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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPEN Government Act of 2007 | Acrostic | OPEN Government Act of 2007 | "Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007" or "OPEN Government Act of 2007" | 5 USC 101 | 110-175 | 121 Stat 2524 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Quiet Communities Act of 1978 | Political Description | Quiet Communities Act of 1978 | "Quiet Communities Act of 1978" | 42 USC 4901 | 95-609 | 92 Stat 3079 | N | short title at beginning of statute; amending Noise Control Act of 1972 | ||||
| Jenkins Act | Sponsor | Jenkins Act | NO short title | Rep. Thomas Jenkins (R-OH) | 15 USC 375 (note) | ch. 699, 63 Stat 884 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000088 |
statutized by PACT Act, 124 Stat 1087 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Johnson Amendment (see Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933) | Sponsor | Johnson Amendment (see Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933) | "Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933" | Really unclear. The amendments offered in the House were all Committee amendments put forward by Rep. Rayburn, and the Senate amendments were by Shipstead. No one named Johnson participated in the debate in either chamber and none was appointed a conferee. It's possible that this is a mistake in the PNT, because there is a more famous "Johnson Amendment" in tax law that was offered by Sen. Lyndon Johnson on the floor, but it was not an amendment dealing with this part of the tax code - http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=154788,00.html | 15 USC 77mm | ch 38, title II, 48 Stat 92 | N | short title at end of title II - "Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1935" - each of these titles has an appropriations name, but why no personal name for these? | ||||
| The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sponsor | The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000393; http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.111-tv-284 |
Was not listed in PNT. Legislative gave the opportunity for citizenship to refugees from Communist countries if they served in the US armed forces for 5 years. Participants became known as "Lodge Act Soldiers." Sponsored by Sen Henry Cabot Lodges. I9 | ||||||
| Purnell Act (Corn Borer Eradication) | Sponsor | Purnell Act (Corn Borer Eradication) | NO short title | Rep. Fred Sampson Purnell, (R-IN) | 7 USC 146 | ch 90, 44 Stat 1065 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000573 |
not statutized; corn borer was a kind of pest | |||
| Doughton Unemployment Compensation Act | Sponsor | Doughton Unemployment Compensation Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Doughton (D-NC) | ch. 73, 53 Stat 581 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000448 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935 | Description | Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935 | "Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935" | Ch. 747, 49 Stat 888 | ||||||||
| Jennifer's Law | Victim | Jennifer's Law | "Jennifer's Law" | Jennifer Wilmer, who went missing at age 21 in 1993 from California. | 42 USC 14661 (note) | 106-177, title II | 114 Stat 36 | Y |
http://www.jwrc.org/KeepKidsSafe/SexualOffenders101/LegislationBackgroun... |
name of title and short title; grant awards to missing person's programs |