sen. James Bunning (KY), Rep. Douglas Bereuter (NE), Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR) | 42 USC 4001 | 108-264 | 118 Stat 712 | Y |
Bunning - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001066; Bereuter - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000403; Blumenauer - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000574; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_Insurance_Reform_Act_of_2004 |
name written as short title | ||
Reed Amendment | Sponsor | Reed Amendment | NO short title | Sen. James A. Reed (D-MO) | ch 162, section 5, 39 Stat 1069 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000118 |
nothing in statute; prohibiting mailing ads for alcohol; see The Reed "Bone-Dry" Amendment, John K. Graves, Virginia Law Review , Vol. 4, No. 8 (May, 1917), pp. 634-642 | ||||
Robertson-Pittman Wildlife Restoration Act (see Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act) | Sponsor | Robertson-Pittman Wildlife Restoration Act (see Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act) | NO short title | Sen. Key Pittman (D-NV) and Rep. Absalom Robert (D-VA) | 16 USC 669 | ch 899, 50 Stat 917 | Y |
Pittman - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372; Robertson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000317 |
statutized as "Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act" by S. 101(b) of 114 Stat 1762 | |||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1931" | Ch. 522, 46 Stat 1552 | ||||||||
Lacey Act (Game) | Sponsor | Lacey Act (Game) | NO short title | Rep. John F. Lacey (R-IA), introduced bill | 16 USC 3371 | ch. 553, 31 Stat 187 | Y |
http://www.fws.gov/pacific/news/2000/2000-98.htm; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000010 |
Name statutized through Lacey Act Amendments of 1981, 95 Stat 1073; conservation act | |||
Hatfield-Keller Railroad Retirement Act (see Railroad Retirement Act) | Sponsor | Hatfield-Keller Railroad Retirement Act (see Railroad Retirement Act) | "Railroad Retirement Act" | Sen. Henry Drury Hatfield, 1929-35, (R-W.VA); Rep. Kent Ellsworth Keller, (D-IL) | 45 USC 201 | ch 868, 48 Stat 1283 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000342; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000056 |
name not statutized; short title listed in definitions - Section 2(m) - "Railroad Retirement Act"; declared unconstitution by SCOTUS | |||
Harrison Naval Stores Act (see Naval Stores Act) | Sponsor | Harrison Naval Stores Act (see Naval Stores Act) | "The Naval Stores Act" | Sen. Bryon (Pat) Harrison (D-MS) | 7 USC 91 | ch 217, 42 Stat 1435 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000265 |
name not statutized; short title at beginning |