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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp W. G. Williams Land Exchange Act of 1989 | Location | Camp W. G. Williams Land Exchange Act of 1989 | At Title IX - "Camp W. G. Williams Land Exchange Act of 1989" | Army National Guard camp named for Brigadier Gen. W. G. Williams | 101-628 (title IX) | 104 Stat 4499 | Y | short title at Title IX; name of camp | ||||
| Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 | Sponsor | Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 | "Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004" | Sen. James Bunning (KY), Rep. Douglas Bereuter (NE), Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR) | 42 USC 4001 | 108-264 | 118 Stat 712 | Y |
Bunning - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001066; Bereuter - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000403; Blumenauer - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000574; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_Insurance_Reform_Act_of_2004 |
name written as short title | ||
| McKinley Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | McKinley Act (Tariff) | NO short title | Rep. William McKinley (R - OH) | ch 1244, 26 Stat 567 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000522 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Hatfield-Keller Railroad Retirement Act (see Railroad Retirement Act) | Sponsor | Hatfield-Keller Railroad Retirement Act (see Railroad Retirement Act) | "Railroad Retirement Act" | Sen. Henry Drury Hatfield, 1929-35, (R-W.VA); Rep. Kent Ellsworth Keller, (D-IL) | 45 USC 201 | ch 868, 48 Stat 1283 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000342; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000056 |
name not statutized; short title listed in definitions - Section 2(m) - "Railroad Retirement Act"; declared unconstitution by SCOTUS | |||
| McMahon Atomic Energy Act (see Atomic Energy Act of 1954) | Sponsor | McMahon Atomic Energy Act (see Atomic Energy Act of 1954) | "Atomic Anergy Act of 1946" | Sen. Brien McMahon (D-CT) | 42 USC 2011 | ch 724, 60 Stat 755 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000559 |
short title at end - "Atomic Energy Act of 1946" | |||
| Willis-Campbell Act | Sponsor | Willis-Campbell Act | NO short title | Sen. Frank Bartlett Willis, (R-OH); Rep. Philip Pitt Campbell, (R-KA) | ch 134, 42 Stat 222 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000561; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000097 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1935" | Ch. 70, 48 Stat 425 | ||||||||
| Clayton Act (Antitrust) | Sponsor | Clayton Act (Antitrust) | NO short title | Rep. Henry Clayton (D-AL), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and sponsor. | 15 USC 12(b) | ch. 323, 38 Stat 730 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000495 |
name statutized by 90 Stat 1383, "Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976" | |||
| Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century | Honor | Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century | "Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century" | Sen. Wendell H. Ford (KY), former Chair of the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, retired in 1998. | 49 USC 40101 (note) | 106-181 | 114 Stat 61 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000268 |
short title | ||
| Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008 | Honor | Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008 | "Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008" | Sen. Paul Wellstone (MN); amends the 2001 MD-CARE Act which was sponsored by Wellstone. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-361 | 122 Stat 4010 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000288 |
short title |