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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railroad Retirement Act | Description | Railroad Retirement Act | "Railroad Retirement Act" | Ch. 868, 48 Stat 1283 | ||||||||
| Foraker Act (Puerto Rico) | Sponsor | Foraker Act (Puerto Rico) | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Foraker (R-OH), Chairman of Comm. On Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico | ch 191, 31 Stat 77 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000253 |
aka Puerto Rico Civil Code; nothing in short title | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act | Honor | Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act | "Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act" | James Brady, Ronald Reagan's press secretary who was shot by Hinkley in the course of his assassination attempt. | 18 USC 921 | 103-159 (Title I) | 107 Stat 1536 | Y |
http://www.bradycampaign.org/legislation/backgroundchecks/bradylaw |
name in short title; also Title I listed as "Brady Handgun Control" | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 | Victim | Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 | "Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009" | Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 111-87 | 123 Stat 2885 | Y |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. |
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| 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. | |||
| La Follete-Bulwinkle Act (Venereal Diseases) | Sponsor | La Follete-Bulwinkle Act (Venereal Diseases) | NO short title | Sen. Robert La Follette, Jr. (Progressive-WI); Rep. Alfred Bulwinkle (D-NC) | ch. 267, 52 Stat 439 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000005; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001056 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Overman Act | Sponsor | Overman Act | NO short title | Sen. Lee Slater Overman, (D-N.C) | ch 78, 40 Stat 556 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000140 |
nothing in statute; authorizing the President to reorganize the executive branch | ||||
| 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 |