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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Hubbard Act | Honor/Victim | Hubbard Act | "Hubbard Act" | Jason Hubbard, who lost his veterans benefits after he was honorably discharged from the army following the death of his two younger brothers because he left before the end of his contract. | 10 USC 101 (note) | 110-317 | 122 Stat 3526 | Y |
Cynthia Dizikes, Law Mended for Veteran Who Lost Brothers in Iraq: Bush Signs the Act, Ensuring Such Survivors Keep Benefits if They Leave Service Early, The Nation, Aug. 30, 2008, http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/30/nation/na-survivor30 |
short title | ||
| 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" | ||||
| W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004 (aka Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004) | Honor | W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004 (aka Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004) | "W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004 (aka Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004)" | Rep. Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin (LA), chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce (which shared jurisdiction for satellite home viewer authorizations with Judiciary), who retired in 2004. | 17 USC 101 (note) | 108-447, div J, title IX | 118 Stat 3393 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000058 |
short title actually as "W.J. (Billy) ��_��__��_��___" | ||
| Force Act (Suits Against Revenue Officers) | Description | Force Act (Suits Against Revenue Officers) | NO short title | ch 57, S3, 4 Stat 633 | X | nothing in statute | ||||||
| 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) | ||||
| Cochran-Hull Act | Sponsor | Cochran-Hull Act | NO short title | Probably Rep. John J. Cochran (D-MO) (1926-1947); Probably Sen. Cordell Hull (D-TN) (1931-1933); | ch. 464, 47 Stat 649 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000565; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000940 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Right to Work Law | Description | Right to Work Law | NO short title | 29 USC 164 | ch 372, S 14, 49 Stat 457 | N | nothing in statute about "Right to Work", cited as the "National Labor Relations Act"; "Right to Work" never statutized |