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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| Kendall Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act | Honor | Kendall Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act | "Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act" | Non-citizen Army Reserve Specialist Kendell Frederick was killed in Iraq in 2005. He had applied for citizenship but it was not granted during his life. | 8 USC 1101 (note) | 110-251 | 122 Stat 2319 | Y |
H.Rpt. 110-429 |
name is misspelled in PNT | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004 | Political Description | Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004 | "Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004" | 42 USC 1441 note | 108-285 | 118 Stat 917 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Harter Act (Carriage of Goods by Sea) | Sponsor | Harter Act (Carriage of Goods by Sea) | NO short title | Rep. Michael Harter (D-OH) | ch. 105, 27 Stat 445 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000296 |
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 | |||
| EMTALA | Abbreviation | EMTALA | NO short title | 42 USC 1395dd | 99-272, title IX, section 9121(b) | 100 Stat 164 | N | originally ch 541 title XVIII section 1867; updated April 7, 1986; nothing in short title, but EMTALA stands for Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act |