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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Eugene Land Conveyance Act | Location | Eugene Land Conveyance Act | "Eugene Land Conveyance Act" | Eugene, OR | 109-457 | 120 Stat 3392 | N | short title; Eugene refers to city | ||||
Newlands Resolution (Annexation of Hawaii) | Sponsor | Newlands Resolution (Annexation of Hawaii) | NO short title | Rep. Francis Newlands (D-NV) | No. 55, 30 Stat 750 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
nothing in statute | ||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1923" | Ch. 429, 42 Stat 1048 | ||||||||
McGillicuddy Act (see Federal Employees' Compensation Act (1916)) | Sponsor | McGillicuddy Act (see Federal Employees' Compensation Act (1916)) | NO short title | Rep. Daniel John McGillicuddy, (D-ME) | ch 458, 39 Stat 742 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000448 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Glass-Steagall Act, 1933 (see Banking Act of 1933) | Sponsor | Glass-Steagall Act, 1933 (see Banking Act of 1933) | "Banking Act of 1933" | Sen. Carter Glass (D-VA) and Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | 12 USC 227 | ch 89, 48 Stat 162 | Y |
Glass - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232; Steagall - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
short title at beginning; Statutized by 94 Stat 188, but note in code (at at 12 USC 93a) indicates that the Glass-Steagall Act referred to in text is "probably" the 1933 act not the 1932 act | |||
Tyson-Fitzgerald Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | Sponsor | Tyson-Fitzgerald Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | NO short title | Sen. Lawrence Davis Tyson, (D-TN) | ch 735, 45 Stat 735 | |||||||
Steagall Commodity Credit Act | Sponsor | Steagall Commodity Credit Act | NO short title | Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | ch 270, 55 Stat 498 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990 | Political Description | Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990 | "Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990" | 42 USC 12501 | 101-610, title I, subtitle B, S 110 | 104 Stat 3132 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle B, part I | ||||
Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act | Political Description | Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act | "Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act" | 49 USC 40101 | 108-176 | 117 Stat 2490 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Military Appropriation Act, 1938 | Description | Military Appropriation Act, 1938 | "Military Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 423, 50 Stat 442 |