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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masha's Law | Victim | Masha's Law | "Masha's Law" | Masha was a Russian orphan adopted by a man in Pennsylvania at age 5. She was sexually exploited by her adoptive father, who posted pictures of her on the internet. | 18 USC 2251 (note) | 109-248, title VII, section 707 | 120 Stat 650 | Y |
CR S8022, July 20, 2006, Statement of Sen. John Kerry. |
title of section and short title | ||
| 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 | |||
| LIFE Act Amendments of 2000 | Acrostic | LIFE Act Amendments of 2000 | "LIFE Act Amendments of 2000" | 8 USC 1101 | 106-554, S1(a)(4) [div B, title XV] | 114 Stat 2763, 2763A-324 | Y | short title at beginning of title XV | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1922" | Ch. 104, 42 Stat 437 | ||||||||
| Johnson Act (Gambling) (see Gambling Devices Transportation Act) | Sponsor | Johnson Act (Gambling) (see Gambling Devices Transportation Act) | NO short title | Sen. Edwin Johnson (D-CO) | 15 USC 1171 | ch 1194, 64 Stat 1134 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000127 |
not statutized; See floor statements at 96 CR 15107 (Sept. 19, 1950) | |||
| Morgan P. Hardiman Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children Act | Honor | Morgan P. Hardiman Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children Act | "Morgan P. Hardiman Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children Act" | Morgan P. Hardigan was a staffer for Sen. Al D'Amato (R-NY) who died in 1993. | 42 USC 5601 (note) | 103-322, title XVII, subtitle C (section 170301) | 108 Stat 2043 | Y |
103 Cong. Rec. 13142 (Oct. 6, 1993) |
short title | ||
| Federal Farm Loan Act | Description | Federal Farm Loan Act | "Federal Farm Loan Act" | ch. 245, 39 Stat. 360 | ||||||||
| Barbour Fight Film Act | Sponsor | Barbour Fight Film Act | NO short title | Sen. William Warren Barbour, (R-N.J.) | 15 USC 1001 | ch. 443, 54 Stat 686 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000132 |
act to remove prize fight films from interstate commerce (repealing 1921 law prohibiting films); name not codified anywhere | |||
| Banking Act of 1933 | Description | Banking Act of 1933 | "Banking Act of 1933" | 12 USC 227 | Ch. 89, 48 Stat 162 | |||||||
| Walsh-Healey Act | Sponsor | Walsh-Healey Act | NO short title | Sen. David Walsh, (D-MA); Rep. Arthur Healey (D-MA) | 41 USC 101 (note) | ch 881, 49 Stat 2036 | Y |
Walsh - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000097; Healey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000423 |
amended to include "Walsh-Healey Act" as short title in 1994 by 108 Stat 3409 |