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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007 | Political Description | Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007 | "Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007" | 42 USC 5601 | 110-240 | 122 Stat 1560 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Commodore Bill | Sponsor | Commodore Bill | NO short title | Establishing the rank of Commodore in the Navy and Marine Corps. | ch 38, 57 Stat 59 | X | No idea who commodore is | |||||
| America the Beautiful Act of 1990 | Political Description | America the Beautiful Act of 1990 | "America the Beautiful Act of 1990" | 16 USC 2101 | 101-624 | 104 Stat 3553 | N | creating tree-planting foundation | ||||
| AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 | Abbreviation | AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 | "AGOA Accelleration Act of 2004" | 19 USC 3701 | 108-274 | 118 Stat 820 | N | short title is only abbrivation; amending the African Growth and Opportunity Act | ||||
| McCreary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | Sponsor | McCreary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | NO short title | Rep. Jame McCreary (D-KY) | ch. 14, 28 Stat 7 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000382 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Tariff Act of 1930 | Description | Tariff Act of 1930 | "Tariff Act of 1930" | 19 USC 1654 | Ch. 497, 46 Stat 590 | |||||||
| Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | Sponsor | Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | "Tariff Act of 1930" | Sen. Reed Smoot, 1903-1933, (R-UT); Rep. Willis Chatman Hawley, (R-OR) | 19 USC 1654 (short title) | ch 497, 46 Stat 590 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000379 |
"Hawley-Smoot" never statutized; short title at end - "Tariff Act of 1930" | |||
| Esch Car Service Act | Sponsor | Esch Car Service Act | NO short title | Rep. John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | ch. 23, 40 Stat 101 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
nothing in statute |