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
Right to Work Law Description Right to Work Law NO short title 29 USC 164 ch 372, S 14, 49 Stat 457 N nothing in statute about "Right to Work", cited as the "National Labor Relations Act"; "Right to Work" never 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
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
Van Nuys Anti-Trust Act Sponsor Van Nuys Anti-Trust Act NO short title Sen. Frederick Van Nuys, (D-IN) 15 USC 16 (note) ch 589, 56 Stat 781 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000050

 not statutized
White Act (Collisions on Great Lakes) Sponsor White Act (Collisions on Great Lakes) NO short title Most likely Rep. George Elon (R-IL) (other White was from CA) 33 USC 241 ch 64, 28 Stat 645 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000371

 name not statutized
Hobbs Bridge Act (aka the Truman-Hobbs Act) Sponsor Hobbs Bridge Act (aka the Truman-Hobbs Act) NO short title Rep. Samuel Francis Hobbs, (D-AL); Sen. Henry Styles Bridges, (R-N.H.) 33 USC 511 (note) ch. 409, 54 Stat 497 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000823

 name not statutized
GSP Renewal Act of 1996 Abbreviation GSP Renewal Act of 1996 "GSP Renewal Act of 1996" 19 USC 2101 104-188, title I, subtitle J 110 Stat 1917 N short title at beginning of subtitle J; GSP stands for Generalized System of Preferences
Brown-Lea Natural Gas Act Sponsor Brown-Lea Natural Gas Act "Natural Gas Act" Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Prentiss Brown (D-MI) 15 USC 717w ch 556, 52 Stat 821 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000941 (for information regarding Sen. Brown's involvement in the bill, see The Fpc and Indefinite Price Escalation Clauses: Remedy for Administrative Breakdown, 73 Yale L.J. 1283 (1964), n. 26)

 short title at end;
President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 Description President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 "President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992" 44 USC 2107 (note) 102-526 106 Stat 3443 N short title and named in long title

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