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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937" | Ch 277, 50 Stat 213 | ||||||||
| No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009 | Political Description | No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009 | "No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009" | 42 USC 1305 | 111-115 | 123 Stat 3029 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 | Honor | Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 | "Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006" | Esther Martinez was a storyteller, linguist, and teacher who worked to preserve the Tewa language. | 42 USC 2991 (note) | 109-394 | 120 Stat 2705 | Y |
"Esther Martinez, 94; Preserved Language," Washington Post, Sept. 19, 2006. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/18/AR200609... |
short title | ||
| Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 | Description | Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 | "Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935" | Ch. 648, title II, 48 Stat 1021 | ||||||||
| Fiscal Year 1990 Dire Emergency Supplemental to Meet the Needs of Natural Disasters of National Significance | Political Description | Fiscal Year 1990 Dire Emergency Supplemental to Meet the Needs of Natural Disasters of National Significance | "the fiscal year 1990 Dire Emergency Supplemental to Meet the Needs of Natural Disasters of National Significance" | 101-130, 101-100 ? | 103 Stat 775 | N | short title being added as Section 108 (e ) | |||||
| Food and Forage Act | Description | Food and Forage Act | NO short title | ch 84, S 10, 12 Stat 220 | X | R.S. 3732; nothing in statute | ||||||
| Stobb Act (National Prohibition) | Sponsor | Stobb Act (National Prohibition) | NO short title | Rep. George Russell Stobbs (R-MA) (1925-1930) | ch 29, 46 Stat 1036 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000931 |
PNT is incorrect. Should be "Stobbs Act" | ||||
| Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lake Champlain Basin Program Act of 2002 | Honor | Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lake Champlain Basin Program Act of 2002 | "Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lake Champlain Basin Program Act of 2002" | Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (NY) | 33 USC 1251 (note) | 107-303, title II | 116 Stat 2358 | Y |
http://www.lcbp.org/lcbpsumr.htm; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001054 |
short title; Moynihan was one of the sponsors of the underlying bill (1990, Lake Champlain Special Designation Act), he had retired from the Senate in 2000 | ||
| White Charger Act | Political Description | White Charger Act | NO short title | Name derived from an observation that the legislation went through Congress "like a White Charger," or cavalry horse. | 86-616, section 10 | 74 Stat 395 | N |
Norman v. U. S., 392 F.2d 255, 256 (Ct. Cl. Mar. 15, 1968) disapproved of by Colm v. Kissinger, 406 F. Supp. 1250 (D.D.C. 1975) |
nothing in statute; about Army and Air Force officers, not sure what/who "White Charger" is |