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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Amendment (Liquor Advertisements) | Sponsor | Jones Amendment (Liquor Advertisements) | NO short title | Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | ch. 162, section 5, 39 Stat 1069 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
nothing in statute; See The Reed "Bone-Dry" Amendment, John K. Graves, Virginia Law Review , Vol. 4, No. 8 (May, 1917), pp. 634-642 (the other Sen. Jones did not enter into office until Mar. 4, 1917, after the Amendment was introduced) | ||||
| Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933 | Description | Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933 | "Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933" | Ch. 38, title II, 48 Stat 74 | ||||||||
| 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 | |||
| McFadden-Pepper Act (see McFadden Act (Branch Banks)) | Sponsor | McFadden-Pepper Act (see McFadden Act (Branch Banks)) | NO short title | Rep. Louis Thomas McFadden (R-PA); Sen. George W. Pepper (R-PA) | ch 191, 44 Stat 1224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000434; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000219 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Wheeler-Lea Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wheeler-Lea Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | "Transportation Act of 1940" | Clarence Frederick Lea, dem, 1918-1949, calif; Burton Kendall Wheeler, 1923-1947, dem, montana | ch 722, 54 Stat 898 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163;http://... |
short title at beginning - "Transportation Act of 1940" | ||||
| Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 | "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 19888" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 42 USC 11301 (note) | 100-628 | 102 Stat 3224 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
short title, named Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act in long title | ||
| Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 396, 50 Stat 329 | ||||||||
| Spence Act (Savings and Loan Holding Companies) | Sponsor | Spence Act (Savings and Loan Holding Companies) | NO short title | Rep. Brent Spence (D-NY) | 86-374 | 73 Stat 691 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000717 |
nothing in statute; amends National Housing Act | |||
| Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Protection Act of 2001 | Honor | Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Protection Act of 2001 | "Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Protection Act of 2001" | Sen. Paul Coverdell (GA), died in office on July 18, 2000. | 20 USC 6731 | 89-10, title II, part C, subpart 5 (section 2361); 107-110, title II, section 201 | 115 Stat 1667 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000813 |
short title | ||
| Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Amendments Act of 2009 | Honor | Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Amendments Act of 2009 | "Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Amendments Act of 2009" | Rep. Morris K. Udall (AZ) and his brother Rep. Stewart L. Udall (AZ) | 20 USC 5601 (note) | 111-90 | 123 Stat 2976 | Y | Adds Stewart L. Udall to name of foundation and scholarship |