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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson Act (Veterans' Administration) | Sponsor | Williamson Act (Veterans' Administration) | NO short title | Rep. William Williamson (R-SD) (1921-1932) | ch 863, 46 Stat 1016 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000553 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Bland Merchant Marine Act | Sponsor | Bland Merchant Marine Act | NO short title | Rep. Schuyler Otis Bland (D-VA) | ch. 417, 53 Stat 1182 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000545 |
no name in statute, amending the Merchant Marine Act | ||||
| Follow Through Act | Political Description | Follow Through Act | "Follow Through Act" | "Follow Through" programs are available after "Head Start" programs. | 42 USC 9801 note | 97-35, title VI, subtitle A, ch 8, sbch D | 95 Stat 508 | Y | short title of subchapter C; post Head Start programs | |||
| Good-McCormick Act (Budget) (see Budget and Accounting Act, 1921) | Sponsor | Good-McCormick Act (Budget) (see Budget and Accounting Act, 1921) | "Budget and Accounting Act, 1921" | Most likely Sen. Joseph McCormick (R-IL), who was Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments at the time. Rep. James William Good (R-IA) | ch 18, 42 Stat 20 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000369; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000275 |
short title at beginning "Budget and Accounting Act, 1921" | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936" | Ch. 49, 49 Stat 1109 | ||||||||
| Johnson Act (Gambling) (see Gambling Devices Transportation Act) | Sponsor | Johnson Act (Gambling) (see Gambling Devices Transportation Act) | NO short title | Sen. Edwin Johnson (D-CO) | 15 USC 1171 | ch 1194, 64 Stat 1134 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000127 |
not statutized; See floor statements at 96 CR 15107 (Sept. 19, 1950) | |||
| Webb-Kenyon Act | Sponsor | Webb-Kenyon Act | NO short title | Rep. Edwin Yates Webb, (D-N.C.); Sen. William Squire Kenyon, (R-IA) | 27 USC 122 (note) | ch 90, 37 Stat 699 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000231; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000129 |
name not statutized | |||
| Fallon Rail Freight Loading Facility Transfer Act | Location | Fallon Rail Freight Loading Facility Transfer Act | "Fallon Rail Freight Loading Facility Transfer Act" | Fallon, NV | 107-339 | 116 Stat 2887 | N | short title; Fallon is a city in NV | ||||
| Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010 | Political Description | Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010 | "Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010" | 50 USC App 501 | 111-346 | 124 Stat 3622 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Amy Somers Volunteers at Food Banks Act | Honor | Amy Somers Volunteers at Food Banks Act | "Amy Somers Volunteers at Food Banks Act" | Amended by Rep Cass Ballenger to be named for Amy Somers, the Executive Director of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, who had passed away. | 29 USC 201 | 105-221 | 112 Stat 1248 | Y |
CRS Report 98-959; http://fortunaty.net/org/wikileaks/CRS/wikileaks-crs-reports/98-959.pdf; also Congressional Record V. 144, Pt. 10, June 25, 1998, 14003; http://articles.sfgate.com/1995-12-10/news/17821397_1_food-banks-canned-... |
Amends Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. |