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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Act (Antitrust) | Sponsor | Clayton Act (Antitrust) | NO short title | Rep. Henry Clayton (D-AL), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and sponsor. | 15 USC 12(b) | ch. 323, 38 Stat 730 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000495 |
name statutized by 90 Stat 1383, "Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976" | |||
| ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 | Abbreviation | ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 | "ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000" | 42 usc 101 note | 106-545 | 114 Stat 2721 | N | short title at beginning of statute; ICCVAM is not spelled out in title -- S 3 spells it out as Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods | ||||
| HITECH Act | Acrostic | HITECH Act | "Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act" or "HITECH Act" | 42 USC 201 note | 111-5, div A, title XIII and div B, title IV | 123 Stat 226 | Y | short title at beginning of Title XIII | ||||
| McKeown Act (Corporate Bankruptcy) | Sponsor | McKeown Act (Corporate Bankruptcy) | NO short title | Rep. Thomas McKeown (D-OK) (1917-1934) | ch 424, 48 Stat 911 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000511 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| FRIENDSHIP Act | Acrostic | FRIENDSHIP Act | "Act for Reform In Emerging New Democracies and Support and Help for Improved Partnership with Russia, Ukraine, and Other New Independent States" or "FRIENDSHIP Act" | 22 USC 5801 | 103-199 | 107 Stat 2317 | Y | Act for Reform In Emerging New Democracies and Support and Help for Improved Partnership with Russia, Ukraine, and Other New Independent States; both abbreviation and long version are in short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| MINER Act | Acrostic | MINER Act | "Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006" or "MINER Act" | 30 USC 801 | 109-236 | 120 Stat 493 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Thurman Act (Pacific Railroads) | Sponsor | Thurman Act (Pacific Railroads) | NO short title | Sen. Allen Thurman (D-OH) | ch 96, 20 Stat 56 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000251 |
nothing in statute; railroads | ||||
| Tariff Act of 1930 | Description | Tariff Act of 1930 | "Tariff Act of 1930" | 19 USC 1654 | Ch. 497, 46 Stat 590 | |||||||
| Lea-Wheeler Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Lea-Wheeler Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | "Transportation Act of 1940" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT) | ch 722, 54 Stat 898 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330 |
short title at beginning - "Transportation Act of 1940" | ||||
| Carriers Taxing Act of 1937 | Description | Carriers Taxing Act of 1937 | "Carriers Taxing Act of 1937" | Ch. 405, 50 Stat 435 |