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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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 | |||||
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008 | Honor | Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008 | "Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008" | Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, after her death on August 20, 2008, in recognition of her decision to donate her organs. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-413 | 122 Stat 4338 | Y |
Findings included in original bill, HR 6950, passed House on 9/25/2008. |
short title and long title; establishing medal named for STJ | ||
Borah Resolution (Armament Conference) (see Disarmament Conference Resolution) | Sponsor | Borah Resolution (Armament Conference) (see Disarmament Conference Resolution) | NO short title | Sen. William Edgar Borah, (R-ID) | ch 44 ��_��__9, 42 stat 141 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000634 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Wagner-Lewis $500,000,000 Emergency Relief Act (see A.A.A. Farm Relief and Inflation Act) | Sponsor | Wagner-Lewis $500,000,000 Emergency Relief Act (see A.A.A. Farm Relief and Inflation Act) | NO short title | Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) (1927-1949); Probably Sen. James H. Lewis (D-IL), who was Democratic whip at the time, but unclear. No conferees were named Lewis in either chamber and no Lewis played a significant role in the debates. (Though it is clear that Sen. Lewis was present and asking questions -- no Lewis appears in the House proceedings at all.) | ch 25, 48 Stat 31 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000284 |
nothing in statute; Neither the Lewis in the House or Senate participated in the debates on the bill and neither was a conferee; Sen. Lewis didn't even vote on the conference report | ||||
Potato Act of 1935 | Description | Potato Act of 1935 | "Potato Act of 1935" | 7 USC 801 | Ch. 641, 49 Stat 750 | |||||||
Reed-Bulwinkle Act | Sponsor | Reed-Bulwinkle Act | NO short title | Probably Sen. Clyde Reed (R-KS); Rep. Alfred Bulwinkle (D-NC) | ch 491, 62 Stat 472 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000112; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001056 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money Laundering Act | Sponsor | Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money Laundering Act | "Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money Laundering Act" | Rep. Frank Annunzio (D-IL); Rep. Chalmers Wylie (R-OH) | 12 USC 1811 | 102-550, title XV | 106 Stat 4044 | Y |
Annunzio - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000212; Wylie - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000781 |
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George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act | Honor | George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act | "George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act" | Rep. George E. Brown, Jr. (CA), former chair of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, died in 1999. | 109-155, title III, Section 321 | 119 Stat 2922 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000918 |
short title and name of Subtitle C; Table: "Title 51, note prec. Section 71101"; Brown was a Rep from CA | |||
Steagall Stock Liability Act (see Federal Reserve Act) | Sponsor | Steagall Stock Liability Act (see Federal Reserve Act) | "Federal Reserve Act" | Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | 12 USC 226 | ch 6, 38 Stat 251 | N |
What Was the Glass-Steagall Act?, Investopedia, July 16, 2003, http://www.investopedia.com/articles/03/071603.asp#axzz1guTysuXe; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
It seems as though the PNT's linking of the 1913 Federal Reserve Act and the Steagall Stock Liability Act is a bit misleading. Steagall was not a Member of the House in 1913 when the original act was passed. This act was, however, amended by the Glass-Steagall Act in 1933, so perhaps that's where the name comes from. |