October 26, 2012
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 | Political Description | Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 | "Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005" | 4 USC 5 | 109-243 | 120 Stat 572 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1937" | Ch. 223, 49 Stat 1214 | ||||||||
| Hop Marketing Act (see Agricultural Adjustment Act) | Description | Hop Marketing Act (see Agricultural Adjustment Act) | NO short title | 7 USC 601 | ch 25, title I, 48 Stat 31 | N | name not statutized | |||||
| Wheeler Coal-Miners Act (see Railroad Retirement Act of 1937) | Sponsor | Wheeler Coal-Miners Act (see Railroad Retirement Act of 1937) | NO short title | Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT) | 45 USC 231t | 88 Stat 1305 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330 |
Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 retdirects to Railroad Retirement Act of 1974; Seems to have initiall been 1934, then updated in 1937 then in 1974, but it's unclear where the Coal Miners come in.; 88 Stat 1305: title I short title at end "Railroad Retirement Act of 1974", still unclear where Coal Minders; "Wheeler" not statutized | |||
| Dill-Crosser Railway Labor Act (see Railway Labor Act) | Sponsor | Dill-Crosser Railway Labor Act (see Railway Labor Act) | "Railway Labor Act" | Rep. Robert Crosser, (D-OH); Sen. Clarence Cleveland Dill, (D-WA) | 45 USC 151 | ch 347, 44 Stat 577 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000932; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000345 |
name not statutized | |||
| Hobbs Act (Anti-Racketeering) | Sponsor | Hobbs Act (Anti-Racketeering) | NO short title | Rep. Samuel Francis Hobbs, (D-AL) | 18 USC 1951 | ch. 537, 60 Stat 420 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663 |
name not statutized | |||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920" | Ch. 93, 41 Stat 327 | ||||||||
| Pope John Paul II Congressional Gold Medal Act | Award | Pope John Paul II Congressional Gold Medal Act | "Pope John Paul II Congressional Gold Medal Act" | 31 USC 5111 (note) | 106-250 | 114 Stat 622 | Y | short title and long title; granting gold medal to PJPII | ||||
| Sterling Act (Employers' Liability) (see Employers' Liability Act (1908) (Railroads)) | Sponsor | Sterling Act (Employers' Liability) (see Employers' Liability Act (1908) (Railroads)) | NO short title | Rep. John Allen Sterling, (R-IL) | 45 USC 51 | ch 149, 35 Stat 65 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000870 |
name not statutized | |||
| Doug Barnard, Jr. -- 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olypmic Games Commemorative Coin Act | Honor/Sponsor | Doug Barnard, Jr. -- 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olypmic Games Commemorative Coin Act | "Doug Barnard, Jr. -- 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olypmic Games Commemorative Coin Act" | Rep. Doug Barnard, Jr. (GA), retired 1992. | 31 USC 5112 (note) | 102-390 | 106 Stat 1620 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000153 |
Barnard was the sponsor, but the version he introduced did not include his name, which was added some time during the House consideration. |