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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liqor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act | Description | Liqor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act | "Liqor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act" | 27 USC 122 | Ch. 740, 49 Stat 872 | |||||||
| Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act | Sponsor | Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act | NO short title | Rep. John Dingell (Sr.)(D-MI) and Sen. Edwin Johnson (D-CO) | 16 USC 777 (note) | 64 Stat 430 | Y |
Dingell - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000354; Johnson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000127; http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/research-mgmt/sport-fish.cfm |
statutized as "Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act" by S. 101(c ) of 114 Stat 1762 | |||
| NAFTA Worker Security Act | Abbreviation | NAFTA Worker Security Act | "NAFTA Worker Security Act" | 19 USC 2101 | 103-182, title V, subtitle A, S 501 et seq | 107 Stat 2149 | N | short title at beginning of statute; no specification of what NAFTA stands for, although it's obvious that it's the North American Free Trade Agreement | ||||
| Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act | Acrostic | Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act | "Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act" | 26 USC 1 note | 109-227 | 120 Stat 385 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; the obvious acronym is not listed in the PNT | ||||
| Geary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | Sponsor | Geary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | NO short title | Rep. Thomas Geary (D-CA) | ch. 60, 27 Stat 25 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000113 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| McFadden-Pepper Act (see McFadden Act (Branch Banks)) | Sponsor | McFadden-Pepper Act (see McFadden Act (Branch Banks)) | NO short title | Rep. Louis Thomas McFadden (R-PA); Sen. George W. Pepper (R-PA) | ch 191, 44 Stat 1224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000434; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000219 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Pittman Underground Water Act | Sponsor | Pittman Underground Water Act | NO short title | Sen. Key Pittman, (D-NE) | ch 77, 41 Stat 293 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000003 |
nothing in statute; about land in NV | ||||
| La Follette Hours of Labor Act (Railroads) (see Hours of Service Act (Railroads)) | Sponsor | La Follette Hours of Labor Act (Railroads) (see Hours of Service Act (Railroads)) | NO short title | Sen. Robert Marion La Follette, (R-WI) | 45 USC 61 | ch 2939, 34 Stat 1415 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000004 |
name not statutized | |||
| Lesinski Pension Increase Act | Sponsor | Lesinski Pension Increase Act | NO short title | Rep. John Lesinski (D-MI) | ch 246, 54 Stat 237 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000251 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act (see Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) | Sponsor | Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act (see Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) | "Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985" | Sen. William Philip Gramm, (R-TX); Sen. Warren Bruce Rudman, (R-NH); Sen. Ernest Frederick Hollings, (D-SC) | 2 USC 900 | 99-177, title II | 99 Stat 1038 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000365; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000497; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000725 |
"Gramm-Rudman-Hollings" not statutized |