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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Reading Excellence Act | Description | Reading Excellence Act | "Reading Excellence Act" | 105-277, div A, S101(f) [title VIII] | 112 Stat 2681-337, 2681-391 | CHECK | ||||||
McCarran-Ferguson Act | Sponsor | McCarran-Ferguson Act | NO short title | Sen. Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-NV); Sen. Homer Samuel Ferguson, (R-MI) | 15 USC 1011 (note) | ch. 20, 59 Stat 33 | check repeal |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000081 |
name not statutized | |||
Oh! Grab Me Act (Embargo 1807) | Political Description | Oh! Grab Me Act (Embargo 1807) | NO short title | Name came from political cartoons ridiculing the tariff act as too stringent. | ch 5, 2 Stat 451 | N | Embargo Act of 1807 | |||||
Aldrich Act (Currency) | Sponsor | Aldrich Act (Currency) | NO short title | Sen. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, (R-R.I) | 12 USCA 178 (repealed) | 34 Stat 1289 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000083 |
Repealed by PL 103-325, 108 Stat 2293 - popular name not mentioned in repeal | |||
Wheeler-Howard Act (see Indian Reorganization Act) | Sponsor | Wheeler-Howard Act (see Indian Reorganization Act) | NO short title | Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT); Rep. Edgar Howard, (D-NE) | 25 USC 461 | ch 576, 48 Stat 984 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000836 |
name not statutized | |||
Reynolds Aviation Training Act (see Army Aviation Cadet Act) | Sponsor | Reynolds Aviation Training Act (see Army Aviation Cadet Act) | "Army Aviation Cadet Act" | Sen. Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC), Chairman of Committee on Military Affairs after the death of Sen. Morris on April 9, 1941 | ch 165, 55 Stat 239 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000179 |
short title at end - "Army Aviation Cadet Act" | ||||
ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998 | Abbreviation | ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998 | "ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998" | 43 USC 1601 | 105-333 | 112 Stat 3129 | N | short title at the end of the statute; amending the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act | ||||
Congenital Heart Futures Act | Description | Congenital Heart Futures Act | "Congenital Heart Futures Act" | 42 USC 201 note | 111-148, title X, section 10411 | 124 Stat 988 | N | short title at beginning of Section; national congenital heart disease surveillance system | ||||
Boggs Act | Sponsor | Boggs Act | NO short title | Rep. Thomas Hale Boggs (D-LA) | 21 USC 174 | ch. 666, 65 Stat 767 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000594 |
name not statutized, repealed | |||
FEGLI Living Benefits Act | Abbreviation | FEGLI Living Benefits Act | "FEGLI Living Benefits Act" | 5 USC 8701 (note) | 103-409 | 108 Stat 4230 | N | short title; "FEGLI" = Federal Employees Group Life Insurance |