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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wunderlich Act | Case | Wunderlich Act | NO short title | Named for U.S. v. Wunderlich (1951); Act was enacted to overturn the decision | ch 199, 68 Stat 81 | X | nothing in statute; permitting review of decisions by govt agency heads | |||||
| Bodie Protection Act of 1994 | Location | Bodie Protection Act of 1994 | "Bodie Protection Act of 1994" | Bodie Bowl, CA | 103-433 (Title X) | 108 Stat 4509 | Y | Named for "Bodie Bowl" in CA | ||||
| Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act of | Sponsor | Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act of | NO short title | Sen. Key Pittman (D-NV) and Rep. Absalom Robert (D-VA) | 16 USC 669 (note) | ch 899, 50 Stat 917 | Y |
Pittman - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372; Robertson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000317 |
statutized as "Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act" by S. 101(b) of 114 Stat 1762 | |||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1923" | Ch. 29, 42 Stat 1154 | ||||||||
| Railroad Retirement Act | Description | Railroad Retirement Act | "Railroad Retirement Act" | Ch. 868, 48 Stat 1283 | ||||||||
| Jones Amendment (Liquor Advertisements) | Sponsor | Jones Amendment (Liquor Advertisements) | NO short title | Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | ch. 162, section 5, 39 Stat 1069 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
nothing in statute; See The Reed "Bone-Dry" Amendment, John K. Graves, Virginia Law Review , Vol. 4, No. 8 (May, 1917), pp. 634-642 (the other Sen. Jones did not enter into office until Mar. 4, 1917, after the Amendment was introduced) | ||||
| Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933 | Description | Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933 | "Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933" | Ch. 38, title II, 48 Stat 74 | ||||||||
| Foraker Act (Puerto Rico) | Sponsor | Foraker Act (Puerto Rico) | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Foraker (R-OH), Chairman of Comm. On Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico | ch 191, 31 Stat 77 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000253 |
aka Puerto Rico Civil Code; nothing in short title | ||||
| Independent Offices Act, 1928 | Description | Independent Offices Act, 1928 | "Independent Offices Act, 1928" | Ch. 104, 40 Stat 1069 | ||||||||
| QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 | Description | QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 | "QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008" | 42 USC 14305 | 110-379 | 122 Stat 4075 | N | short title at beginning of statute; QI stands for Qualifying Individual, but is only spelled out in Section 2 |