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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Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 | Victim | Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 | "Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008" | Ryan Haight was 18 when he died from an overdose of prescription drugs he purchased on the Internet. | 21 USC 801 (note) | 110-425 | 122 Stat 4820 | Y |
http://www.getsmartaboutdrugs.com/stories/ryan_haights_story.html |
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Leavitt Act (Indians) | Sponsor | Leavitt Act (Indians) | NO short title | Rep. Scott Leavitt, (R-MT) | 25 USC 386a | ch. 369, 47 Stat 564 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000184 |
name not statutized | |||
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) | |||
Brooks Act (Data Processing) (see Brooks Automatic Data Processing Act) | Sponsor | Brooks Act (Data Processing) (see Brooks Automatic Data Processing Act) | NO short title | Rep. Overton Brooks (D-LA) | 89-306 | 79 Stat 1127 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000884 |
nothing in statute; Same as above. Originally passed June 30, 1949 but PL and USSL cited is much later. No information about name in statute. | |||
Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II of 1992 | Location | Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II of 1992 | "Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II of 1992" | Located in South Dakota | 102-575, title XX | 106 Stat 4677 | Y |
http://articles.aberdeennews.com/2011-06-25/news/29701394_1_charles-mix-... |
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STEP Act | Acrostic | STEP Act | "Supporting Teens through Education and Protection Act of 2005" or "STEP Act" | 42 USC 14043c-3(a) | 103-322, title IV, S 41204; as added 109-162, title III, S 303 | 119 Stat 3010 | Y | short title at beginning of section | ||||
Dickstein Alien Officials Act (see Immigration Act of 1924) | Sponsor | Dickstein Alien Officials Act (see Immigration Act of 1924) | "The Immigration Act of 1924" | Samuel Dickstein, (D-NY) | ch 190, 43 Stat 153 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000335 |
short title at beginning - "The Immigration Act of 1924" | ||||
Victory Liberty Loan Act | Description | Victory Liberty Loan Act | "Victory Liberty Loan Act" | Ch. 100, 40 Stat 1209 | ||||||||
Hastings Amendment | Sponsor | Hastings Amendment | NO short title | Rep. William Wirt Hastings, (D-OK) | ch. 4, 41 Stat 4 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000333 |
nothing in statute, but this is one section of a larger statute -- Hastings maybe was sponsor of amendment that became that section? | ||||
Nelson Act (Criminal Appeals) (see Criminal Appeals Act) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Criminal Appeals) (see Criminal Appeals Act) | NO short title | Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 2564, 34 Stat 1246 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040 |
nothing in statute; see U.S. v. Mersky, 361 U.S. 431 (1960) at n. 5. |