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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Am An American Day Act | Description | I Am An American Day Act | NO short title | ch 183, 54 Stat 178 | N | funny name - proclaiming name of day as "I Am An American Day" | ||||||
| Baby Doe Amendment | Case | Baby Doe Amendment | NO short title | Series of "Baby Doe" child endangerment cases in the early 1980s. | 98-457, title I part B | 98 Stat 1752 | N |
Kathryn Moss, "The 'Baby Doe' Legislation Its Rise and Fall" Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 15, Issue 4 (June 1987) |
services and treatment for disabled infants -- possible that "Baby Doe" was an individual infant and this was passed in response?? | |||
| Carol M White Physical Education Program | Honor | Carol M White Physical Education Program | "Carol M. White Physical Education Program" | Cannot find any information about Carol M. White. | 20 USC 7261 | 107-110 | 115 Stat 1841 | Y | Definitely written in to 107-110 -- originally 89-10, but that did not have Carol M White name; White added in NCLB | |||
| FLAME Act of 2009 | Acrostic | FLAME Act of 2009 | "Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act of 2009" or "FLAME Act of 2009" | 43 USC 1701 | 111-88, div A, title V | 123 Stat 2968 | N | short title at beginning of Title V | ||||
| Gold Reserve Act of 1934 | Description | Gold Reserve Act of 1934 | "Gold Reserve Act of 1934" | Ch. 6, 48 Stat 337 | ||||||||
| First Deficiency Appropriations Act, fiscal year 1936 | Description | First Deficiency Appropriations Act, fiscal year 1936 | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936" | Ch. 689, 49 Stat 1597 | ||||||||
| Bryson Act | Sponsor | Bryson Act | NO short title | Rep. Joseph Raleigh Bryson, (D-SC) | 35 USC 1 | ch. 950, 66 Stat 792 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000999 |
name not statutized | |||
| FEGLI Living Benefits Act | Abbreviation | FEGLI Living Benefits Act | "FEGLI Living Benefits Act" | 5 USC 8701 (note) | 103-409 | 108 Stat 4230 | N | short title; "FEGLI" = Federal Employees Group Life Insurance | ||||
| John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 | Honor | John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 | "John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007" | Sen. John Warner (VA), chair of Senate Armed Services Comm. | 109-364 | 120 Stat 2083 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000154 |
short title and findings about John Warner; House version was named for Sonny Montgomery | |||
| Pittman Act | Sponsor | Pittman Act | NO short title | Sen. Key Pittman, (D-NE) | ch 63, 40 Stat 535 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372 |
nothing in statute; about silver and gold and coinage |