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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Jackson-Vanik Amendment | Sponsor | Jackson-Vanik Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Henry Jackson (D-WA) and Sen. Charles Vanik (D-OH). | 93-618, title I, sections 152, 153, title IV, sections 402, 407, 409 | 88 Stat 2004, 2006, 2056, 2063, 2064 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000013; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000047 |
not in statute -- amendment included numerous sections -- read through in context to see what ties them together | |||
Tunney Act | Sponsor | Tunney Act | NO short title (for this section) | Sen. John Tunney (D-CA) | 15 USC 16 | 93-528, section 2 | 88 Stat 1706 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000410 |
long title refers to Sherman Act; name not statutized by amendment to the Act, but included in Subtitle B of 2004 amendment, 118 Stat 668 | ||
Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments of 1974 | Sponsor | Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments of 1974 | "Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments of 1974" | Rep. Jennings Randolph (D-WV) and Sen. Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | 20 USC 107 (note) | 93-516, title II | 88 Stat 1622 | Y |
Randolph - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000046; Sheppard - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337 |
short title and title II; named as "Randolph-Sheppard Act" in findings | ||
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assisstance Act | Honor | Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assisstance Act | "Disaster Relief Act of 1974" | Robert T. Stafford, Representative and Senator from Vermont, helped shepherd the original bill. | 42 USC 5121 (note) | 93-288 | 88 Stat 143 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000776; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stafford |
short title amended to include "Robert T. Stafford" by 102 Stat 4689 (1988) | ||
Little Cigar Act of 1973 | Description | Little Cigar Act of 1973 | "Little Cigar Act of 1973" | statute is defining "little cigar" and including it in another statute about cigarettes | 15 USC 1331 | 93-109 | 87 Stat 352 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; | |||
Brooks Act (Architects and Engineers) (see Brooks Architect-Engineers Act) | Sponsor | Brooks Act (Architects and Engineers) (see Brooks Architect-Engineers Act) | NO short title | Rep. Overton Brooks (D-LA), served on the Committee on Science and Aeronautics. | 92-582 | 86 Stat 1278 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000884 |
Kind of odd. Info in Table is "June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title IX, as added Oct 27, 1972, Pub. L. 92-582, 86 Stat. 1278" No name in statute; amended to add short title "Brooks Architect-Engineers Act" by 108 Stat 3409 in 1994 | |||
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center Act | Honor | Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center Act | "Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center Act" | President Dwight D. Eisenhower | 92-520 | 86 Stat 1019 | Y | title in enacting clause; also strange b/c the bill starts at Sec 2 | ||||
Case-Zablocki Act | Sponsor | Case-Zablocki Act | NO short title | Sen. Clifford Case (R-NJ) and Rep. Clement Zablock (D-WI) | 1 USC 112b | 92-403 Section 1 | 86 Stat 619 | Y |
Festus Ugboaja Ohaegbulum, A culture of deference, http://books.google.com/books?id=R0EtC4ox0ZMC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&a...... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000220; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Z000001 |
statutized in title of Section 7121, 118 Stat 3638 | ||
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) | Description | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) | NO short title | 18 USC 1961 ntoes | 91-452, title IX, 901(a) | 84 Stat 941 | N | title of Title IX but no short title | ||||
Nelson Bill | Sponsor | Nelson Bill | NO short title | Most likely Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) | 91-405, title II, sectionns 204(a)-(e ), 206(b) | 84 Stat 852, 853, 855 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000033 |
nothing in statute; providing for a delegate from DC |