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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glass-Steagall Act, 1932 | Sponsor | Glass-Steagall Act, 1932 | NO short title | Sen. Carter Glass (D-VA) and Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | 12 USC 226 (note)/12 USC 347a, 347b, 412 | ch. 58, 47 Stat 56 | Y |
Glass - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232; Steagall - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
Statutized by 94 Stat 188, but note in code (at at 12 USC 93a) indicates that the Glass-Steagall Act referred to in text is "probably" the 1933 act not the 1932 act | |||
| Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 | Honor | Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 | "Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003" | Rep. Robert L. Stump (AZ) who retired in 2002 | 107-314 | 116 Stat 2458 | Y |
Text of Legislation, Section 1(b) |
Rep Bob Stump honored in Section 1(b) | |||
| CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 | Abbreviation | CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 | "CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010" | 42 USC 5101 | 111-320 | 124 Stat 3459 | N | reauthorizing Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act | ||||
| Kerr-Smith Tobacco Control Act | Sponsor | Kerr-Smith Tobacco Control Act | NO short title | Rep. John Kerr (D-NC); Probably Sen. Ellison Smith (D-SC) | 48 Stat 1275 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000138; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000530 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Filled Milk Act | Description | Filled Milk Act | NO short title | Filled milk is a term for milk containing a substitute for butterfat. | 21 USC 61 | ch 262, 42 Stat 1486 | Y | statutized by 57 Stat 499 (1943) | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Food for Peace Act of 1966 | Political Description | Food for Peace Act of 1966 | "Food for Peace Act of 1966" | 7 USC 1691 | 89-808 | 80 Stat 1526 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; amending Argicultural Trade Development and Assistance Act | ||||
| Esch Car Service Act | Sponsor | Esch Car Service Act | NO short title | Rep. John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | ch. 23, 40 Stat 101 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
nothing in statute |