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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant Marine Act, 1920 | Description | Merchant Marine Act, 1920 | "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | Ch. 250, 41 Stat 988 | ||||||||
| McCarran-Ferguson Act | Sponsor | McCarran-Ferguson Act | NO short title | Sen. Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-NV); Sen. Homer Samuel Ferguson, (R-MI) | 15 USC 1011 (note) | ch. 20, 59 Stat 33 | check repeal |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000081 |
name not statutized | |||
| Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act | Honor | Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act | "Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act" | Silvo Conte was a champion of preservation, including of the Connecticut River. | 16 USC 668dd (note) | 102-212 | 105 Stat 1655 | Y |
Findings in text of legislation. |
long title and short title; establishing refuge named for Conte, findings | ||
| 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'" | |||||
| Van Zandt Patent Act | Sponsor | Van Zandt Patent Act | NO short title | Rep. James Van Zandt (R-PA) | ch 568, 53 Stat 1264 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000069 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| National Industrial Recovery Act | Description | National Industrial Recovery Act | "National Industrial Recovery Act" | Ch. 90, 48 Stat 195 | ||||||||
| 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 | |||
| John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008 | Honor | John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008 | "John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008" | Named for late John Reid Justice, who served as a solicitor for the Sixth Judicial Circuit in S.C., and who was an advocate for student loan repayment assistance for public sector attorneys. | 42 USC 3711 (note) | 110-315, title IX, part E (section 951) | 122 Stat 3470 | Y |
H.Rpt. 110-148 |
short title of part E | ||
| Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act | Institution | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act | "Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act" | Sen. Hubert Humphrey (MN) and Sen. Everett Dirksen (IL). | 20 USC 2566 (note) | 95-270 | 92 Stat 220 | Y |
Humphrey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953; Dirksen - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000360 |
authorizing funds for institutes already named for Humphrey and Dirksen | ||
| Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act | Description | Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act | "Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act" | 106-430 | 114 Stat 1901 | N | short title at beginning of statute |