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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Porter Resolution (Narcotic Drugs) | Sponsor | Porter Resolution (Narcotic Drugs) | NO short title | Rep. Stephen Geyer Porter, (R-PA) | ch 190, 42 Stat 1431 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000447 |
nothing in statute; asking President to ask other countries not to grow so many drugs | ||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1923" | Ch. 29, 42 Stat 1154 | ||||||||
Reed Amendment | Sponsor | Reed Amendment | NO short title | Sen. James A. Reed (D-MO) | ch 162, section 5, 39 Stat 1069 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000118 |
nothing in statute; prohibiting mailing ads for alcohol; see The Reed "Bone-Dry" Amendment, John K. Graves, Virginia Law Review , Vol. 4, No. 8 (May, 1917), pp. 634-642 | ||||
Hatch-Sumners Act (Additional Judgeships) | Sponsor | Hatch-Sumners Act (Additional Judgeships) | NO short title | Sen. Carl Hatch (D-NM); Rep. Hatton Sumners (D-TX) | ch. 290, 52 Stat 584 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000334; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Tunney Act | Sponsor | Tunney Act | NO short title (for this section) | Sen. John Tunney (D-CA) | 15 USC 16 | 93-528, section 2 | 88 Stat 1706 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000410 |
long title refers to Sherman Act; name not statutized by amendment to the Act, but included in Subtitle B of 2004 amendment, 118 Stat 668 | ||
Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century | Honor | Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century | "Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century" | Sen. Wendell H. Ford (KY), former Chair of the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, retired in 1998. | 49 USC 40101 (note) | 106-181 | 114 Stat 61 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000268 |
short title | ||
Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008 | Honor | Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008 | "Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008" | Sen. Paul Wellstone (MN); amends the 2001 MD-CARE Act which was sponsored by Wellstone. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-361 | 122 Stat 4010 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000288 |
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No entry | Description | No entry | "The Street Readjustment Act of the District of Columbia" | Ch. 4, 47 Stat 747 | ||||||||
Lacey Act (Game) | Sponsor | Lacey Act (Game) | NO short title | Rep. John F. Lacey (R-IA), introduced bill | 16 USC 3371 | ch. 553, 31 Stat 187 | Y |
http://www.fws.gov/pacific/news/2000/2000-98.htm; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000010 |
Name statutized through Lacey Act Amendments of 1981, 95 Stat 1073; conservation act | |||
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1936 | Description | Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1936 | "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1936" | Ch. 374, 49 Stat 459 |