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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Esch Water Power Act (see Federal Power Act) | Sponsor | Esch Water Power Act (see Federal Power Act) | "The Federal Water Power Act" | John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | 16 USC 791a | ch 285, 41 Stat 1063 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
"Esch" not statutized; short titled at end | |||
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act | Description | Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act | "Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act" | Ch. 7, 48 Stat 344 | ||||||||
Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States | Description | Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States | "Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States" | Ch. 699, 49 Stat 1807 | ||||||||
Wunderlich Act | Case | Wunderlich Act | NO short title | Named for U.S. v. Wunderlich (1951); Act was enacted to overturn the decision | ch 199, 68 Stat 81 | X | nothing in statute; permitting review of decisions by govt agency heads | |||||
Bodie Protection Act of 1994 | Location | Bodie Protection Act of 1994 | "Bodie Protection Act of 1994" | Bodie Bowl, CA | 103-433 (Title X) | 108 Stat 4509 | Y | Named for "Bodie Bowl" in CA | ||||
Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act | Honor/Sponsor | Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act | "Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act" | Rep. Thomas Osborne (NE), retired from the House in 2006. | 109-365, title VIII | 120 Stat 2594 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000165 |
Osborne had sponsored HR 856 (109th Cong.), which was incorporated into PL 109-365 as Title VIII and Osborne's name added. | |||
Warren Act (Reclamation) | Sponsor | Warren Act (Reclamation) | NO short title | Sen Francis Emroy Warren, (R-WY) | 43 USC 523 (note) | ch 141, 36 Stat 925 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000164 |
name not statutized; "Warren Act" noted in USC | |||
Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year, 1928 | Description | Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year, 1928 | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928" | Ch. 853, 45 Stat 884 | ||||||||
Russell-Overton Amendment | Sponsor | Russell-Overton Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA); Sen. John Overton (D-LA) | ch 720, section 9, 54 Stat 892 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000536; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000146 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Buy American Act of 1988 | Political Description | Buy American Act of 1988 | "Buy American Act of 1988" | 41 USC 101 | 100-418, title VII | 102 Stat 1545 | Y | short title at beginning of statute |