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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd-La Follete Act | Sponsor | Lloyd-La Follete Act | NO short title | Rep. James Tilghman Lloyd, (D-MO); Rep. William Leroy Follette, (R-WA) | ch. 389, section 6, 37 Stat 555 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000380 |
nothing in statute -- prob was an amendment? | ||||
| Johnson Act (Injunctions Affecting Utility Rates) | Sponsor | Johnson Act (Injunctions Affecting Utility Rates) | NO short title | Sen. Hiram Johnson (R-CA) | ch. 283, 48 Stat 775 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000140 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Hyde Amendment (Abortion) | Sponsor | Hyde Amendment (Abortion) | NO short title - just a section, no separate title | Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-IL), retired in 2006. | 94-439, title II, Section 209 | 90 Stat 1434 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001022 |
nothing in statute but definitely conventionally named for Hyde -- also, this is JUST a section, no separate title, nothing making it obviously added separately | |||
| Hubbard Act | Honor/Victim | Hubbard Act | "Hubbard Act" | Jason Hubbard, who lost his veterans benefits after he was honorably discharged from the army following the death of his two younger brothers because he left before the end of his contract. | 10 USC 101 (note) | 110-317 | 122 Stat 3526 | Y |
Cynthia Dizikes, Law Mended for Veteran Who Lost Brothers in Iraq: Bush Signs the Act, Ensuring Such Survivors Keep Benefits if They Leave Service Early, The Nation, Aug. 30, 2008, http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/30/nation/na-survivor30 |
short title | ||
| Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 2000 | Location | Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 2000 | "Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 2000" | Jackson, WY | 106-272 | 114 Stat 797 | Y | short title; Jackson, WY | ||||
| Newton Amendment to Carmack Amendment | Sponsor | Newton Amendment to Carmack Amendment | NO short title | Rep. Walter Hughes Newton (R-MN) (1919-1929) (Newton resigned June 30, 1929); The only Carmack in the directory is Sen. Edward Ward Carmack, who died in 1908) | ch 208, 46 Stat 251 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000079 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Brown-Lodge Bill | Sponsor | Brown-Lodge Bill | NO short title | Rep. Clarence Brown (R-OH); Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | ch. 207, 61 Stat 246 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000909; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000394 |
no name in statute | ||||
| W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004 (aka Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004) | Honor | W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004 (aka Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004) | "W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004 (aka Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004)" | Rep. Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin (LA), chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce (which shared jurisdiction for satellite home viewer authorizations with Judiciary), who retired in 2004. | 17 USC 101 (note) | 108-447, div J, title IX | 118 Stat 3393 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000058 |
short title actually as "W.J. (Billy) ��_��__��_��___" | ||
| CIARDS Technical Corrections Act of 1992 | Abbreviation | CIARDS Technical Corrections Act of 1992 | "CIARDS Technical Corrections Act of 1992" | 50 USC 2001 | 102-496, title VIII | 106 Stat 3196 | N | Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System | ||||
| Wheeler-Lea Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wheeler-Lea Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | "Transportation Act of 1940" | Clarence Frederick Lea, dem, 1918-1949, calif; Burton Kendall Wheeler, 1923-1947, dem, montana | ch 722, 54 Stat 898 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163;http://... |
short title at beginning - "Transportation Act of 1940" |