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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatch Act of 1887 | Sponsor | Hatch Act of 1887 | NO short title | Rep. William Hatch, (D-MO) | 7 USC 361a (note) | 24 Stat 440 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000339 |
amended to include "Hatch Act of 1887" as short title by 112 Stat 525 | |||
| Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year, 1928 | Description | Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year, 1928 | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928" | Ch. 853, 45 Stat 884 | ||||||||
| Buy American Act of 1988 | Political Description | Buy American Act of 1988 | "Buy American Act of 1988" | 41 USC 101 | 100-418, title VII | 102 Stat 1545 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Landrum-Griffin Act (See Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) | Sponsor | Landrum-Griffin Act (See Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) | "Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959" | Sen. Robert Paul Griffin, (R-MI); Rep. Philip Mitchell Landrum, (D-GA) | 29 USC 401 | 86-257 | 73 Stat 519 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000465; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000054 |
short title at beginning; "Landrum-Griffin" not statutized | ||
| Esch Water Power Act (see Federal Power Act) | Sponsor | Esch Water Power Act (see Federal Power Act) | "The Federal Water Power Act" | John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | 16 USC 791a | ch 285, 41 Stat 1063 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
"Esch" not statutized; short titled at end | |||
| Warren Act (Reclamation) | Sponsor | Warren Act (Reclamation) | NO short title | Sen Francis Emroy Warren, (R-WY) | 43 USC 523 (note) | ch 141, 36 Stat 925 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000164 |
name not statutized; "Warren Act" noted in USC | |||
| Rankin Veterans Act | Sponsor | Rankin Veterans Act | NO short title | Rep. John Rankin (D-MS) | ch 109, 53 Stat 652 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000056 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Enhancement Act of 2000 | Location | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Enhancement Act of 2000 | "Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Enhancement Act of 2000" | Park in Montana was previously named for Charles M. Russell | 106-541, Title VIII | 114 Stat 2699 | Y | name in short title; odd note in SAL: "Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Enhancement Act of 2000. Montana. | ||||
| Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 | Honor | Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 | "Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009" | Lilly Ledbetter was a manager at a Goodyear plant in Alabama who sued the company for sex discrimination in pay practices. When she lost her case before the Supreme Court, the Congress changed the law to increase the time workers have to sue their employers for pay discrimination. | 42 USC 2000a (note) | 111-2 | 123 Stat 5 | Y |
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1874954,00.html |
short title | ||
| Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | Description | Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | "Securities Exchange Act of 1934" | 15 USC 78a | Ch. 404, 48 Stat 881 |