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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klamath Termination Act | Location | Klamath Termination Act | NO short title | Klamath, OR | 25 USC 564 | ch. 732, 68 Stat 718 | N | name not statutized; Klamath, OR | ||||
| Harrison Act of 1914 | Sponsor | Harrison Act of 1914 | NO short title | Rep. Francis Burton Harrison (D-NY) | ch. 1, 38 Stat 785 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000268 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Savings are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997 | Acrostic | Savings are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997 | "Savings Are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997" | 29 USC 1001 | 105-92 | 111 Stat 2139 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; no abbreviation listed in either PNT or statute | ||||
| FOARAM Act | Acrostic | FOARAM Act | "Federal Ocean Acification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009" or "FOARAM Act" | 33 USC 3701 | 111-11, title XII, subtitle D | 123 Stat 1436 | N | short title at beginning of Subtitle D | ||||
| Fletcher-Rayburn Securities Act of 1933 (see Securities Act of 1933) | Sponsor | Fletcher-Rayburn Securities Act of 1933 (see Securities Act of 1933) | "Securities Act of 1933" | Sen. Duncan Upshaw Fletcher, (D-FL); Rep. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, (D-TX) | 15 USC 77a | 48 Stat 74 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000200; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082 |
short title at beginning; "Fletcher-Rayburn" not statutized | |||
| MINER Act | Acrostic | MINER Act | "Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006" or "MINER Act" | 30 USC 801 | 109-236 | 120 Stat 493 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Thurman Act (Pacific Railroads) | Sponsor | Thurman Act (Pacific Railroads) | NO short title | Sen. Allen Thurman (D-OH) | ch 96, 20 Stat 56 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000251 |
nothing in statute; railroads | ||||
| McFadden Act (Branch Banks) | Sponsor | McFadden Act (Branch Banks) | NO short title | Rep. Louis Thomas McFadden, (R-PA) | ch. 191, 44 Stat 1224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000434 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Hobbs Bridge Act (aka the Truman-Hobbs Act) | Sponsor | Hobbs Bridge Act (aka the Truman-Hobbs Act) | NO short title | Rep. Samuel Francis Hobbs, (D-AL); Sen. Henry Styles Bridges, (R-N.H.) | 33 USC 511 (note) | ch. 409, 54 Stat 497 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000823 |
name not statutized | |||
| Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1937 | Description | Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1937 | "Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1937" | Ch. 725, 49 Stat 1827 |