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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramspeck-Mead Act | Sponsor | Ramspeck-Mead Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Ramspeck (D-GA); Sen. James Mead (D-NY) | ch 346, 55 Stat 613 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000032; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000615 |
nothing in statute; amending Classification Act of 1923 | ||||
| HOME Investment Partnerships Act | Abrreviation | HOME Investment Partnerships Act | "HOME Investment Partnerships Act" | 42 USC 12701 | 101-625, title II | 104 Sat 4094 | Y | short title at beginning of title II; HOME is capitalized but does not seem to be an acronym | ||||
| National Firearms Act | Description | National Firearms Act | "National Firearms Act" | 26 USC 5849 | Ch. 757, 48 Stat 1236 | |||||||
| Ellender Sugar Act (see Sugar Act of 1937) | Sponsor | Ellender Sugar Act (see Sugar Act of 1937) | NO short title | Sen. Allen Ellender (D-LA) | ch 898, 50 Stat 903 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000112 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Baldwin Amendment | Sponsor | Baldwin Amendment | NO short title | Rep. John Finley Baldwin, Jr., (R-CA) | Amending 1USC 23 | 89-139 section 4(a) | 79 Stat 578 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000092 |
"Baldwin" not statutized; highway safety programs | ||
| Jones-McCormack Act (Saturday Half Holidays) | Sponsor | Jones-McCormack Act (Saturday Half Holidays) | NO short title | Rep. John McCormack (D-MA); Most likely Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | ch. 396, 46 Stat 1482 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000364; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
Hard to tell whether the sponsor is Sen. Wesley Jones or Rep. John Jones, because the entry in the Cong. Rec. index for the bill has a typo and does not give the correct page for the Senate introduction of the measure. However, Rep. Jones did not participate in the House debate, and Sen. Jones chaired the Appropriations Committee at the time, so it seems more likely that he was the sponsor for whom the bill is named. | ||||
| Sheppard-Towner Act (Maternity Hygiene) (see Maternity Act) | Sponsor | Sheppard-Towner Act (Maternity Hygiene) (see Maternity Act) | NO short title | Sen. Morris Sheppard, (D-TX); Rep. Horace Mann Towner, Ill, 1911-1923 (R-IA) | ch 135, 42 Stat 224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000325 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Smith-Lever Act | Sponsor | Smith-Lever Act | NO short title | Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) and Rep. Asbury Lever (D-SC) | 7 USC 341 (note) | ch 79, 38 Stat 372 | Y |
Smith-Lever Act, Green 'N' Growing: The History of Home Demonstration and 4-H Youth Development in North Carolina, http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/greenngrowing/essay_smith_lev... http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/aee501/camp.html; Lever - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000259; Smith - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551 |
amended to include "Smith-Lever Act" as short title by 112 Stat 525 | |||
| Wei Jingsheng Freedom of Conscience Act | Private Law | Wei Jingsheng Freedom of Conscience Act | "Wei Jingsheng Freedom of Conscience Act" | Private Bill granted permanent resident status for Chinese pro-democracy activist Wei Jinsheng. | Private Law 106-14 | Private Law | Private bill; noted here because the private laws are generally not included in the PNT | |||||
| William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 | Honor | William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 | "William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008" | William Wilberforce, British MP who fought to end the slave trade and abolish slavery. | 22 USC 7101 (note) | 110-457 | 122 Stat 5044 | Y |
110 CR H14113, Dec. 4, 2007; http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wilberforce_william.shtml |
Named for British MP who fought to end the slave trade |