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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Morrill Act (aka Agricultural College Act of 1890) | Sponsor | Second Morrill Act (aka Agricultural College Act of 1890) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT), though really named for the "First Morrill Act." The Second Morrill Act provided additional endowments for land-grant universities, but prohibited money to states that discriminated based on race in admission. | 7 USC 321 (note) | ch 841, 26 Stat 417 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969; http://ext.wvu.edu/about_extension/land_grant_system |
"Second Morrill Act" statutized by reference at 94 Stat 1502 | |||
| Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act | Sponsor | Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act | NO short title | Sen. Harry B. Hawes (D-MO) (resigned Senate effective Feb. 3, 1933); Rep. Butler Black Hare (D-SC) (left Mar. 3, 1933); Sen. Bronson Murray Cutting (R-NM) (1929-1935) | ch. 11, 47 Stat 761 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000362; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000200; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001028 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1925" | Ch. 85, 43 Stat 753 | ||||||||
| Fourth Liberty Bond Act | Description | Fourth Liberty Bond Act | "The Fourth Liberty Bond Act" | Ch. 142, 40 Stat 844 | ||||||||
| Five Civilized Tribes Act (Disposition of Affairs) | Description | Five Civilized Tribes Act (Disposition of Affairs) | NO short title | ch 1876, 34 Stat 137 | X | Double entry in PNT | ||||||
| Steagall National Housing Act of 1938 (see National Housing Act Amendments of 1938) (aka Steagall-Wagner National Housing Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Steagall National Housing Act of 1938 (see National Housing Act Amendments of 1938) (aka Steagall-Wagner National Housing Act of 1938) | "National Housing Act Amendments of 1938" | Rep. Henry Bascom Steagall, (D-AL) | 12 USC 1701a | ch 13, 52 Stat 8 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
short title at beginning; no mention of Steagall or Wagner in code | |||
| Food for Peace Act of 1966 | Political Description | Food for Peace Act of 1966 | "Food for Peace Act of 1966" | 7 USC 1691 | 89-808 | 80 Stat 1526 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; amending Argicultural Trade Development and Assistance Act | ||||
| Drive for Teen Employment Act | Political Description | Drive for Teen Employment Act | "Drive for Teen Employment Act" | Cutesy play-on-words -- statute changes the exemption to child labor provisions of the FLSA for teenagers driving cars and trucks in the course of employment. | 29 USC 201 | 105-334 | 112 Stat 3137 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | |||
| Kendall Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act | Honor | Kendall Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act | "Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act" | Non-citizen Army Reserve Specialist Kendell Frederick was killed in Iraq in 2005. He had applied for citizenship but it was not granted during his life. | 8 USC 1101 (note) | 110-251 | 122 Stat 2319 | Y |
H.Rpt. 110-429 |
name is misspelled in PNT | ||
| Kerr-Smith Tobacco Control Act | Sponsor | Kerr-Smith Tobacco Control Act | NO short title | Rep. John Kerr (D-NC); Probably Sen. Ellison Smith (D-SC) | 48 Stat 1275 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000138; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000530 |
nothing in statute |