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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009 | Political Description | No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009 | "No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009" | 42 USC 1305 | 111-115 | 123 Stat 3029 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Keogh-Smathers Act (See Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962) | Sponsor | Keogh-Smathers Act (See Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962) | "Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962" | Rep. Eugene James Keogh, D-NY) Sen. George Armistead Smathers, (D-FL) | 26 USC 401 | 87-792 | 76 Stat 809 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000130; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000505 |
short title at beginning - "Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962"; "Keogh-Smathers" not statutized | ||
| Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act | Sponsor | Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act | "Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act" | Rep. Walter (Wally) Herger (R-CA); Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) | 16 USC 2104 (note) | 105-277, div. A, Section 101(e ) [title IV, section 401] | 112 Stat 2681-231, 2681-305 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000528; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000062 |
title of Title IV, short title; Quincy Library Group was A pre-existing entity, think the question is who/what is Herger-Feinstein | ||
| Johnson Act (Gambling) (see Gambling Devices Transportation Act) | Sponsor | Johnson Act (Gambling) (see Gambling Devices Transportation Act) | NO short title | Sen. Edwin Johnson (D-CO) | 15 USC 1171 | ch 1194, 64 Stat 1134 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000127 |
not statutized; See floor statements at 96 CR 15107 (Sept. 19, 1950) | |||
| TEFRA | Abbreviation | TEFRA | "Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982" | 26 USC 1 note | 97-248 | 96 Stat 324 | N | short title at beginning of statute; TEFRA is listed in PNT, but not in statute | ||||
| President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994 | Description | President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994 | "President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994" | 44 USC 2107 (note) | 103-345 | 108 Stat 3128 | N | short title and named in long title | ||||
| McGregor Act (see Lanham Public War Housing Act) | Sponsor | McGregor Act (see Lanham Public War Housing Act) | NO short title | Rep. Harry J. McGregor, (R-OH) | 42 USC 1501 | ch 862, 54 Stat 1125 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000460 |
name not statutized | |||
| Purnell Act (Corn Borer Eradication) | Sponsor | Purnell Act (Corn Borer Eradication) | NO short title | Rep. Fred Sampson Purnell, (R-IN) | 7 USC 146 | ch 90, 44 Stat 1065 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000573 |
not statutized; corn borer was a kind of pest | |||
| Guffey-Snyder Coal Act (see Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935) | Sponsor | Guffey-Snyder Coal Act (see Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935) | "Bituminous Ccoal Conservation Act of 1935" | Sen. Joseph E. Guffey, (D-PA); Rep. John Buell Snyder, (D-PA) | 15 USC 801 | ch 824, 49 Stat 991 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000519; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000668 |
"Guffey-Snyder" not statutized; short title at end (section 23) | |||
| Steagall Stock Liability Act (see Federal Reserve Act) | Sponsor | Steagall Stock Liability Act (see Federal Reserve Act) | "Federal Reserve Act" | Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | 12 USC 226 | ch 6, 38 Stat 251 | N |
What Was the Glass-Steagall Act?, Investopedia, July 16, 2003, http://www.investopedia.com/articles/03/071603.asp#axzz1guTysuXe; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
It seems as though the PNT's linking of the 1913 Federal Reserve Act and the Steagall Stock Liability Act is a bit misleading. Steagall was not a Member of the House in 1913 when the original act was passed. This act was, however, amended by the Glass-Steagall Act in 1933, so perhaps that's where the name comes from. |