Database of Federal Statute Names

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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 Popular Names

Title Type Popular Namesort descending Short Title Named For? Classification PL Statute At Large Date(s) Enacted Interesting Part Statutized? Leads to other named Legislation Link/Source Notes
NIST GREEN JOBS Act of 2010 Acrostic NIST GREEN JOBS Act of 2010 "NIST Grants for Energy Effeciency, New Job Opportunities, and Busines Solutions Act of 2010" or "NIST GREEN JOBS Act of 2010" 15 USC 271 111-358, title VII 124 Stat 4041 Y short title at beginning of title VII
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 Political Description No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" 20 USC 6301 107-110 115 Stat 1425 Y short title at beginning of statute
No Electronic Theft (NET) Act Acrostic No Electronic Theft (NET) Act "No Electronic Theft (NET) Act" 18 USC 2311 105-147 111 Stat 2678 Y short title at beginning of statute
No entry Description No entry "An act to amend the war-risk Insurance Act" Ch. 145, 40 Stat 897
No entry Description No entry "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1919" Ch. 39, 40 Stat 1161
No entry Description No entry "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920" Ch. 93, 41 Stat 327
No entry Description No entry "Third Deficiency Act, 1920" Ch. 253, 41 Stat 1015
No entry Description No entry "First Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1921" Ch. 89, 41 Stat 1156
No entry Description No entry "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1921" Ch. 23, 42 Stat 29
No entry Description No entry "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1922" Ch. 1, 42 Stat 327

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