Database of Federal Statute Names

A political cartoon lampooning the Embargo Act of 1807

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 Popular Names

Title Type Popular Name Short Title Named For? Classification PL Statute At Large Date(s) Enactedsort ascending Interesting Part Statutized? Leads to other named Legislation Link/Source Notes
Glass R.F.C. Recovery Loan Act (see Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act) Sponsor Glass R.F.C. Recovery Loan Act (see Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act) "Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act" Sen. Carter Glass, (D-VA) 15 USC 601 ch 8, 47 Stat 5 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232

 "Glass" not statutized; short title at beginning
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
Winslow Act Sponsor Winslow Act NO short title Rep. Samuel Winslow (R-MA) ch 285, 42 Stat 1511 X

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000639

 nothing in statute; enacting clause specifies amending "Trading With the Enemy Act"
TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007 Description TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007 "TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act of 2007" 42 USC 1305 110-90 121 Stat 984 N short title at beginning of statute
Food for Peace Act of 1966 Political Description Food for Peace Act of 1966 "Food for Peace Act of 1966" 7 USC 1691 89-808 80 Stat 1526 Y short title at beginning of statute; amending Argicultural Trade Development and Assistance Act
District of Columbia minimum wage law Description District of Columbia minimum wage law "District of Columbia minimum-wage law" ch 174, 40 Stat 960 N short title at end
Berry Amendment Sponsor Berry Amendment NO short title Likely named for Rep. Marion Berry (AR) who was in office when the provision was made permanent. There was no one named Berry serving in Congress when the first provision was included in the Defense Approprations Act in 1941. 10 U.S.C. 2533a Y

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000420; http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/ic/berry_amendment_faq.html

 Originally passed by Congress in 1941 as a part of the defense appropriation, and included in subsequent defense appropriations acts. It was made permanent in Fiscal Year 1994 by section 8005 of PL 103-139 and subsequently codified as 10 U.S.C. 2533a in 2002 by section 832 of PL 107-107. ; "Berry" statutized in title of Section 827, 117 Stat 1392.
Doughton Current Tax Payment Act of 1943 (see Current Tax Payment Act of 1943) Sponsor Doughton Current Tax Payment Act of 1943 (see Current Tax Payment Act of 1943) "Current Tax Payment Act of 1943" Rep. Robert Lee Doughton, (D-N.C.) ch 120, 57 Stat 126 x

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000448

 short title at end; Rep. Doughton was chairman of House Ways and Means - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Doughton
Food and Rest Law Description Food and Rest Law NO short title 45 USC 71 note ch 3594, 34 Stat 607 N name not statutized; aka the Cruelty to Animals Act, the Live Stock Transportation Act, and the Twenty-Eight Hour Law in PNT; nothing in statute
Drive for Teen Employment Act Political Description Drive for Teen Employment Act "Drive for Teen Employment Act" Cutesy play-on-words -- statute changes the exemption to child labor provisions of the FLSA for teenagers driving cars and trucks in the course of employment. 29 USC 201 105-334 112 Stat 3137 Y short title at beginning of statute

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