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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bland War-Risk Insurance Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) | Sponsor | Bland War-Risk Insurance Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) | "Merchant Marine Act, 1936" | Schuyler Otis Bland, (D-VA) | 46 USC 101 note | ch 858, 49 Stat 1985 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000545 |
Section 906 gives short title as "Merchant Marine Act, 1936"; "Bland War-Risk" not statutized | |||
| Raker Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | Sponsor | Raker Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | NO short title | Rep. John Edward Raker, (D-CA) | 43 USC 511 | ch 190, 42 Stat 541 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000019 |
name not statutized | |||
| Humphrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act | Sponsor | Humphrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act | NO short title | Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN), Sen. Edward Thye (R-MN), Rep. John Blatnik (D-MN), and Rep. Herman Andersen (R-MN). | 16 USC 577d-1 | ch. 425, 70 Stat 326 | Y |
Humphrey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953; Thye - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000259; Blatnik - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000550; Andersen - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000179 |
statutized by reference in S. 4, 78 Stat 893; lands in northern MN | |||
| Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvements Act of 2006 | Honor | Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvements Act of 2006 | "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvements Act of 2006" | Rep. Carl D. Perkins (KY) was chair of the Committee on Education and Labor for 16 years until his death in 1984. | 20 USC 2301 (note) | 109-270 | 120 Stat 683 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000230 |
separate entry in table - hard to tell what it really is | ||
| Ashurst-Sumners Act | Sponsor | Ashurst-Sumners Act | NO short title | Sen. Henry Fountain Ashurst, (D-AZ); Rep. Hatton William Sumners, (D-TX) | ch. 406, 48 Stat 909 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000319; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |
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| Chamberlain-Ferris Act | Sponsor | Chamberlain-Ferris Act | NO short title | Sen. George Earle Chamberlain, (D-OR); Rep. Scott Ferris, (D-OK) | ch. 137, 39 Stat 218 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000277; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000091 |
no name in statute; railroad/telegraph land grant | ||||
| Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 | Description | Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 | "Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930" | 7 USC 499a | Ch. 436, 46 Stat 531 | |||||||
| Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 | Description | Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 | "Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002" | Adds "born-alive infant" to defintion of "person" in 1 USC 1 | 1 USC 1 note | 107-207 | 116 Stat 926 | N |
Text of legislation |
short title at beginning of statute | ||
| Lanham Public War Housing Act | Sponsor | Lanham Public War Housing Act | NO short title | Rep. Fritz Garland Lanham, (D-TX) | 42 USC 1501 (note) | ch. 862, 54 Stat 1125 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000076 |
name not statutized | |||
| Curtis Act (Indians in Indian Territory) | Sponsor | Curtis Act (Indians in Indian Territory) | NO short title | Rep. Charles Curtis (R-KS), future chair of the committee on Indian Depredations | ch. 517, 30 Stat 495 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001008 |
nothing in statute |