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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spooner Act (Panama Canal) | Sponsor | Spooner Act (Panama Canal) | NO short title | Sen. John Spooner (R-WI), author | ch 1302, 32 Stat 481 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000741; also 12.15.1905 NYT article (on file); also http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/560906/John-Spooner?anchor=ref... |
creating Panama Canal | ||||
| Motor Carrier Act, 1935 | Description | Motor Carrier Act, 1935 | "Motor Carrier Act, 1935" | Ch. 498, 49 Stat 543 | ||||||||
| Northern Pacific Halibut Act | Description | Northern Pacific Halibut Act | "Northern Pacific Halibut Act" | Ch. 154, 47 Stat 142 | ||||||||
| Capper-Lenroot-Anderson Act (Agricultural Credits) (see Agricultural Credits Act of 1923) | Sponsor | Capper-Lenroot-Anderson Act (Agricultural Credits) (see Agricultural Credits Act of 1923) | "Agricultural Credits Act of 1923" | Sen. Arthur Capper, (R-KA); Sen. Irvine Luther Lenroot, (R-WI); Rep. Sydney Anderson, (R-MN) | 12 USC 1151 et seq | ch 252, 42 Stat 1454 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000241; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000233 |
not statutized (repealed) | |||
| Bayh-Dole Act (University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980) | Sponsor | Bayh-Dole Act (University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980) | NO short title | Sen. Birch Bayh, (D-IN); Sen. Bob Dole, (R-KA) | 35 USC 200 | 96-517 | 94 Stat 3018 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000254; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000401 |
"Bayh-Dole Act" referenced in 114 Stat 1742; "University annd Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980" does not show up anywhere | ||
| LIFE Act | Acrostic | LIFE Act | "Legal Immigration Family Equity Act" or "LIFE Act" | 8 USC 1101 | 106-553, S1(a)(2) [title XI] | 114 Stat 2762, 2762A-142 | Y | short title at beginning of title XI | ||||
| Serve America Act | Political Description | Serve America Act | "Serve America Act" | 42 USC 12501 | 111-13 | 123 Stat 1460 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Celler-Kefauver Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | Sponsor | Celler-Kefauver Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | NO short title | Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-NY); Sen. Carey Kefauver (D-TN) | ch 1184, 64 Stat 1125 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000044 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Spoils of War Act of 1994 | Political Description | Spoils of War Act of 1994 | "Spoils of War Act of 1994" | 50 USC 2201 | 103-236, title V, part B, S 551 | 108 Stat 482 | N | |||||
| Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 | Honor | Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 | "Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006" | Fannie Lou Hamer was a voting rights activist and SNCC organizer. Rosa Parks was a civil rights leader. Coretta Scott King was a civil rights activist and founder of the Center for Nonviolent Social Change. | 42 USC 1971 (note) | 109-246 | 120 Stat 577 | Y |
Hamer - http://www.biography.com/people/fannie-lou-hamer-205625; Parks - http://www.biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715?page=1; Scott King - http://www.biography.com/people/coretta-scott-king-9542067. |
short title in Statutes at Large is the "Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006" |