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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 | Acrostic | U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 | "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001" or "U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006" | 15 USC 58 | 109-455 | 120 Stat 3372 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Carey Act (Irrigation) | Sponsor | Carey Act (Irrigation) | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Maull Carey, (R-WY) | 43 USC 641 (short title in note) | ch. 301, 28 Stat 422 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000145 |
name not statutized but noted in USC | |||
| Lea-Brown Act (Natural Gas) (see Natural Gas Act) | Sponsor | Lea-Brown Act (Natural Gas) (see 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; Lea-Brown not statutized | |||
| Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act | Description | Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act | "Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act" | 106-430 | 114 Stat 1901 | N | short title at beginning of statute | |||||
| Wagner Act (Advance Planning of Public Works) (see Employment Stabilization Act of 1931) | Sponsor | Wagner Act (Advance Planning of Public Works) (see Employment Stabilization Act of 1931) | "Employment Stabilization Act of 1931" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.) | ch 117, 46 Stat 1084 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
short title at beginning "Employment Stabilization Act of 1931" | ||||
| Smith Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | Sponsor | Smith Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | NO short title | Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) | 43 USC 621 | ch 319, 39 Stat 506 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551 |
name not statutized | |||
| Capper-Tincher Act (Grain Futures) (See Commodity Exchange Act) | Sponsor | Capper-Tincher Act (Grain Futures) (See Commodity Exchange Act) | "The Grain Futures Act" | Sen. Arthur Capper, 1919-45, (R-KA); Rep. Jasper Napoleon Tincher, (R-KA | 7 USC 1 | ch 369, 42 Stat 998 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000282 |
"Capper-Tincher" not statutized | |||
| First Inventor Defense Act | Description | First Inventor Defense Act | "First Investor Defense Act of 1999" | 35 USC 1 | 106-113, div B, section 1000(a)(9) | 113 Stat 1536, 1501A-555 | N | Subtitle C - starts at 1501A-555 |