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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copeland Firearms Act | Sponsor | Copeland Firearms Act | "Federal Firearms Act" | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, (D-N.Y.) | 15 USC 901 et seq | ch 850, 52 Stat 1250 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
"Copeland" never statutized, act repealed; short title (at end) | |||
| Hall-Mark Act (Gold and Silver Articles) (see Jewelers' Liability Act (Gold and Silver Articles)) | Description | Hall-Mark Act (Gold and Silver Articles) (see Jewelers' Liability Act (Gold and Silver Articles)) | NO short title | Hall-Mark is an indication of metal content. | 15 USC 294 | ch 3289, 34 Stat 260 | Y |
; see also Warman's Jewelry, 2nd edition |
short title not statutized; aka National Gold and Silver Stamping Act of 1906; short title is listed in code but not was not statutized by 1976 amendments | |||
| Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 | Sponsor | Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 | "Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976" | Sen. Philip Hart (D-MI), Sen. Hugh Scott, Jr. (R-PA), and Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ). Rodino was Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Hart was Chairman of the Antitrust Subcommittee on Senate Judiciary, and Scott retired in 1976. In an interview for the Senate Historical Office Oral History Project, former Senate Judiciary Counsel Chuck Ludlam claimed that Rodino in fact "hated" the bill but settled for getting it through his committee, which was more liberal than he was, in exchange for having his name attached to the legislation. | 15 USC 1 (note) | 94-435 | 90 Stat 1383 | Y |
Hart - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000291; Scott - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000174; Rodino - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000374; http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Ludlam_Intervi... |
Final section of this act statutized the short titles of the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Webb-Pomerene Act, and the Wilson Tariff Act. | ||
| 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 | |||||||
| Public Utility Act of 1935 | Description | Public Utility Act of 1935 | "Public Utility Act (Federal Power Act)" | Ch. 687, 49 Stat 803 | ||||||||
| Klamath Welfare Act | Tribe | Klamath Welfare Act | "Klamath Welfare Act" | 25 USC 544 (note) | ch. 160, 62 Stat 92 | N | Klamath Indian Tribe | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| Prioritizing Resrouces and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 | Acrostic | Prioritizing Resrouces and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 | "Prioritizing Resrouces and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008" | 15 USC 8101 | 110-403 | 122 Stat 4256 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; no mention of acronym in statute, but referred to as PRO-IP | ||||
| Harriet Tubman Special Resource Study Act | Honor | Harriet Tubman Special Resource Study Act | "Harriet Tubman Special Resource Study Act" | Harriet Tubman, "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. | 106-516 | 114 Stat 2404 | Y | short title; directing resources to study the possible creation of a national historic site associated with Harriet Tubman | ||||
| SAFETEA-LU | Acrostic | SAFETEA-LU | Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or "SAFETEA-LU" | Supposedly named for Lu Young, Rep. Don Young's wife. | 23 USC 101 | 109-59 | 119 Stat 1144 | Y |
http://www.adn.com/2009/08/02/885403/lu-young-wife-of-rep-don-young.html |
short title at beginning - "Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users" or "SAFETEA-LU" |