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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act | Sponsor | Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act | NO short title | Sen. Harry B. Hawes (D-MO) (resigned Senate effective Feb. 3, 1933); Rep. Butler Black Hare (D-SC) (left Mar. 3, 1933); Sen. Bronson Murray Cutting (R-NM) (1929-1935) | ch. 11, 47 Stat 761 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000362; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000200; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001028 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Revenue Act of 1935 | Description | Revenue Act of 1935 | "Revenue Act of 1935" | Ch. 829, 49 Stat 1014 | ||||||||
| McCarran Act (see Internal Security Act of 1950) | Sponsor | McCarran Act (see Internal Security Act of 1950) | "Internal Security Act of 1950" | Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-N.V) | 50 USC 781 | ch 1024, 64 Stat 987 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308 |
"McCarran" not statutized; short title at beginning - "Internal Security Act of 1950" | |||
| Pro-Children Act of 1994 | Political Description | Pro-Children Act of 1994 | "Pro-Children Act of 1994" | 20 USC 6081 | 103-227, title X, part C, S1041 | 108 Stat 271 | Y | |||||
| Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006 | Political Description | Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006 | "Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006" | 42 USC 201 note | 109-242 | 120 Stat 570 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Erdman Act of 1898 | Sponsor | Erdman Act of 1898 | NO short title | Rep. Constantine Jacob Erdman (D-PA) | ch 370, 30 Stat 424 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000199 |
Although Erdman was not in the House when the bil was finally signed into law, he had worked on previous versions which had passed the House in earlier Congresses. (See, eg, The House Devotes a Day to Labor Legislation, NY Times, Feb. 26, 1895) | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1925" | Ch. 85, 43 Stat 753 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Truman-Hobbs Act (aka Hobbs Bridge Act) | Sponsor | Truman-Hobbs Act (aka Hobbs Bridge Act) | NO short title | Sen. Harry S. Truman (future POTUS); (D-MO); Rep. Samuel Francis Hobbs, (D-AL) | 33 USC 511 (note) | ch 409, 54 Stat 497 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000387; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663; |
name not statutized |