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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1919" | Ch. 39, 40 Stat 1161 | ||||||||
| Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 | Honor | Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 | "Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009" | Lilly Ledbetter was a manager at a Goodyear plant in Alabama who sued the company for sex discrimination in pay practices. When she lost her case before the Supreme Court, the Congress changed the law to increase the time workers have to sue their employers for pay discrimination. | 42 USC 2000a (note) | 111-2 | 123 Stat 5 | Y |
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1874954,00.html |
short title | ||
| Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act | Sponsor | Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act | "Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976" | Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) and Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) | 16 USC 1801 (note) | 94-265 | 90 Stat 331 | Y |
Magnuson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000053; Stevens - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000888; Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Stevens_Fishery_Conservati... |
statutized by amending short title to "Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act" in S. 238 of 94 Stat 3275; subsequent amendments refer to "Magnuson" until 2007, then 120 Stat 3575 amends "Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act", despite the fact that Stevens was never previously included | ||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1932" | 47 Stat 525 | ||||||||
| Wiley Act (Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) | Honor | Wiley Act (Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) | NO short title | Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, head of the Division of Chemistry and crusader for pure food and drug laws. | ch 3915, 34 Stat 768 | X |
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/History/Overviews/ucm056044.htm |
nothing in statute | ||||
| James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005 | Institution | James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005 | "James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005" | James Campbell was an Irish industrialist who spent much of his life in Hawai'i. His estate leases the land for the refuge. | 16 USC 668dd | 109-225 | 120 Stat 378 | Y |
http://jchsalumni.org/history.htm; http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=12529 |
title and short title; | ||
| Hill-Burton Act (see Hospital Survey and Construction Act) | Sponsor | Hill-Burton 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 at beginning - "Hospital Survey and Construction Act" | ||||
| Rogers Act (Foreign Service) (see Foreign Service Act) | Sponsor | Rogers Act (Foreign Service) (see Foreign Service Act) | NO short title | Rep. John Jacob Rogers (R-MA) | ch 182, 43 Stat 140 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000400 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| HUBZones in Native America Act of 2000 | Abbreviation | HUBZones in Native America Act of 2000 | "HUBZones in Native America Act of 2000" | 15 USC 631 | 106-554, S1(a)(9) [title VI, subtitle A, S 601 et seq) | 114 Stat 2763, 2763A-697 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle A; HUBZone is defined as "historically underutilized zone" | ||||
| Copeland Pure Food and Drugs Act (see Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) | Sponsor | Copeland Pure Food and Drugs Act (see Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) | "Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act" | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, 1923-38, (D-NY), | 21 USC 301 | ch 675, 52 Stat 1040 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
short title - Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; Copeland never statutized |