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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riegle-Neal Amendments Act of 1997 | Sponsor | Riegle-Neal Amendments Act of 1997 | "Riegle-Neal Amendments Act of 1997" | Rep. Donald Wayne Riegle, (D-MO); Rep. Stephen Neal (D-NC) | 12 USC 1811 (note) | 105-24 | 111 Stat 238 | Y |
Riegle -http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000249; Neal - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000016 |
short title | ||
| Dawson Family Community Protection Act | Victim | Dawson Family Community Protection Act | "Dawson Family Community Protection Act" | Carnell and Angela Dawson were killed, along with their five children, when their house was fire-bombed in apparent retaliation for Mrs. Dawson's notification to police about persistent drug distribution activity in their neighborhood. | 21 USC 1701 (note) | 109-469, title III, Section 302 | 120 Stat 3524 | Y |
Findings in legislation. PL 109-469, Section 302. |
short title at Section 302(a) | ||
| Ransdell Act | Sponsor | Ransdell Act | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Ransdell (D-LA) (1913-1930) | ch 320, 46 Stat 379 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000059 |
nothing in statute; establishing NIH | ||||
| Fordney-McCumber Act (see Tariff Act of 1922) | Sponsor | Fordney-McCumber Act (see Tariff Act of 1922) | "Tariff Act of 1922" | Rep. Joseph Warren Fordney, (R-MI); Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-N.D.) | ch 356, 42 Stat 858 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000271; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397 |
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| Taylor T.V.A. Act | Sponsor | Taylor T.V.A. Act | NO short title | Rep. Edward Taylor (D-CO) | ch 303, 55 Stat 597 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000072 |
nothing in statute; TVA = Tenn Valley Authority | ||||
| Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 | Tribe | Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 | "Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990" | Fallon Paiute Shoshone is the name of a Tribe. | 101-618 | 104 Stat 3289 | Y | title of bill and short title; | ||||
| CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 | Acrostic | CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 | "Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 or CAN-SPAM Act of 2003" | 15 USC 7701 | 108-187 | 117 Stat 2699 | N | both in short title at the beginning of statute | ||||
| Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988 | Acrostic | Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988 | "Health Omnibus Programs Extension Act of 1988" | 42 USC 201 note | 100-607 | 102 Stat 3048 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; this would be more interesting if it is NOT called the "HOPE Act", which in fact it is not in the PNT | ||||
| Federal Credit Union Act | Description | Federal Credit Union Act | "Federal Credit Union Act" | 12 USC 1751 | Ch. 750, 48 Stat 1216 | |||||||
| Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act | Sponsor | Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act | NO short title | Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) and Rep. Dudley Hughes (D-GA) | 20 USC 11 (note) | ch 114, 39 Stat 929 | Y |
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/aee501/camp.html; Smith - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551; Hughes - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000920 |
"Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act" statutized by 60 Stat 775 |