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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCarran Act (see Internal Security Act of 1950) | Sponsor | McCarran Act (see Internal Security Act of 1950) | "Internal Security Act of 1950" | Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-N.V) | 50 USC 781 | ch 1024, 64 Stat 987 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308 |
"McCarran" not statutized; short title at beginning - "Internal Security Act of 1950" | |||
| 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 | ||
| Capper-Volstead Act (See Co-operative Marketing Assocations Act) | Sponsor | Capper-Volstead Act (See Co-operative Marketing Assocations Act) | NO short title | Sen. Arthur Capper (R-KS) and Rep. Andrew Volstead (R-MN) | 7 USC 291, 292 | ch 57, 42 Stat 388 | Y |
Capper - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; Volstead - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000114; http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/info/capper.html |
"Capper-Volstead" statutized by reference in 94 Stat 374 (1980 amendment to 7 USC 292) | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act | Sponsor | Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act | "Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act" | Sen. Alan Cranston (D-CA), Chiarman of the Committee on Veterans Affairs, and Rep. Henry Gonzalez (D-TX), Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. | 42 USC 12701 note | 101-625 | 104 Stat 4079 | Y |
Cranston - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000877; Gonzalez - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000272; See also Presidential Signing Statement: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=19102#axzz1ITSjt4eM |
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| Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004 | Political Description | Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004 | "Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004" | 42 USC 1441 note | 108-285 | 118 Stat 917 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Crawford Act (Claims) (see Ominbus Claims Act) | Sponsor | Crawford Act (Claims) (see Ominbus Claims Act) | NO short title | Rep. Joel Crawford, (R-GA) | ch 140, ��_��__5, 38 Stat 996 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000891 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1925" | Ch. 85, 43 Stat 753 | ||||||||
| Truman-Hobbs Act (aka Hobbs Bridge Act) | Sponsor | Truman-Hobbs Act (aka Hobbs Bridge Act) | NO short title | Sen. Harry S. Truman (future POTUS); (D-MO); Rep. Samuel Francis Hobbs, (D-AL) | 33 USC 511 (note) | ch 409, 54 Stat 497 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000387; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663; |
name not statutized |