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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanham Act (aka the Trademark Act of 1946) | Sponsor | Lanham Act (aka the Trademark Act of 1946) | NO short title | Rep. Fritz Garland Lanham (D-TX) | 15 USC 1051 (note) | ch. 540, 60 Stat 427 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000076 |
statutized by 98 Stat 3335 | |||
| Frank Annunzio Act | Honor | Frank Annunzio Act | "Frank Annunzio Act" | Rep. Frank Annunzio (IL), retired in 1992. | 20 USC 5701 (note) | 102-281 | 106 Stat 139 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000212 |
Creating Christopher Columbus coins and fellowships. | ||
| REAL ID Act of 2005 | Political Description | REAL ID Act of 2005 | "REAL ID Act of 2005" | 8 USC 1101 | 109-13, div B | 119 Stat 302 | N | short title at beginning of division B; although REAL ID is capitalized, no indication it's an acronym | ||||
| Hatch Act of 1887 | Sponsor | Hatch Act of 1887 | NO short title | Rep. William Hatch, (D-MO) | 7 USC 361a (note) | 24 Stat 440 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000339 |
amended to include "Hatch Act of 1887" as short title by 112 Stat 525 | |||
| Clarke-McNary Act (Reforestration) | Sponsor | Clarke-McNary Act (Reforestration) | NO short title | Rep. John Davenport Clarke, (R-NY); Sen. Charles Linza McNary, (R-OR) | ch. 348, 43 Stat 653 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000465; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000583 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Ball Act | Sponsor | Ball Act | NO short title | Sen. Lewis Heisler Ball, (R-DE) | ch 80, title II, 41 Stat 298 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000100 |
(Rents in the District of Columbia) | ||||
| Rankin Veterans Act | Sponsor | Rankin Veterans Act | NO short title | Rep. John Rankin (D-MS) | ch 109, 53 Stat 652 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000056 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| William Levi Dawson Chair of Public Affairs Act | Award | William Levi Dawson Chair of Public Affairs Act | "William Levi Dawson Chair of Public Affairs Act" | Rep. William Levi Dawson (IL), attended Fisk University. | 96-374, title XIII, part H, subpart 3 (section 1381) | 94 Stat 1503 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000158 |
short title; establishing named chair at Fisk University | |||
| Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Enhancement Act of 2000 | Location | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Enhancement Act of 2000 | "Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Enhancement Act of 2000" | Park in Montana was previously named for Charles M. Russell | 106-541, Title VIII | 114 Stat 2699 | Y | name in short title; odd note in SAL: "Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Enhancement Act of 2000. Montana. | ||||
| 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 |