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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "SPARS" Act | Abbreviation | "SPARS" Act | NO short title | An acronym for the Coast Guard's motto, Semper Paratus, Always Ready | ch. 8, title IV, as added ch 639, S 1, 56 Stat 1020 |
02/19/1941 11/23/1942 |
Y |
http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/08/womens-equality-day-2011/uscg-spar... |
nothing in statute | |||
| ADAMHA Reorganization Act | Institution | ADAMHA Reorganization Act | "ADAMHA Reorganization Act" | 42 USC 201 | 102-321 | 106 Stat 323 | N | short title; ADAMHA = Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration | ||||
| Adams Act (Agricultural Experimental Stations) | Sponsor | Adams Act (Agricultural Experimental Stations) | NO short title | Rep. Henry Cullen Adams (R-WI) | 59 PL 47 | 34 Stat 63 | X |
The Adams Act, Charles E Rosenberg, Agricultural History, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3739939; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000037 |
Repealed Aug. 11, 1955 by 69 Stat 674 - repealing statute refers to it as the "Adams Act" | |||
| Adamson Law (Eight Hour Day) | Sponsor | Adamson Law (Eight Hour Day) | NO short title | Rep. William C. Adamson (D-GA_ | 45 USC 65 et seq | 39 Stat 721 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000051 |
name not statutized; | |||
| Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936 | Description | Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936 | "Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936" | Ch. 32, 49 Stat 1099 | ||||||||
| Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 | Honor | Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 | "Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001" | Rear Admiral James Nance was an aide to Jesse Helms who died in May 1999 ; Meg Donovan was a Deputy Asst Secretary of State in the Clinton Admin and before that, a long-time staffer at House International Relations, who died in 1998 | 22 USC 2651 | 106-113 div B Section 1000(a)(7) | 113 Stat 1536, 1501A-405 | Y |
Nance - NYT Obit published 5/15/99 - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507EFD61F3FF936A25756C0A... Donovan - Cong record V. 145, Pt. 21, 31003, Nov 19, 1999 |
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| ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 | Acrostic | ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 | "Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2007" or "ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007" | 22 USC 8201 | 110-53 | 121 Stat 526 | Y | both are in short title at beginning of Title XXI of the "Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act" | ||||
| AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 | Abbreviation | AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 | "AGOA Accelleration Act of 2004" | 19 USC 3701 | 108-274 | 118 Stat 820 | N | short title is only abbrivation; amending the African Growth and Opportunity Act | ||||
| Agricultural Credits Act of 1923 | Description | Agricultural Credits Act of 1923 | "Agricultural Credits Act of 1923" | Ch. 252, 42 Stat 1454 | ||||||||
| Agricultural Marketing Act | Description | Agricultural Marketing Act | "Agricultural Marketing Act" | Ch. 24, 46 Stat 11 |