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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George-Barden Act (see Vocational Education Act of 1946) | Sponsor | George-Barden Act (see Vocational Education Act of 1946) | "Vocational Education Act of 1946" | Rep. Graham Arthur Barden, (D-N.C); Sen. Walter Franklin George, (D-GA). | 20 USC 11 | ch 725, 60 Stat 775 |
06/08/1936 08/01/1946 |
N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000139; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000131 |
George-Barden not statutized | ||
| Wherry Act (Housing Near Military Establishments) | Sponsor | Wherry Act (Housing Near Military Establishments) | NO short title | Sen. Kenneth Wherry (R-NE) | ch 403, section 1, 63 Stat 570 |
06/27/1934 08/08/1949 |
X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000344 |
nothing in statute | |||
| Price-Anderson Act (see, also the Atomic Energy Damages Act) | Sponsor | Price-Anderson Act (see, also the Atomic Energy Damages Act) | NO short title | Rep. Charles Price, (D-IL); Sen. Clinton Anderson, (D-NM) | 42 USC 2210 (note) | 85-256, section 4 | 71 Stat 576 |
08/01/1946 09/02/1957 |
Y |
Price - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522; Anderson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000186 |
referred to as "Price-Anderson provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954" by "Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988", 102 Stat 1066 (1988) | |
| HOPE II Act aka Hatian Hempispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008 | Acrostic | HOPE II Act aka Hatian Hempispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008 | "Haitian Hempispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008" or the "HOPE II Act" | 19 USC 2701 | 110-234, title XV, subtitle D, part I; also same section from 110-246 | 122 Stat 1527 and 2289 |
05/22/2008 06/18/2008 |
Y | 2008 Amendment to 2006 "Hatian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Ecouragement Act" |