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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Equal Access Act | Political Description | Equal Access Act | "Equal Access Act" | Making it unlawful for a public secondary school or a school that receives Federal financial assistance to deny equal access to school facilities for meetings based on religious, political or philsophical content | 20 USC 4071 | 98-377, title VIII | 98 Stat 1302 | Y | short title of Title VIII and name of Title; | |||
Nelson Act (Criminal Appeals) (see Criminal Appeals Act) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Criminal Appeals) (see Criminal Appeals Act) | NO short title | Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 2564, 34 Stat 1246 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040 |
nothing in statute; see U.S. v. Mersky, 361 U.S. 431 (1960) at n. 5. | ||||
Randolph-Sheppard Act (aka Randolph-Sheppard Vending Stand Act) | Sponsor | Randolph-Sheppard Act (aka Randolph-Sheppard Vending Stand Act) | NO short title | Rep. Jennings Randolph (D-WV) and Sen. Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | 20 USC 107 (note) | ch 638, 49 Stat 1559 | Y |
Randolph - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000046; Sheppard - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337 |
statutized by 88 Stat 1623 | |||
McGuire Bill | Sponsor | McGuire Bill | NO short title | Rep. John Andrew McGuire (D-CT) | ch 745, 66 Stat 631 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000465 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Cochran-Hull Act | Sponsor | Cochran-Hull Act | NO short title | Probably Rep. John J. Cochran (D-MO) (1926-1947); Probably Sen. Cordell Hull (D-TN) (1931-1933); | ch. 464, 47 Stat 649 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000565; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000940 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Johnson-Reed Act (Immigration) (see Immigration Act of 1924) | Sponsor | Johnson-Reed Act (Immigration) (see Immigration Act of 1924) | "The Immigration Act of 1924" | Rep. Albert Johnson (R-WA); Sen. David Aiken Reed (R-PA) | ch 190, 43 Stat 153 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000114; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000114 |
short title at beginning - "The Immigration Act of 1924" | ||||
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 | ||
Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 | Honor | Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 | "Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008" | Sen. Paul Wellstone (MN) and Sen. Pete Domenici (NM) | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-343, div C, title V, subtitle B, section 511 | 122 Stat 3881 | Y |
Letter from David Wellstone, Co-Founder of Wellstone Action, 110 CR H8620, Sept. 23, 2008. |
short title and subtitle name | ||
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. | |||
ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004 | Acrostic | ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004 | "Ensuring Needed Help Arrives Near Callers Employing 911 Act of 2004" or "ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004" | 47 USC 901 | 108-494, title I | 118 Stat 3986 | Y | short title at beginning of statute |