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 |
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NAFTA Worker Security Act | Abbreviation | NAFTA Worker Security Act | "NAFTA Worker Security Act" | 19 USC 2101 | 103-182, title V, subtitle A, S 501 et seq | 107 Stat 2149 | N | short title at beginning of statute; no specification of what NAFTA stands for, although it's obvious that it's the North American Free Trade Agreement | ||||
Harrison Naval Stores Act (see Naval Stores Act) | Sponsor | Harrison Naval Stores Act (see Naval Stores Act) | "The Naval Stores Act" | Sen. Bryon (Pat) Harrison (D-MS) | 7 USC 91 | ch 217, 42 Stat 1435 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000265 |
name not statutized; short title at beginning | |||
Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008 | Honor | Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008 | "Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008" | Sen. Paul Wellstone (MN); amends the 2001 MD-CARE Act which was sponsored by Wellstone. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-361 | 122 Stat 4010 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000288 |
short title | ||
SAFE Act | Acrostic | SAFE Act | "Set America Free Act of 2005" or "SAFE Act" | 109-58, title XIV, subtitle B (1421) | 119 Stat 1064 | Y | short title at beginning of subtitle B; energy self-sufficiency | |||||
Edmunds Act (Polygamy) | Sponsor | Edmunds Act (Polygamy) | NO short title | Sen. George Edmunds (R-VT) | ch. 47, 22 Stat 30 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000056 |
nothing in statute (made polygamy a felony) | ||||
Volstead Act (see National Prohibition Act) | Sponsor | Volstead Act (see National Prohibition Act) | "National Prohibition Act" | Rep. Andrew John Volstead, (R-MN) | ch 85, 41 Stat 305 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000114 |
short title at beginning - "National Prohibition Act"; references "War Prohibition Act" to mean any provision of a previoulsy enacted that prohibited alcohol during WWI | ||||
Hobbs Bridge Act (aka the Truman-Hobbs Act) | Sponsor | Hobbs Bridge Act (aka the Truman-Hobbs Act) | NO short title | Rep. Samuel Francis Hobbs, (D-AL); Sen. Henry Styles Bridges, (R-N.H.) | 33 USC 511 (note) | ch. 409, 54 Stat 497 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000823 |
name not statutized | |||
Food for Progress Act of 1985 | Political Description | Food for Progress Act of 1985 | "Food for Progress Act of 1985" | 7 USC 1736o(a) | 99-198, title XI, S 1110 | 99 Stat 1472 | Y | short title at beginning of S 1110 | ||||
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | Political Description | No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 | "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" | 20 USC 6301 | 107-110 | 115 Stat 1425 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934" | Ch. 101, 48 Stat 283 |