Database of Federal Statute Names

A political cartoon lampooning the Embargo Act of 1807

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 Popular Names

Title Type Popular Name Short Title Named For? Classification PL Statute At Large Date(s) Enactedsort ascending Interesting Part Statutized? Leads to other named Legislation Link/Source Notes
National Firearms Act Description National Firearms Act "National Firearms Act" 26 USC 5849 Ch. 757, 48 Stat 1236
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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

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