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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TREAD Act | Acrostic | TREAD Act | "Transporation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act" | 49 USC 30101 | 106-414 | 114 Stat 1800 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| TRICARE Affirmation Act | Abbreviation | TRICARE Affirmation Act | "TRICARE Affirmative Act" | 26 USC 1 | 111-159 | 124 Stat 1123 | N | short title at beginning of statute; no indication what TRICARE is | ||||
| Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act | Location | Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act | "Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act" | Truckee-Carson is an irrigation district and Pyramid is a lake in Nevada. | 101-618 | 104 Stat 3294 | N | short title; names of bodies of water | ||||
| Truman-Hobbs Act (aka Hobbs Bridge Act) | Sponsor | Truman-Hobbs Act (aka Hobbs Bridge Act) | NO short title | Sen. Harry S. Truman (future POTUS); (D-MO); Rep. Samuel Francis Hobbs, (D-AL) | 33 USC 511 (note) | ch 409, 54 Stat 497 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000387; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663; |
name not statutized | |||
| Tucker Act (Admiralty-Limitations) | Sponsor | Tucker Act (Admiralty-Limitations) | NO short title | Most likely Rep. John Randolph Tucker (D-VA), who was not the sponsor of this Act, but of the 1887 Tucker Act. | ch 315, 47 Stat 420 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000401 |
refers by name to Tucker Act of Mar 3, 1887, 24 Stat. 505 | ||||
| Tucker Act (Claims) | Sponsor | Tucker Act (Claims) | NO short title | Rep. John Randolph Tucker (VA) | ch 359, 24 Stat 505 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000401; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Act |
Statutized by reference in ch 315, 47 Stat 420 (1932) | ||||
| Tunney Act | Sponsor | Tunney Act | NO short title (for this section) | Sen. John Tunney (D-CA) | 15 USC 16 | 93-528, section 2 | 88 Stat 1706 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000410 |
long title refers to Sherman Act; name not statutized by amendment to the Act, but included in Subtitle B of 2004 amendment, 118 Stat 668 | ||
| Tydings Amendment | Sponsor | Tydings Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Millard Tydings (D-MD) | ch 638, 56 Stat 1018 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute; selective service | ||||
| Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | Sponsor | Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 (see Philippine Independence Act) | NO short title | Rep. John McDuffie (D-AL); Sen. Millard E. Tydings (D-MD) | ch 84, 48 Stat 456 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000427; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| 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 |