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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCormick Act (Budget) (see Budget and Accoutning Act, 1921) | Sponsor | McCormick Act (Budget) (see Budget and Accoutning Act, 1921) | "Budget and Accounting Act, 1921" | Most likely Sen. Joseph McCormick (R-IL), who was Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments at the time. | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000369 |
short title at beginning "Budget and Accounting Act, 1921" | |||||
| Spoils of War Act of 1994 | Political Description | Spoils of War Act of 1994 | "Spoils of War Act of 1994" | 50 USC 2201 | 103-236, title V, part B, S 551 | 108 Stat 482 | N | |||||
| VOICE Act | Acrostic | VOICE Act | "Victims of Iranian Censorship Act" or "VOICE Act" | 22 USC 6201 | 111-84, div A, title XII, subtitle D, S1261 | 123 Stat 2553 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle D | ||||
| Burke Act (Indians) | Sponsor | Burke Act (Indians) | NO short title | Rep. Charles Burke (R-SD) | 25 USC 349 | ch. 2348, 34 Stat 182 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001087 |
name not statutized | |||
| Nolan Minimum Wage Law (District of Columbia) (see District of Columbia Minimum Wage Act) | Sponsor | Nolan Minimum Wage Law (District of Columbia) (see District of Columbia Minimum Wage Act) | "District of Columbia minimum-wage law" | John Ignatius Nolan, (R-CA) | ch 174, 40 Stat 960 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000124 |
short title at end - "District of Columbia minimum-wage law"; Nolan was pro-labor rep from CA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_I._Nolan | ||||
| TEA 21 Restoration Act | Abbreviation | TEA 21 Restoration Act | "TEA 21 Restoration Act" | 23 USC 101 | 105-206, title IX | 112 Stat 834 | N | short title at beginning of title IX; amending the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century | ||||
| Wheeler-Lea Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wheeler-Lea Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | "Transportation Act of 1940" | Clarence Frederick Lea, dem, 1918-1949, calif; Burton Kendall Wheeler, 1923-1947, dem, montana | ch 722, 54 Stat 898 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163;http://... |
short title at beginning - "Transportation Act of 1940" | ||||
| White Charger Act | Political Description | White Charger Act | NO short title | Name derived from an observation that the legislation went through Congress "like a White Charger," or cavalry horse. | 86-616, section 10 | 74 Stat 395 | N |
Norman v. U. S., 392 F.2d 255, 256 (Ct. Cl. Mar. 15, 1968) disapproved of by Colm v. Kissinger, 406 F. Supp. 1250 (D.D.C. 1975) |
nothing in statute; about Army and Air Force officers, not sure what/who "White Charger" is | |||
| Carlin Act (Larceny from Interstate Carriers) | Sponsor | Carlin Act (Larceny from Interstate Carriers) | Rep. Charles Carlin (D-VA) | ch. 50, 37 Stat 670 | N | |||||||
| OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 | Description | OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 | "OPEN FOIA Act of 2009" | 5 USC 101 | 111-83, title V, s 564 | 123 Stat 2184 | N | short title at beginning of S 564; OPEN is capitalized but no sign that it's an acronym |