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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lea-Brown Act (Natural Gas) (see Natural Gas Act) | Sponsor | Lea-Brown Act (Natural Gas) (see Natural Gas Act) | "Natural Gas Act" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Prentiss Brown (D-MI) | 15 USC 717w | ch 556, 52 Stat 821 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000941 (for information regarding Sen. Brown's involvement in the bill, see The Fpc and Indefinite Price Escalation Clauses: Remedy for Administrative Breakdown, 73 Yale L.J. 1283 (1964), n. 26) |
short title at end; Lea-Brown not statutized | |||
| EMTALA | Abbreviation | EMTALA | NO short title | 42 USC 1395dd | 99-272, title IX, section 9121(b) | 100 Stat 164 | N | originally ch 541 title XVIII section 1867; updated April 7, 1986; nothing in short title, but EMTALA stands for Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act | ||||
| Pro-Children Act of 2001 | Political Description | Pro-Children Act of 2001 | "Pro-Children Act of 2001" | 20 USC 7181 | 107-110, title IV, S 401 (89-10, title IV, part C, S 4301) | 115 Stat 1773 | Y | short title at beginning of Part C of amending text; regarding environmental tobacco smoke | ||||
| ENHANCED Act of 2009 | Acrostic | ENHANCED Act of 2009 | "Establishing a Network of Health-Advancing National Centers of Excellence for Depression Act of 2009" or "ENHANCED Act of 2009" | 42 USC 290bb-38 | 111-148, title X, section 10410 | 124 Stat 984 | Y | short title at beginning of S 10410 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Federal Register Act | Description | Federal Register Act | "Federal Register Act" | Ch. 417, 49 Stat 500 | ||||||||
| Erdman Act of 1898 | Sponsor | Erdman Act of 1898 | NO short title | Rep. Constantine Jacob Erdman (D-PA) | ch 370, 30 Stat 424 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000199 |
Although Erdman was not in the House when the bil was finally signed into law, he had worked on previous versions which had passed the House in earlier Congresses. (See, eg, The House Devotes a Day to Labor Legislation, NY Times, Feb. 26, 1895) | ||||
| Hiss Act (Pensions) | Case | Hiss Act (Pensions) | NO short title | Accused spy and convicted perjurer Alger Hiss | ch. 1214, 68 Stat 1142 | X |
Hiss v. Hampton, 338 F.Supp. 1141 (D.D.C. 1972) |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 | Political Description | Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 | "Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996" | Seems likely that "LIBERTAD" is included because portions of the statute are purposively modeled on the FREEDOM Support Act of 1992. (LIBERTAD is Spanish for FREEDOM.) | 22 USC 6021 | 104-114 | 110 Stat 785 | Y |
Section by Section Analysis of Title II, H.Rpt. 104-202, July 24, 1995 |
short title at beginning of statute; seeking sanctions | ||
| Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006 | Honor/Sponsor | Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006 | "Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006" | Rep. Henry J. Hyde (IL), retired in 2006. | 22 USC 8001 (note) | 109-401, title I | 120 Stat 2726 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001022 |
"Henry J. Hyde" added in conference, Hyde was a conferee. See H.Rpt.109-721 |