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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 | Description | Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 | "Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002" | Adds "born-alive infant" to defintion of "person" in 1 USC 1 | 1 USC 1 note | 107-207 | 116 Stat 926 | N |
Text of legislation |
short title at beginning of statute | ||
| Pay it Back Act | Political Description | Pay it Back Act | "Pay It Back Act" | 12 USC 5201 | 111-203, title XIII | 124 Stat 2133 | Y | short title at beginning of title XII of Dodd-Frank | ||||
| Leavitt Act (Indians) | Sponsor | Leavitt Act (Indians) | NO short title | Rep. Scott Leavitt, (R-MT) | 25 USC 386a | ch. 369, 47 Stat 564 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000184 |
name not statutized | |||
| Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1938 | Description | Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1938 | "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 223, 50 Stat 169 | ||||||||
| Delaney Amendment (see Food Addititves Amendment of 1958) | Sponsor | Delaney Amendment (see Food Addititves Amendment of 1958) | "Food Additives Amendment of 1968" | Rep.James Joseph Delaney, (D-NY) | 21 USC 301 | 85-929 | 72 Stat 1784 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000211 |
short title at beginning - "Food Additives Amendment of 1958" | ||
| George Bush School of Government and Public Service Act | Institution | George Bush School of Government and Public Service Act | "George Bush School of Government and Public Service Act" | President George H.W. Bush | 104-319, Title IV | 110 Stat 3867 | Y | title and short title; providing funds and assistance for establishing George Bush Fellowship Program at George Bush School of Management and Public Service at Texas A&M | ||||
| Eugene Land Conveyance Act | Location | Eugene Land Conveyance Act | "Eugene Land Conveyance Act" | Eugene, OR | 109-457 | 120 Stat 3392 | N | short title; Eugene refers to city | ||||
| Newlands Resolution (Annexation of Hawaii) | Sponsor | Newlands Resolution (Annexation of Hawaii) | NO short title | Rep. Francis Newlands (D-NV) | No. 55, 30 Stat 750 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Dickstein Alien Officials Act (see Immigration Act of 1924) | Sponsor | Dickstein Alien Officials Act (see Immigration Act of 1924) | "The Immigration Act of 1924" | Samuel Dickstein, (D-NY) | ch 190, 43 Stat 153 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000335 |
short title at beginning - "The Immigration Act of 1924" | ||||
| 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" |