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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act | Description | District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act | "District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act" | Ch. 794, 49 Stat 946 | ||||||||
| Granger-Thye Act | Sponsor | Granger-Thye Act | NO short title | Rep. Walter Granger (D-UT) | ch. 97, 64 Stat 82 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000379 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Bodie Protection Act of 1994 | Location | Bodie Protection Act of 1994 | "Bodie Protection Act of 1994" | Bodie Bowl, CA | 103-433 (Title X) | 108 Stat 4509 | Y | Named for "Bodie Bowl" in CA | ||||
| Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act | Honor/Sponsor | Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act | "Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act" | Rep. Thomas Osborne (NE), retired from the House in 2006. | 109-365, title VIII | 120 Stat 2594 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000165 |
Osborne had sponsored HR 856 (109th Cong.), which was incorporated into PL 109-365 as Title VIII and Osborne's name added. | |||
| Davis-Bacon Act | Sponsor | Davis-Bacon Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert L. Bacon (R-NY) (1923-1938); Sen. James John Davis (R-PA) (1930-1945) | 40 U.S.C. 3141-3148 | ch. 411, 46 Stat 1494 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000019; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000111 |
statutized as "Davis-Bacon Act" by 116 Stat. 1062 (2002); also listed in PNT as "Bacon-Davis Act" | |||
| Porter Resolution (Narcotic Drugs) | Sponsor | Porter Resolution (Narcotic Drugs) | NO short title | Rep. Stephen Geyer Porter, (R-PA) | ch 190, 42 Stat 1431 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000447 |
nothing in statute; asking President to ask other countries not to grow so many drugs | ||||
| Ball Act | Sponsor | Ball Act | NO short title | Sen. Lewis Heisler Ball, (R-DE) | ch 80, title II, 41 Stat 298 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000100 |
(Rents in the District of Columbia) | ||||
| Esch Act (Hours of Service on Railroads) (see Hours of Service Act (Railroads)) | Sponsor | Esch Act (Hours of Service on Railroads) (see Hours of Service Act (Railroads)) | NO short title | Rep. John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | 45 USC 61 | ch 2939, 34 Stat 1415 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
name not statutized | |||
| Wagner Foreign Credits Act | Sponsor | Wagner Foreign Credits Act | NO short title | Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) | ch 185, 54 Stat 179 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
nothing in statute; actually a joint resolution | ||||
| Dale Bumpers Wilderness Resources Protection Act (also known as the Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984) | Sponsor | Dale Bumpers Wilderness Resources Protection Act (also known as the Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984) | Enacting Clause - "Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984" | Sen. Dale Bumpers, (D-AK). | 16 USC 1132 (note) | 98-508 | 98 Stat 2349 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001057 |
"Dale Bumpers" not statutized; named as "Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984" in the enacting clause |