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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 2000 | Location | Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 2000 | "Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 2000" | Jackson, WY | 106-272 | 114 Stat 797 | Y | short title; Jackson, WY | ||||
| Motor Carrier Act, 1935 | Description | Motor Carrier Act, 1935 | "Motor Carrier Act, 1935" | Ch. 498, 49 Stat 543 | ||||||||
| Burton-Hill Hospital Survey of Construction Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | Sponsor | Burton-Hill Hospital Survey of Construction Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | Sen. Harold Hitz Burton (R-OH); Sen. Joseph Lister Hill (D-AL) | ch 958, 60 Stat 1040 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001150; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000598 |
short title is "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | ||||
| CIARDS Technical Corrections Act of 1992 | Abbreviation | CIARDS Technical Corrections Act of 1992 | "CIARDS Technical Corrections Act of 1992" | 50 USC 2001 | 102-496, title VIII | 106 Stat 3196 | N | Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System | ||||
| Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921 | Description | Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921 | "Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921" | Ch. 14, 42 Stat 9 | ||||||||
| CLASS Act | Acrostic | CLASS Act | "Communitive Living Assistance Services and Supports Act" or "CLASS Act" | 42 USC 201 note | 111-148, title VIII | 124 Stat 828 | Y | both in short title at beginning of statute - establishing CLASS program | ||||
| Northern Pacific Halibut Act | Description | Northern Pacific Halibut Act | "Northern Pacific Halibut Act" | Ch. 154, 47 Stat 142 | ||||||||
| Lloyd-La Follete Act | Sponsor | Lloyd-La Follete Act | NO short title | Rep. James Tilghman Lloyd, (D-MO); Rep. William Leroy Follette, (R-WA) | ch. 389, section 6, 37 Stat 555 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000380 |
nothing in statute -- prob was an amendment? | ||||
| Hatian Hempispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 | Acrostic | Hatian Hempispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 | "Haitian Hempispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006" | 19 USC 2701 | 109-432, div D, title V | 120 Stat 3181 | Y | short title at beginning of title V; Acronym (HOPE) is not listed in popular names table, but is one of the short titles of the 2008 amendment | ||||
| First Morrill Act (aka the Morrill Act) | Sponsor | First Morrill Act (aka the Morrill Act) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) | 7 USC 301 (note) | ch. 130, 12 Stat 503 | Y |
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Morrill.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969 |
"Morrill" statutized by reference at 108 Stat 4048 |