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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Financial Stability Act of 2010 | Political Description | Financial Stability Act of 2010 | "Financial Stability Act of 2010" | 12 USC 5301 | 111-203, title I | 124 Stat 1391 | Y | short title at beginning of title I; full bill is Dodd-Frank | ||||
Guffey-Vinson Act (see Bituminous Coal Act of 1937) | Sponsor | Guffey-Vinson Act (see Bituminous Coal Act of 1937) | "Bituminous Coal Act of 1937" | Sen. Joseph E. Guffey, (D-PA); Rep. Frederick Moore Vinson (D-KY) | 15 USC 828 | ch 127, 50 Stat 72 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000519; http://eris.uky.edu/catalog/xt7msb3wtd0h/guide (for why this Vinson - there are two); http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000106 |
"Guffey-Vinson" not statutized; short title at end (section 21) - "Bituminous Coal Act of 1937" | |||
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 | ||||
Dent Act | Sponsor | Dent Act | NO short title | Rep. Stanley Hubert Dent, Jr., (D-AL) | ch. 94, 40 Stat 1272 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000256 |
nothing in statute; granting emergency power to the Secretary of War -- maybe Dent is secretary of war? | ||||
Glass Bank Official Loan Act (see Bank Official Loan Act) | Sponsor | Glass Bank Official Loan Act (see Bank Official Loan Act) | NO short title | Sen. Carter Glass, (D-VA) | 12 USC 375a | ch 89, ��_��__12, 48 Stat 182 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232 |
only statutized as Federal Reserve Act, no mention of Glass | |||
Glass-Steagall Act, 1933 (see Banking Act of 1933) | Sponsor | Glass-Steagall Act, 1933 (see Banking Act of 1933) | "Banking Act of 1933" | Sen. Carter Glass (D-VA) and Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | 12 USC 227 | ch 89, 48 Stat 162 | Y |
Glass - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232; Steagall - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
short title at beginning; Statutized by 94 Stat 188, but note in code (at at 12 USC 93a) indicates that the Glass-Steagall Act referred to in text is "probably" the 1933 act not the 1932 act | |||
McCumber Act (Pensions) | Sponsor | McCumber Act (Pensions) | NO short title | Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-ND) | ch 468, 34 Stat 879 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Tyson-Fitzgerald Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | Sponsor | Tyson-Fitzgerald Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | NO short title | Sen. Lawrence Davis Tyson, (D-TN) | ch 735, 45 Stat 735 |