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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
| Jones Act (Merchant Marine) (see Merchant Marine Act, 1920) | Sponsor | Jones Act (Merchant Marine) (see Merchant Marine Act, 1920) | "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | ch 250, 41 Stat 988 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
short title at end - "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | ||||
| Mann Act (see White-slave Traffic Act) | Sponsor | Mann Act (see White-slave Traffic Act) | "White-slave traffic Act" | Rep. James Robert Mann (R-IL) | 18 USC 2421; 8 USC 1557 | ch 395, 36 Stat 825 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000104 |
"Mann Act" not statutized by amendment adding a short title, but the section heading for S. 5 of 100 Stat 3511 was "Mann Act Amendments" | |||
| Saltonstall-Kennedy Act | Sponsor | Saltonstall-Kennedy Act | NO short title | Sen. Leverett Saltonstall (MA); unsure which Kennedy | 15 USC 713c-3 (note) | ch 696, section 2, 53 Stat 1412 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000021 |
The 1939 Act is referred to in statute by S. 210, 94 Stat 3287 (1980) as "commonly referred to as the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act", but Saltonstall was not in Congress in 1939, so it seems more likely that Saltonstall-Kennedy was one of the amendments. | |||
| Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Management Act of 1983 | Honor | Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Management Act of 1983 | "Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Management Act of 1983" | Sen. Lee Metcalf (MT) who died in 1978. Possible his ashes were scattered in the area that was named for him. | 16 USC 1132 (note) | 98-104 | 97 Stat 901 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000671 |
title and enacting clause (then starts at section 2) - naming wilderness area in MT for Lee Metcalf | ||
| USA PATRIOT Act | Acrostic | USA PATRIOT Act | "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) Act" | 18 USC 1 | 107-56 | 115 Stat 272 | N | |||||
| OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 | Description | OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 | "OPEN FOIA Act of 2009" | 5 USC 101 | 111-83, title V, s 564 | 123 Stat 2184 | N | short title at beginning of S 564; OPEN is capitalized but no sign that it's an acronym | ||||
| Robinson-Patman Act (aka Robinson-Patman Anti-discrimination Act and aka Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act) | Sponsor | Robinson-Patman Act (aka Robinson-Patman Anti-discrimination Act and aka Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act) | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Robinson (D-AR) and Rep. John Wright Patman (D-TX) | 15 USC 13 (note) | ch 592, 49 Stat 1526 | Y |
Patman - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000103; Robinson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000347 |
name not statutized by amendment to the act, but "Robinson-Patman Act" is referenced in S. 513 (34)(D) of 94 Stat 2835 | |||
| McCarran Amendment (Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1953) | Sponsor | McCarran Amendment (Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1953) | NO short title | Sen. Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-NV) | 43 USC 666 | ch. 651, title II, section 208(a)-(c ), 66 Stat 560 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308; |
name not statutized | |||
| Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 | Honor/Sponsor | Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 | "Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994" | Sen. Howard M. Metzenbaum (OH), retired in 1994. | 42 USC 1305 (note) | 103-332, title V, part E, subpart 1 (Section 551) | 108 Stat 4056 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000678 |
short title; about foster care |