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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Carlin Act (Larceny from Interstate Carriers) | Sponsor | Carlin Act (Larceny from Interstate Carriers) | Rep. Charles Carlin (D-VA) | ch. 50, 37 Stat 670 | N | |||||||
| Lea-Wheeler Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Lea-Wheeler Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | "Transportation Act of 1940" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT) | ch 722, 54 Stat 898 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330 |
short title at beginning - "Transportation Act of 1940" | ||||
| Kerr-Mills Social Security Act (See Social Security Amendments of 1960) | Sponsor | Kerr-Mills Social Security Act (See Social Security Amendments of 1960) | "Social Security Amendments of 1960" | Sen. Robert Samuel Kerr, (D-OK); Rep. Wilbur Daigh Mills, (R-AK) | 42 USC 1305 | 86-778 | 74 Stat 924 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000144; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000778 |
short title at beginning - "Social Security Amendments of 1960"; Kerr-Mills not statutized | ||
| Parker-Watson Act (see Railway Labor Act) | Sponsor | Parker-Watson Act (see Railway Labor Act) | "Railway Labor Act" | Rep. James Southworth Parker (R-NY); Sen. James Watson (R-IN) | 45 USC 151 | ch 347, 44 Stat 577 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000062; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000203 |
name not statutized | |||
| Norris Muscle Shoals Act (see Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933) | Description | Norris Muscle Shoals Act (see Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933) | "Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933" | Norris (Sen.) Muscle Shoals Bill was vetoed by Hoover, but then became the basis for the TVA Act in 1933 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_Shoals_Bill | 16 USC 831 | ch 32, 48 Stat 58 | N | "norris" not statutized; short title at beginning | ||||
| McCarran Act (see Internal Security Act of 1950) | Sponsor | McCarran Act (see Internal Security Act of 1950) | "Internal Security Act of 1950" | Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-N.V) | 50 USC 781 | ch 1024, 64 Stat 987 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308 |
"McCarran" not statutized; short title at beginning - "Internal Security Act of 1950" | |||
| Dickinson Dam Bascule Gates Settlement Act of 2000 | Location | Dickinson Dam Bascule Gates Settlement Act of 2000 | "Dickinson Dam Bascule Gates Settlement Act of 2000" | Dickinson Dam; bascule is the type of structure | 106-566, Title VIII | 114 Stat 2828 | N | Dickinson is the name of the dam; Bascule is the type of structure | ||||
| George-Barden Act (see Vocational Education Act of 1946) | Sponsor | George-Barden Act (see Vocational Education Act of 1946) | "Vocational Education Act of 1946" | Rep. Graham Arthur Barden, (D-N.C); Sen. Walter Franklin George, (D-GA). | 20 USC 11 | ch 725, 60 Stat 775 |
06/08/1936 08/01/1946 |
N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000139; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000131 |
George-Barden not statutized | ||
| Webb-Kenyon Act | Sponsor | Webb-Kenyon Act | NO short title | Rep. Edwin Yates Webb, (D-N.C.); Sen. William Squire Kenyon, (R-IA) | 27 USC 122 (note) | ch 90, 37 Stat 699 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000231; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000129 |
name not statutized |