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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 | Description | Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935" | Ch. 508, 49 Stat 571 | ||||||||
| Shackleford Act | Sponsor | Shackleford Act | NO short title | Rep. Dorsey William Shackleford, (D-MO) | ch 241, 39 Stat 355 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000274 |
nothing in statute; rural post roads | ||||
| Anton's Law | Victim | Anton's Law | "Anton's Law" | Named for Anton Skeen, 4-year-old killed in car accident when front safety belt did not restrain him. | 49 USC 30127 | 107-318 | 116 Stat 2772 | Y |
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20135130,00.html |
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| FOR VETS Act of 2010 | Acrostic | FOR VETS Act of 2010 | "Formerly Owned Resources for Veterans to Express Thanks for Service Act of 2010" or "FOR VETS Act of 2010" | 40 USC 101 | 111-338 | 124 Stat 3590 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 | Description | Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 | "Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933" | 12 USC 1461 | Ch. 64, 48 Stat 128 | |||||||
| TEA 21 Restoration Act | Abbreviation | TEA 21 Restoration Act | "TEA 21 Restoration Act" | 23 USC 101 | 105-206, title IX | 112 Stat 834 | N | short title at beginning of title IX; amending the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century | ||||
| Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 | Political Description | Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 | "Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007" | 2 USC 1601 | 110-81 | 121 Stat 735 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Dawes Act (Marriage with Indian Women) | Sponsor | Dawes Act (Marriage with Indian Women) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Laurens Dawes, (R-MA) | 25 USC 181 | ch. 818, 25 Stat 392 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000148 |
nothing in statute; name not statutized | |||
| Jadwin Act (see Flood Control Act of 1928) | Honor | Jadwin Act (see Flood Control Act of 1928) | NO short title | Lt. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, who developed the plan for dealing with Mississippi floods, adopted by the Flood Control Act of 1928. | 33 USC 702a | ch 569, 45 Stat 534 | N | name not statutized | ||||
| Santini-Burton Act | Sponsor | Santini-Burton Act | NO short title | Rep. James Santini (D-NV); Rep. Phillip Burton (D-CA) | 96-586 | 94 Stat 3381 | X |
http://bioguide.;congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000058; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001156 |
nothing in statute |