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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1919" | Ch. 39, 40 Stat 1161 | ||||||||
| Jones-Costigan Sugar Act (see Sugar Control Act) | Sponsor | Jones-Costigan Sugar Act (see Sugar Control Act) | NO short title | Rep. John Marvin Jones (D-TX); Sen. Edward Costigan (D-CO) | ch 263, 48 Stat 670 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000797 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Wiley Act (Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) | Honor | Wiley Act (Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) | NO short title | Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, head of the Division of Chemistry and crusader for pure food and drug laws. | ch 3915, 34 Stat 768 | X |
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/History/Overviews/ucm056044.htm |
nothing in statute | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1930" | Ch. 92, 46 Stat 90 | ||||||||
| D'Alesandro Repatriation Act | Sponsor | D'Alesandro Repatriation Act | NO short title | Rep. Thomas D'Alesandro (D-MD) | ch. 509, 54 Stat 715 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000007 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| McKinney Act (see McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act) | Sponsor | McKinney Act (see McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act) | "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act" | Rep. Stewart McKinney, (R-CT); Rep. Bruce Vento, (D-Farmour-Labour-MN) | 42 USC 11301 (note) | 100-77 | 101 Stat 482 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000087 |
referred to as "McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act" in 115 Stat 1425 (2002); (also referenced as "McKinney-Vento" throughout 118 Stat 3 | ||
| Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002 | Honor | Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002 | "Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002" | Rep. Gerald B. H. Solomon (NY) who died in 2001. | 22 USC 1928 (note) | 107-187 | 116 Stat 590 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000675 |
short title naming bill for Solomon added in Committee | ||
| Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act | Honor/Victim | Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act | "Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act" | Samuel Hicks was a Special Agent with the FBI, killed on duty in 2008. | 5 USC 101 (note) | 111-178 | 124 Stat 1262 | Y | short title; PA FBI agent killed in 2008 | |||
| June Act (Pensions) | Undefined | June Act (Pensions) | NO short title | Likely named for the month in which it was passed -- June. | ch 634, 26 stat 182 | N | nothing in statute -- passed in June? | |||||
| Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934 (see Bankhead Cotton-Control Act, see Cotton Control Act) | Sponsor | Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934 (see Bankhead Cotton-Control Act, see Cotton Control Act) | NO short title | Sen. John Bankhead, (D-AL) | 7 USC 701 et seq | ch 157, 48 Stat 598 | Y |
Bankhead, John Hollis, Thefreedictionary.com, http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Bankhead,+John+Hollis; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000110; Jones - |
"Bankhead Cotton Act" statutized by reference in 49 Stat 777 |