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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Russell Amendment | Sponsor | Russell Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-GA) | ch 286, title II, section 213, 58 Stat 387 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000536 |
nothing in statute with name; section 214 - short title for act is "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1945"; Russell amendment was a rider requiring congressional approval for all funds for agencies established by executive order and operational for more than one year, meant to stymie President Roosevelt's funding and operation of the FEPC. See William G. Howell, "Power without persuasion: the politics of direct presidential action" (2003) at 132-133. | ||||
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) | Description | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) | NO short title | 18 USC 1961 ntoes | 91-452, title IX, 901(a) | 84 Stat 941 | N | title of Title IX but no short title | ||||
Serve America Act | Political Description | Serve America Act | "Serve America Act" | 42 USC 12501 | 111-13 | 123 Stat 1460 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Fess-Kenyon Act (see the Vocational Rehabilitation Act) | Sponsor | Fess-Kenyon Act (see the Vocational Rehabilitation Act) | "Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1943" | Sen. Simeon Davison Fess, (R-OH); Sen. William Squire Kenyon, (R-IA) | 29 USC 31 et seq | ch 190 ��_��__1, 57 Stat 374 |
06/02/1920 07/06/1943 |
N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000096; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000129 |
short title at end; "Fess-Kenyon" not statutized | ||
Fact Finders' Act | Sponsor | Fact Finders' Act | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1924" | 43 USC 371 | ch 4, section 4, 43 Stat 701 | N | "Fact Finders' Act" not listed anywhere, but indicated in USC short title note; name not statutized | |||||
Copeland-Guffey-Gibson Ship Subsidy Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) | Sponsor | Copeland-Guffey-Gibson Ship Subsidy Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) | "Merchant Marine Act, 1936" | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, (D-N.Y); Sen. Joseph F. Guffey, (D-PA); Sen. Ernest Willard Gibson, (R-VA) | 46 USC 101 note | ch 858, 49 Stat 1985 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000519; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000158 |
Section 906 gives short title as "Merchant Marine Act, 1936"; "Copeland-Guffey-Gibson" not statutized | |||
Federal Switchblade Act | Description | Federal Switchblade Act | NO short title | 15 USC 1241 | 85-623 | 72 Stat 562 | N | not statutized (though amended in 1986 by 100 Stat 3207) | ||||
ART Act | Acrostic | ART Act | "Artists' Rights and Theft Prevention Act of 2005 or the ART Act" | 17 USC 101 | 109-9, title I | 119 Stat 218 | N | short title at beginning of Title I of the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 | ||||
Copeland Pure Food and Drugs Act (see Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) | Sponsor | Copeland Pure Food and Drugs Act (see Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) | "Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act" | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, 1923-38, (D-NY), | 21 USC 301 | ch 675, 52 Stat 1040 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
short title - Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; Copeland never statutized | |||
Klamath Welfare Act | Tribe | Klamath Welfare Act | "Klamath Welfare Act" | 25 USC 544 (note) | ch. 160, 62 Stat 92 | N | Klamath Indian Tribe |