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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932 | Description | Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932 | "Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932" | Ch. 520, 47 Stat 709 | ||||||||
| Merchant Marine Act, 1920 | Description | Merchant Marine Act, 1920 | "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | Ch. 250, 41 Stat 988 | ||||||||
| Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States | Description | Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States | "Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States" | Ch. 699, 49 Stat 1807 | ||||||||
| Third Liberty Bond Act | Description | Third Liberty Bond Act | "The Third Liberty Bond Act" | AMENDED two other acts to give them short tiles: The First Liberty Bond Act and The Second Liberty Bond Act | Ch. 44, 40 Stat 505 | |||||||
| National Firearms Act | Description | National Firearms Act | "National Firearms Act" | 26 USC 5849 | Ch. 757, 48 Stat 1236 | |||||||
| Tyson-Fitzgerald Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | Sponsor | Tyson-Fitzgerald Act (see Emergency Officers' Retirement Act) | NO short title | Sen. Lawrence Davis Tyson, (D-TN) | ch 735, 45 Stat 735 | |||||||
| Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act | Description | Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act | "Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act" | Ch. 7, 48 Stat 344 | ||||||||
| Federal Home Loan Bank Act | Description | Federal Home Loan Bank Act | "Federal Home Loan Bank Act" | 12 USC 1421 | Ch. 522, 47 Stat 725 | |||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Third Deficiency Act, 1920" | Ch. 253, 41 Stat 1015 | ||||||||
| Revenue Act of 1936 | Description | Revenue Act of 1936 | "Revenue Act of 1936" | Ch. 690, 49 Stat 1648 |