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 |
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Paul D. Coverdell World Wide Schools Act of 2000 | Honor | Paul D. Coverdell World Wide Schools Act of 2000 | "Paul D. Coverdell World Wide Schools Act of 2000" | Sen. Paul Coverdell (GA), died in office on July 18, 2000. | 22 USC 2517 (note) | 106-570, title VI | 114 Stat 3051 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000813 |
short title and section title; findings about Coverdell | ||
Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009 | Acrostic | Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009 | "Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009" or "Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009" | 5 USC 5304 | 111-84, div A, title XIX, subtitle B (s1911 et seq) | 123 Stat 2619 | Y | short title at beginning of subtitle B | ||||
National Industrial Recovery Act | Description | National Industrial Recovery Act | "National Industrial Recovery Act" | Ch. 90, 48 Stat 195 | ||||||||
Buy Indian Act | Description | Buy Indian Act | NO short title | 25 USC 47 | ch 431, section 23, 36 Stat 861 | Y | statutized by PL 103-435, 108 Stat 4566 (1994) with parenthetical "commonly referred to as the 'Buy Indian Act'" | |||||
Norris-Rayburn Rural Electrification Act (see Rural Electrification Act of 1936) | Sponsor | Norris-Rayburn Rural Electrification Act (see Rural Electrification Act of 1936) | "Rural Electrification Act of 1936" | Sen. George William Norris, (R-NE); Rep. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, (D-TX) | 7 USC 901 | ch 432, 49 Stat 1363 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082 |
"Norris-Rayburn" not statutized; short title at beginning | |||
Boggs Act | Sponsor | Boggs Act | NO short title | Rep. Thomas Hale Boggs (D-LA) | 21 USC 174 | ch. 666, 65 Stat 767 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000594 |
name not statutized, repealed | |||
President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994 | Description | President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994 | "President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994" | 44 USC 2107 (note) | 103-345 | 108 Stat 3128 | N | short title and named in long title | ||||
Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006 | Acrostic | Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006 | "Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006" | 42 USC 5121 | 109-308 | 120 Stat 1725 | Y | short title at beginning of statute, but no sign of the obvious acronym | ||||
June Act (Pensions) | Undefined | June Act (Pensions) | NO short title | Likely named for the month in which it was passed -- June. | ch 634, 26 stat 182 | N | nothing in statute -- passed in June? | |||||
McSweeney-McNary Act (see Forest Products Act) | Sponsor | McSweeney-McNary Act (see Forest Products Act) | NO short title | Rep. John McSweeney (D-OH) and Sen. Charles McNary (R-OR) | 16 USC 581 | 45 Stat 699 | Y |
McSweeney - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000606; McNary - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000583 |
statutized by reference in repeal through 92 Stat 356 |