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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007 | Honor | Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007 | "Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007" | Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks was a 22 years old when he was killed by an IED in Ar Ramadi, Iraq on July 8, 2006. He had been assigned to the 54th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade out of Bamberg. | 4 USC 1 | 110-41 | 121 Stat 233 | Y |
H. Rept. 110-139. |
Introduced by Rep. Bart Stupak; Micks was his constituent. Amends the law to allow the governor (or mayor of DC) to fly the U.S. flag at half-staff in the case of the death of active duty service members and officials, and requires flags at federal buildings within the jurisdiction to be flown at half-staff as well. | ||
| Carlisle Act (Spirits Regauging) | Sponsor | Carlisle Act (Spirits Regauging) | NO short title | Former Sen., then Treasury Secretary John Carlise | ch. 349, Section 50, 28 Stat 564 | X |
http://www.treasury.gov/about/history/pages/jgcarlisle.aspx; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000152 |
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| Reed Amendment | Sponsor | Reed Amendment | NO short title | Sen. James A. Reed (D-MO) | ch 162, section 5, 39 Stat 1069 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000118 |
nothing in statute; prohibiting mailing ads for alcohol; see The Reed "Bone-Dry" Amendment, John K. Graves, Virginia Law Review , Vol. 4, No. 8 (May, 1917), pp. 634-642 | ||||
| Securities Act of 1933 | Description | Securities Act of 1933 | "Securities Act of 1933" | 15 USC 77a | Ch. 38, 48 Stat 74 | |||||||
| Lacey Act (Game) | Sponsor | Lacey Act (Game) | NO short title | Rep. John F. Lacey (R-IA), introduced bill | 16 USC 3371 | ch. 553, 31 Stat 187 | Y |
http://www.fws.gov/pacific/news/2000/2000-98.htm; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000010 |
Name statutized through Lacey Act Amendments of 1981, 95 Stat 1073; conservation act | |||
| McFadden-Pepper Act (see McFadden Act (Branch Banks)) | Sponsor | McFadden-Pepper Act (see McFadden Act (Branch Banks)) | NO short title | Rep. Louis Thomas McFadden (R-PA); Sen. George W. Pepper (R-PA) | ch 191, 44 Stat 1224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000434; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000219 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Bland Change of Masters Act | Sponsor | Bland Change of Masters Act | NO short title | Rep. Schuyler Otis Bland (D-VA) | ch. 159, 53 Stat 794 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000545 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act | Institution | Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act | "Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act" | Sen. Robert A. Taft (OH) | 96-374, title XIII, part H, subpart 1 (section 1371) | 94 Stat 1502 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000009 |
short title; giving money to Robert A. Taft Institute of Government | |||
| ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 | Abbreviation | ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 | "ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000" | 42 usc 101 note | 106-545 | 114 Stat 2721 | N | short title at beginning of statute; ICCVAM is not spelled out in title -- S 3 spells it out as Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods | ||||
| Pendleton Act (Civil Service) (see Civil Service Act) | Sponsor | Pendleton Act (Civil Service) (see Civil Service Act) | NO short title | Sen. George Pendleton (D- OH) | ch 27, 22 Stat 403 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000203 |
nothing in statute |