Database of Federal Statute Names

A political cartoon lampooning the Embargo Act of 1807

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 Popular Names

Title Type Popular Name Short Title Named For? Classification PL Statute At Large Date(s) Enactedsort descending Interesting Part Statutized? Leads to other named Legislation Link/Source Notes
Claiborne Pell Institute for International Relations and Public Policy Act Honor Claiborne Pell Institute for International Relations and Public Policy Act "Claiborne Pell Institute for International Relations and Public Policy Act" grant to establish and maintain a center at Salve University named for Sen. Claiborne Pell (RI) 104-319, title III 110 Stat 3867 Y

http://www.salve.edu/pellCenter/aboutSenatorPell

 title of Title III and short title
Independent Offices Act, 1931 Description Independent Offices Act, 1931 "Independent Offices Act, 1931" Ch. 201, 46 Stat 229
Tincher-Capper Act (Grain Futures) (see Commodity Exchange Act) Sponsor Tincher-Capper Act (Grain Futures) (see Commodity Exchange Act) "The Grain Futures Act" Sen. Arthur Capper, 1919-45, (R-KA); Rep. Jasper Napoleon Tincher, (R-KA) 7 USC 1 ch 369, 42 Stat 998 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000282

 "Tincher-Capper" not statutized
Kern-McGillicuddy Act (See Federal Employees' Compensation Act (1916)) Sponsor Kern-McGillicuddy Act (See Federal Employees' Compensation Act (1916)) NO short title Sen. John Worth Kern, (D-IN); Rep. Daniel John McGillicuddy, (D-ME) ch 458, 39 Stat 742 X

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000132; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000448

 nothing in statute
Financial Stability Act of 2010 Political Description Financial Stability Act of 2010 "Financial Stability Act of 2010" 12 USC 5301 111-203, title I 124 Stat 1391 Y short title at beginning of title I; full bill is Dodd-Frank
Bland Ship Requisitioning Act (see Ship Seizure Bill) Sponsor Bland Ship Requisitioning Act (see Ship Seizure Bill) NO short title Rep. Schuyler Otis Bland, (D-VA) 50 USC App 1271 ch 174, 55 Stat 242 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000545

 name not statutized
Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act Location Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act "Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act" Truckee-Carson is an irrigation district and Pyramid is a lake in Nevada. 101-618 104 Stat 3294 N

http://www.tcid.org/history.htm; http://www.pyramidlake.us/

 short title; names of bodies of water
Check 21 Act Description Check 21 Act "Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act" or "Check 21 Act" 12 USC 5001 108-100 117 Stat 1177 Y both in short title at beginning of statute
Dill-Rayburn Communications Act Sponsor Dill-Rayburn Communications Act "Communications Act of 1934" Sen. Clarence Cleveland Dill, (D-WA); Rep. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, (D-TX) 47 USC 609 ch 652, 48 Stat 1064 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000345; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082

 "Dill-Rayburn" not statutized; short title at end - "Communications Act of 1934" (creating FCC)
U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 Acrostic U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001" or "U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006" 15 USC 58 109-455 120 Stat 3372 N short title at beginning of statute

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