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 |
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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 | ||||
ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 | Acrostic | ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 | "Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2007" or "ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007" | 22 USC 8201 | 110-53 | 121 Stat 526 | Y | both are in short title at beginning of Title XXI of the "Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act" | ||||
Wilson Tariff Act | Sponsor | Wilson Tariff Act | NO short title | Rep. William Wilson (D-WV) | 15 USC 8 (note) | ch 349, section 73 et seq, 28 Stat 570 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000623; http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/0908.html |
"Wilson Tariff Act" statutized by Hart-Scott-Rodino, 90 Stat 1397; Interestingly, it seems to have been commonly referred to as the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act for both its House and Senate sponsors. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/0908.html | |||
No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1921" | Ch. 89, 41 Stat 1156 | ||||||||
Sherwood Act (Mexican, Civil War Pensions) | Sponsor | Sherwood Act (Mexican, Civil War Pensions) | NO short title | Rep. Isaac R. Sherwood, (D-IA) | ch 123, 37 Stat 112 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000355 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934" | Ch. 101, 48 Stat 283 | ||||||||
Fact Finders' Act | Sponsor | Fact Finders' Act | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1924" | 43 USC 371 | ch 4, section 4, 43 Stat 701 | N | "Fact Finders' Act" not listed anywhere, but indicated in USC short title note; name not statutized | |||||
Mead Air Mail Extension Act | Sponsor | Mead Air Mail Extension Act | NO short title | Rep. James Mead (D-NY) | ch 9, 52 Stat 6 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000615 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Bartlett Act (Twelve Mile Fishery Jurisdiction) | Sponsor | Bartlett Act (Twelve Mile Fishery Jurisdiction) | NO short title | Sen. Edward Lewis Bartlett, (D-Alask) | 16 USC 1091 | 89-658 | 80 Stat 908 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000201 |
name not statutized; also not in USC or repealing legislation (PL 94-265) | ||
William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998 | Honor/Sponsor | William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998 | "William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998" | Rep. William F. Goodling (PA), was Chairman of Committee on Education and the Workforce at the time. Retired in 2000. | 42 USC 1751 (note) | 105-336 | 112 Stat 3143 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000291 |
Goodling's name added in Conference -- and Goodling was a conferee! See H. Rept. 105-786. |