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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La Follete-Bulwinkle Act (Venereal Diseases) | Sponsor | La Follete-Bulwinkle Act (Venereal Diseases) | NO short title | Sen. Robert La Follette, Jr. (Progressive-WI); Rep. Alfred Bulwinkle (D-NC) | ch. 267, 52 Stat 439 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000005; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001056 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments of 1974 | Sponsor | Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments of 1974 | "Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments of 1974" | Rep. Jennings Randolph (D-WV) and Sen. Morris Sheppard (D-TX) | 20 USC 107 (note) | 93-516, title II | 88 Stat 1622 | Y |
Randolph - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000046; Sheppard - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337 |
short title and title II; named as "Randolph-Sheppard Act" in findings | ||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1923" | Ch. 29, 42 Stat 1154 | ||||||||
HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Mainstreet Rejuvination and Housing Act of 2003 | Political Description | HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Mainstreet Rejuvination and Housing Act of 2003 | "HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Mainstreet Rejuvination and Housing Act of 2003" | 42 USC 1437 | 108-186 | 117 Stat 2693 | N | short title at beginning of statute; HOPE is capitalized but does not seem to be an acronym | ||||
Nelson Act (Chippewa Indians of Minnesota) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Chippewa Indians of Minnesota) | NO short title | Rep. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 24, 25 Stat 642 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040; see also http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml |
nothing in statute | ||||
Wagner-Connery Labor Relations Act (see National Labor Relations Act) | Sponsor | Wagner-Connery Labor Relations Act (see National Labor Relations Act) | "National Labor Relations Act" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-NY); William Patrick Connery, Jr., (D-MA) (Note there are two Connery's, but this one was on the House Committee on Labor, so likely on the bill?) | 29 USC 151 | ch 372, 49 Stat 449 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000694 |
short title at end - "National Labor Relations Act"; "Wagner-Connery" not statutized | |||
Lanham Act (aka the Trademark Act of 1946) | Sponsor | Lanham Act (aka the Trademark Act of 1946) | NO short title | Rep. Fritz Garland Lanham (D-TX) | 15 USC 1051 (note) | ch. 540, 60 Stat 427 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000076 |
statutized by 98 Stat 3335 | |||
Jones Amendment (Liquor Advertisements) | Sponsor | Jones Amendment (Liquor Advertisements) | NO short title | Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | ch. 162, section 5, 39 Stat 1069 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
nothing in statute; See The Reed "Bone-Dry" Amendment, John K. Graves, Virginia Law Review , Vol. 4, No. 8 (May, 1917), pp. 634-642 (the other Sen. Jones did not enter into office until Mar. 4, 1917, after the Amendment was introduced) | ||||
Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coin Act | Award | Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coin Act | "Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coin Act " | Inventor and New Jerseyian Thomas A. Edison, in aticipation of the 125th anniversary of his invention of the light bulb. | 31 USC 5112 (note) | 105-331 | 112 Stat 3073 | Y |
Findings in text of legislation. |
short title and long title | ||
Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 (aka K.T. Safety Act of 2007) | Victim | Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 (aka K.T. Safety Act of 2007) | "Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007" or "K.T. Safety Act of 2007" | Named for Cameron Gulbransen, 2-yr-old who was killed when his father backed over him in the driveway. | 49 USC 30111 | 110-189 | 122 Stat 639 | Y |
http://www.citizen.org/autosafety/article_redirect.cfm?ID=17564 |
written as title; short title has both Gulbransen and "K.T. Safety Act of 2007" |