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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Alcohol Adminstration Act | Description | Federal Alcohol Adminstration Act | "Federal Alcohol Administration Act" | Ch. 813, 49 Stat 977 | ||||||||
| Staggers Rail Act of 1980 | Honor | Staggers Rail Act of 1980 | "Staggers Rail Act of 1980" | Rep. Henry Orrin Staggers (WV), who chaired the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, and retired in 1980. Interestingly, Staggers was NOT the sponsor of the legislation, though it did go through his Committee. | 49 USC 10101 (note) | 96-448 | 94 Stat 1895 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000778 |
short title; from Wikipedia (with no cite): The act was named for Congressman Harley Staggers (D-WV), who chaired the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. Although it is traditional for laws to be known by the names of their sponsors, this is believed to be the first (but not last) case in which the sponsor's name was officially incorporated into the text of a Federal statute. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staggers_Rail_Act | ||
| Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act | Acrostic | Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act | "Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act" | 42 USC 201 | 106-551 | 114 Stat 2752 | Y | obvious abbreviation is not included anywhere in bill, nor does it come up in floor debates (no report) | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Johnson Fish Restoration Act (see Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act) | Sponsor | Johnson Fish Restoration Act (see Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act) | NO short title | Rep. John Dingell (Sr.)(MI) and Sen. Edwin Johnson (CO) | 16 USC 777 | ch 658, 64 Stat 430 | Y |
Dingell - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000354; Johnson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000127; http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/research-mgmt/sport-fish.cfm |
statutized as "Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act" by S. 101(c ) of 114 Stat 1762 | |||
| FRIENDSHIP Act | Acrostic | FRIENDSHIP Act | "Act for Reform In Emerging New Democracies and Support and Help for Improved Partnership with Russia, Ukraine, and Other New Independent States" or "FRIENDSHIP Act" | 22 USC 5801 | 103-199 | 107 Stat 2317 | Y | Act for Reform In Emerging New Democracies and Support and Help for Improved Partnership with Russia, Ukraine, and Other New Independent States; both abbreviation and long version are in short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Smith-Sears Act | Sponsor | Smith-Sears Act | NO short title | Rep. William Joseph Sears (D-FL); Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) | ch 107, 40 Stat 617 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000211; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551 |
nothing in statute; vocational ed for vets | ||||
| 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 |