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 |
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Gearhart Armistice Day Act (see Armistice Day Act) | Sponsor | Gearhart Armistice Day Act (see Armistice Day Act) | NO short title | Rep. Bertrand Gearhart (R-CA) | ch 210, 52 Stat 351 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000111 |
nothing in statute (PNT notes renamed Veterans Day Act) | ||||
Little Cigar Act of 1973 | Description | Little Cigar Act of 1973 | "Little Cigar Act of 1973" | statute is defining "little cigar" and including it in another statute about cigarettes | 15 USC 1331 | 93-109 | 87 Stat 352 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; | |||
Dugger Mountain Wildnerness Act of 1999 | Location | Dugger Mountain Wildnerness Act of 1999 | "Dugger Mountain Wildnerness Act of 1999" | Dugger Mountain in Alabama. | 106-156 | 113 Stat 1741 | Y |
http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&recAreaId=... |
short title; act is naming area of federal lands as "Dugger Mountain Wilderness", named for Dugger Mountain | |||
Bankhead-Jones Act | Sponsor | Bankhead-Jones Act | NO short title | Sen. John Bankhead (D-AL) and Rep. John Jones (D-TX) | 7 USC 427 | 49 Stat 436 | Y |
Bankhead - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000110; Jones - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236 |
statutized by reference in 91 Stat 1021 (1977) | |||
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act | Honor | Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act | "National School Lunch Act" | Sen. Richard B. Russell (GA) | 42 USC 1751 (note) | ch 281, 60 Stat 230 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000536 |
enacting clause "may be cited as the 'National School Lunch Act'"; renamed for "Richard B. Russell" in 1999 by 113 Stat 1169 | |||
ISTEA (Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991) | Abbreviation | ISTEA (Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991) | "Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991" | 49 USC 101 note | 102-240 | 105 Stat 1914 | N | short title at beginning of statute; ISTEA is in PNT but not in statute; ISTEA not statutized; pronounced "ice-tea" | ||||
Jones Act (Merchant Marine) (see Merchant Marine Act, 1920) | Sponsor | Jones Act (Merchant Marine) (see Merchant Marine Act, 1920) | "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | ch 250, 41 Stat 988 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
short title at end - "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | ||||
Pay it Back Act | Political Description | Pay it Back Act | "Pay It Back Act" | 12 USC 5201 | 111-203, title XIII | 124 Stat 2133 | Y | short title at beginning of title XII of Dodd-Frank | ||||
Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933 | Description | Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933 | "Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933" | Ch. 30, 48 Stat 55 | ||||||||
Mann Act (see White-slave Traffic Act) | Sponsor | Mann Act (see White-slave Traffic Act) | "White-slave traffic Act" | Rep. James Robert Mann (R-IL) | 18 USC 2421; 8 USC 1557 | ch 395, 36 Stat 825 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000104 |
"Mann Act" not statutized by amendment adding a short title, but the section heading for S. 5 of 100 Stat 3511 was "Mann Act Amendments" |