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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherley Amendment (Food and Drugs) | Sponsor | Sherley Amendment (Food and Drugs) | NO short title | Rep. Joseph Swagar Sherley, (D-KY) | ch 352, 37 Stat 416 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000343 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 | Victim | Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 | "Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990" | Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 101-381 | 104 Stat 576 | Y |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. |
short title; Ryan White contracted HIV from transfusion | ||
| Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act | Honor | Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act | "Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act" | Sen. Paul Wellstone (MN) and his wife, Sheila. | 107-316 | 116 Stat 2764 | Y |
Legislation (Section 2, findings) |
short title; Wellstones also named in long title; providing money for an existing community center in St Paul, to be renamed for the Wellstones | |||
| Help HAITI Act of 2010 | Acrostic | Help HAITI Act of 2010 | "Help Haitian Adoptees Immediately to Integrate Act of 2010" or "Help HAITI Act of 2010" | 8 USC 1255 note | 111-293 | 124 Stat 3175 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Garfield Act (Compulsory Railway Connection) | Sponsor | Garfield Act (Compulsory Railway Connection) | NO short title | Rep. James Abram Garfield, (future POTUS), (R-OH) | 45 USC 84 | ch. 124, 14 Stat 66 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000063 |
R.S. Section 5258 - no idea what this means; nothing in statute; | |||
| Sikes Act | Sponsor | Sikes Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Sikes (D-FL) | 16 USC 670 (note) | 86-797 | 74 Stat 1052 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000406 |
statutized by Sec. 2902-2903 of 111 Stat 2016 | ||
| No Electronic Theft (NET) Act | Acrostic | No Electronic Theft (NET) Act | "No Electronic Theft (NET) Act" | 18 USC 2311 | 105-147 | 111 Stat 2678 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| America COMPETES Act | Acrostic | America COMPETES Act | "America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act" or "America COMPETES Act" | 20 USC 9801 | 110-69 | 121 Stat 572 | Y | Reauthorized in 2010 at PL 111-358 | ||||
| Norris-LaGuardia Act (Labor Disputes) | Sponsor | Norris-LaGuardia Act (Labor Disputes) | NO short title | Sen. George William Norris, (R-NE); Rep. Fiorello H. La Guardia, (R-N.Y.) | 29 USC 101 (note) | ch 90, 47 Stat 70 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000007 |
name not statutized | |||
| Agricultural Credits Act of 1923 | Description | Agricultural Credits Act of 1923 | "Agricultural Credits Act of 1923" | Ch. 252, 42 Stat 1454 |