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" | |||
| HUBZone Act of 1997 | Abbreviation | HUBZone Act of 1997 | "HUBZone Act of 1997" | 15 USC 631 | 105-135, title VI | 111 Stat 2627 | N | short title at beginning of title VI; in definitions, "HUBZone" is defined as "historically underutilized business zone" | ||||
| Protect America Act | Political Description | Protect America Act | "Protect America Act" | 50 USC 1801 | 110-55 | 121 Stat 552 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; FISA amendment | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 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) | |||
| Glass-Steagall Act, 1932 | Sponsor | Glass-Steagall Act, 1932 | NO short title | Sen. Carter Glass (D-VA) and Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | 12 USC 226 (note)/12 USC 347a, 347b, 412 | ch. 58, 47 Stat 56 | Y |
Glass - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232; Steagall - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
Statutized by 94 Stat 188, but note in code (at at 12 USC 93a) indicates that the Glass-Steagall Act referred to in text is "probably" the 1933 act not the 1932 act | |||
| Harter Act (Carriage of Goods by Sea) | Sponsor | Harter Act (Carriage of Goods by Sea) | NO short title | Rep. Michael Harter (D-OH) | ch. 105, 27 Stat 445 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000296 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Filled Milk Act | Description | Filled Milk Act | NO short title | Filled milk is a term for milk containing a substitute for butterfat. | 21 USC 61 | ch 262, 42 Stat 1486 | Y | statutized by 57 Stat 499 (1943) |