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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonner Act (see Federal Boating Act of 1958) | Sponsor | Bonner Act (see Federal Boating Act of 1958) | "Federal Boating Act of 1958" | Rep. Herbert Covington Bonner, (D-SC) | 85-911 | 72 Stat 1754 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000621 |
short title - "Federal Boating Act of 1958" | |||
| Claiborne Pell Institute for International Relations and Public Policy Act | Honor | Claiborne Pell Institute for International Relations and Public Policy Act | "Claiborne Pell Institute for International Relations and Public Policy Act" | grant to establish and maintain a center at Salve University named for Sen. Claiborne Pell (RI) | 104-319, title III | 110 Stat 3867 | Y | title of Title III and short title | ||||
| U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 | Acrostic | U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 | "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001" or "U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006" | 15 USC 58 | 109-455 | 120 Stat 3372 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Luce Patent Act | Sponsor | Luce Patent Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Luce (R-MA) | ch. 619, 53 Stat 1293 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000498 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| White Act (Collisions on Great Lakes) | Sponsor | White Act (Collisions on Great Lakes) | NO short title | Most likely Rep. George Elon (R-IL) (other White was from CA) | 33 USC 241 | ch 64, 28 Stat 645 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000371 |
name not statutized | |||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1937" | Ch. 489, 49 Stat 1421 | ||||||||
| Tincher-Capper Act (Grain Futures) (see Commodity Exchange Act) | Sponsor | Tincher-Capper Act (Grain Futures) (see Commodity Exchange Act) | "The Grain Futures Act" | Sen. Arthur Capper, 1919-45, (R-KA); Rep. Jasper Napoleon Tincher, (R-KA) | 7 USC 1 | ch 369, 42 Stat 998 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000282 |
"Tincher-Capper" not statutized | |||
| Dill-Rayburn Communications Act | Sponsor | Dill-Rayburn Communications Act | "Communications Act of 1934" | Sen. Clarence Cleveland Dill, (D-WA); Rep. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, (D-TX) | 47 USC 609 | ch 652, 48 Stat 1064 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000345; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082 |
"Dill-Rayburn" not statutized; short title at end - "Communications Act of 1934" (creating FCC) | |||
| Kern-McGillicuddy Act (See Federal Employees' Compensation Act (1916)) | Sponsor | Kern-McGillicuddy Act (See Federal Employees' Compensation Act (1916)) | NO short title | Sen. John Worth Kern, (D-IN); Rep. Daniel John McGillicuddy, (D-ME) | ch 458, 39 Stat 742 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000132; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000448 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Wagner Act (Advance Planning of Public Works) (see Employment Stabilization Act of 1931) | Sponsor | Wagner Act (Advance Planning of Public Works) (see Employment Stabilization Act of 1931) | "Employment Stabilization Act of 1931" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.) | ch 117, 46 Stat 1084 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
short title at beginning "Employment Stabilization Act of 1931" |