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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banking Act of 1935 | Description | Banking Act of 1935 | "Banking Act of 1935" | 12 USC 228 | Ch. 614, 49 Stat 684 | |||||||
| Glass Bank Official Loan Act (see Bank Official Loan Act) | Sponsor | Glass Bank Official Loan Act (see Bank Official Loan Act) | NO short title | Sen. Carter Glass, (D-VA) | 12 USC 375a | ch 89, ��_��__12, 48 Stat 182 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232 |
only statutized as Federal Reserve Act, no mention of Glass | |||
| Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 | Sponsor | Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 | "Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994" | Rep. Donald Riegle, (D-MO) | 12 USC 4701 | 103-325 | 108 Stat 2160 | Y | short title | |||
| Check 21 Act | Description | Check 21 Act | "Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act" or "Check 21 Act" | 12 USC 5001 | 108-100 | 117 Stat 1177 | Y | both in short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 | Acrostic | S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 | "Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008" or "S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008" | 12 USC 5101 | 110-289, div A, title V | 122 Stat 2810 | Y | short title at beginning of title V | ||||
| Pay it Back Act | Political Description | Pay it Back Act | "Pay It Back Act" | 12 USC 5201 | 111-203, title XIII | 124 Stat 2133 | Y | short title at beginning of title XII of Dodd-Frank | ||||
| Financial Stability Act of 2010 | Political Description | Financial Stability Act of 2010 | "Financial Stability Act of 2010" | 12 USC 5301 | 111-203, title I | 124 Stat 1391 | Y | short title at beginning of title I; full bill is Dodd-Frank | ||||
| Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act | Sponsor | Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act | "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" | Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), each were Chairmen of the respective Committees of jurisdiction. | 12 USC 5301 (note) | 111-203 | 124 Stat 1376 | Y |
Damian Paletta, It Has a Name: the Dodd/Frank Act, Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2010, http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/06/25/it-has-a-name-the-doddfrank-act/; Dodd - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000388; Frank - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000339 |
title of bill and short title | ||
| Edge Act (Federal Reserve Banks) | Sponsor | Edge Act (Federal Reserve Banks) | NO short title | Sen. Walter Evans Edge (R-NJ) | 12 USC 611 (note) | ch. 18, 41 Stat 378 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000044 |
not statutized; amending the Federal Reserve Act; | |||
| Aldrich-Vreeland Act (National Currency Assocations) | Sponsor | Aldrich-Vreeland Act (National Currency Assocations) | NO short title | Sen. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, (R-R.I); Rep. Edward Butterfield Vreeland, (R-N.Y.) | 12 USCA 104 (repealed) | 35 Stat 546 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000083; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000122 |
Repealed by PL 103-325, 108 Stat 2292 - popular name not mentioned in repeal |