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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act | Description | District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act | "District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act" | Ch. 465, 48 Stat 930 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act of 1938" | Ch. 404, 50 Stat 395 | ||||||||
| Kerr-Mills Social Security Act (See Social Security Amendments of 1960) | Sponsor | Kerr-Mills Social Security Act (See Social Security Amendments of 1960) | "Social Security Amendments of 1960" | Sen. Robert Samuel Kerr, (D-OK); Rep. Wilbur Daigh Mills, (R-AK) | 42 USC 1305 | 86-778 | 74 Stat 924 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000144; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000778 |
short title at beginning - "Social Security Amendments of 1960"; Kerr-Mills not statutized | ||
| HUBZone Act of 1997 | Abbreviation | HUBZone Act of 1997 | "HUBZone Act of 1997" | 15 USC 631 | 105-135, title VI | 111 Stat 2627 | N | short title at beginning of title VI; in definitions, "HUBZone" is defined as "historically underutilized business zone" | ||||
| Protect America Act | Political Description | Protect America Act | "Protect America Act" | 50 USC 1801 | 110-55 | 121 Stat 552 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; FISA amendment | ||||
| Second Morrill Act (aka Agricultural College Act of 1890) | Sponsor | Second Morrill Act (aka Agricultural College Act of 1890) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT), though really named for the "First Morrill Act." The Second Morrill Act provided additional endowments for land-grant universities, but prohibited money to states that discriminated based on race in admission. | 7 USC 321 (note) | ch 841, 26 Stat 417 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969; http://ext.wvu.edu/about_extension/land_grant_system |
"Second Morrill Act" statutized by reference at 94 Stat 1502 | |||
| Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | Sponsor | Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | "Tariff Act of 1930" | Sen. Reed Smoot, 1903-1933, (R-UT); Rep. Willis Chatman Hawley, (R-OR) | 19 USC 1654 (short title) | ch 497, 46 Stat 590 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000379 |
"Hawley-Smoot" never statutized; short title at end - "Tariff Act of 1930" | |||
| Nolan Act (Patents) | Sponsor | Nolan Act (Patents) | NO short title | Rep. John Ignatius Nolan, (R-CA) | ch 126, 41 Stat 1313 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000124 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Norris Act (Conveyances by Union Pacific Ry. Co.) | Sponsor | Norris Act (Conveyances by Union Pacific Ry. Co.) | NO short title | Rep. George William Norris, (R- NE) | ch 181, 37 Stat 138 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Steagall National Housing Act of 1938 (see National Housing Act Amendments of 1938) (aka Steagall-Wagner National Housing Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Steagall National Housing Act of 1938 (see National Housing Act Amendments of 1938) (aka Steagall-Wagner National Housing Act of 1938) | "National Housing Act Amendments of 1938" | Rep. Henry Bascom Steagall, (D-AL) | 12 USC 1701a | ch 13, 52 Stat 8 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
short title at beginning; no mention of Steagall or Wagner in code |