Database of Federal Statute Names

A political cartoon lampooning the Embargo Act of 1807

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 Popular Names

Title Type Popular Name Short Title Named For? Classification PL Statute At Large Date(s) Enacted Interesting Part Statutized?sort descending Leads to other named Legislation Link/Source Notes
Temporary Child Care for Children With Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act Amendments of 1992 Description Temporary Child Care for Children With Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act Amendments of 1992 "Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act Amendments of 1992" 42 USC 5117 99-401, title II 100 Stat 907 N short title at beginning of title II; Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act of 1986 - both names listed in PNT, 1992 amendments were "Children With Disabilities"
Volstead Act (Drainage under State Laws) Sponsor Volstead Act (Drainage under State Laws) NO short title Rep. John Andrew Volstead, (R-MN) 43 USC 1021 ch 181, 35 Stat 169 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000114

 name not statutized
McMahon Atomic Energy Act (see Atomic Energy Act of 1954) Sponsor McMahon Atomic Energy Act (see Atomic Energy Act of 1954) "Atomic Anergy Act of 1946" Sen. Brien McMahon (D-CT) 42 USC 2011 ch 724, 60 Stat 755 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000559

 short title at end - "Atomic Energy Act of 1946"
Headstart-Follow Through Act Political Description Headstart-Follow Through Act "Headstart-Follow Through Act" 42 USC 2921 88-452, title V; 93-644 S 8(a) 88 Stat 2300 N short title at beginning of section 8
Wagner-Steagall Housing Act Sponsor Wagner-Steagall Housing Act "United States Housing Act Amendments of 1938" Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. Henry Bascom Steagall, (D-AL) ch 554, title VI, 52 Stat 820 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820

 short title at end of Title VI (only applies to title VI)
Bartlett Act (Twelve Mile Fishery Jurisdiction) Sponsor Bartlett Act (Twelve Mile Fishery Jurisdiction) NO short title Sen. Edward Lewis Bartlett, (D-Alask) 16 USC 1091 89-658 80 Stat 908 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000201

 name not statutized; also not in USC or repealing legislation (PL 94-265)
Phipps Law Sponsor Phipps Law NO short title Sen. Lawrence Cowle Phipps, (R-PA) 43 USC 384 ch 150, 43 Stat 116 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000317

 name not statutized
QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005 Description QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005 "QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005" 42 USC 1305 109-91 119 Stat 2091 N short title at beginning of statute
Wagner-Cole Act (see Trust Indenture Act of 1939) Sponsor Wagner-Cole Act (see Trust Indenture Act of 1939) "Trust Indenture Act of 1939" Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. William Purington Cole Jr., (D-MD), . NOTE: TWO Coles; this is the only dem though: probably joined to pass? 15 USC 77aaa ch 411, 53 Stat 1149 05/27/1933
08/03/1939 		N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000616

 "Wagner-Cole" not statutized; short title included in the amending language in 1939, adding to Title III of the Act passed in 1933
Klamath Termination Act Location Klamath Termination Act NO short title Klamath, OR 25 USC 564 ch. 732, 68 Stat 718 N name not statutized; Klamath, OR

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