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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Roberts Act | Sponsor | Roberts Act | NO short title | Most likely Rep. Kenneth Roberts (D-AL) (Chairman of the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission, 1965-1972) | 88-515 | 78 Stat 696 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000314 |
nothing in statute; safety standards for passenger vehicles purchased by fed govt | |||
Headstart-Follow Through Act | Political Description | Headstart-Follow Through Act | "Headstart-Follow Through Act" | 42 USC 2921 | 88-452, title V; 93-644 S 8(a) | 88 Stat 2300 | N | short title at beginning of section 8 | ||||
Bartlett Act (Three Mile Fishery Jurisdiction) | Sponsor | Bartlett Act (Three Mile Fishery Jurisdiction) | NO short title | Sen. Edward Lewis Bartlett, (D-Alask) | 16 USC 1081 | 88-308 | 78 Stat 194 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000201 |
name not statutized; also not in USC or repealing legislation (PL 94-265) | ||
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 | Honor | Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 | "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvements Act of 2006" | 20 USC 2301 (note) | 88-210, 109-270 | 120 Stat 683 | Y | short title is in 109-270 | ||||
Wright Brothers Day Act | Honor | Wright Brothers Day Act | NO short title | 88-209 | 77 Stat 402 | N | long title; designating day as Wright Bros Day | |||||
Keogh-Smathers Act (See Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962) | Sponsor | Keogh-Smathers Act (See Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962) | "Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962" | Rep. Eugene James Keogh, D-NY) Sen. George Armistead Smathers, (D-FL) | 26 USC 401 | 87-792 | 76 Stat 809 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000130; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000505 |
short title at beginning - "Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962"; "Keogh-Smathers" not statutized | ||
McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962 (aka the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act) | Sponsor | McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962 (aka the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act) | NO short title | Rep. Clifford McIntire (R-ME) and Sen. John Stennis (D-MS) | 16 USC 582(a) | 87-7888 | 76 Stat 806 | Y |
McIntire - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000478; Stennis - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000852 |
"McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act" statutized by reference in Sec. 1231 of 104 Stat 3543 | ||
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 | ||
Fulbright-Hays Act (see Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961) | Sponsor | Fulbright-Hays Act (see Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961) | "Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961" | Sen. J. William Fulbright, (D-AK) | 22 USC 2451 | 87-256 | 75 Stat 527 | Y |
Richard D. Scarfo, The History of Title VI and Fulbright-Hayes, www.international.ucla.edu/pacrim/title6/Over2-Scarfo.pdf; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000401. |
"Fulbright-Hays" statutized by PL 102-138, 105 Stat 647 with "(commonly referred to as the 'Fulbright-Hays Act')", codified at 22 USC 1475h | ||
Sikes Act | Sponsor | Sikes Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Sikes (D-FL) | 16 USC 670 (note) | 86-797 | 74 Stat 1052 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000406 |
statutized by Sec. 2902-2903 of 111 Stat 2016 |