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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheppard Bone-Dry Law in District of Columbia | Sponsor | Sheppard Bone-Dry Law in District of Columbia | NO short title | Sen. Morris Sheppard, (D-TX) | ch 165, 39 Stat 1123 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Mead Air Mail Extension Act | Sponsor | Mead Air Mail Extension Act | NO short title | Rep. James Mead (D-NY) | ch 9, 52 Stat 6 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000615 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1932" | Ch. 12, 47 Stat 15 | ||||||||
| Platt Amendment (Cuba) | Sponsor | Platt Amendment (Cuba) | NO short title | Sen. Orville Platt (R-CT) | ch 803, 31 Stat 897 | X |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platt_Amendment; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000382 |
Senate rider on Army approps bill presented by CT Republican Sen. Orville Platt; stipulated conditions for withdrawal from Cuba; WP notes it replaced earlier "Teller Amendment" but no mention in Popular Name Table (b/c it's no longer law); | ||||
| Frazier-Lemke Farm-Mortgage Act | Sponsor | Frazier-Lemke Farm-Mortgage Act | NO short title | Sen. Lynn Frazier (R-ND); Rep. William Lemke (Non-Partisan/R-ND) | ch. 869, 48 Stat 1289 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000354; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000238 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Butter Standard Act | Description | Butter Standard Act | NO short title | 21 USC 321a | ch 268, 42 Stat 1500 | N | it's actually just a short little statute standarizing what counts as butter | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009 | Political Description | No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009 | "No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009" | 42 USC 1305 | 111-115 | 123 Stat 3029 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Klamath Termination Act | Location | Klamath Termination Act | NO short title | Klamath, OR | 25 USC 564 | ch. 732, 68 Stat 718 | N | name not statutized; Klamath, OR |