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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 | Description | President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 | "President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992" | 44 USC 2107 (note) | 102-526 | 106 Stat 3443 | N | short title and named in long title | ||||
| PREEMIE Act | Acrostic | PREEMIE Act | "Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act" or the "PREEMIE Act" | 42 USC 201 | 109-450 | 120 Stat 3341 | Y | |||||
| POW/MIA Memorial Flag Act of 2002 | Description | POW/MIA Memorial Flag Act of 2002 | "POW/MIA Memorial Flag Act of 2002" | 36 USC 101 | 107-323 | 116 Stat 2787 | N | short title at beginning of statute; POW/MIA flag display | ||||
| Poultry Racket Act | Description | Poultry Racket Act | NO short title | ch. 532, 49 stat 648 |
08/15/1921 08/14/1935 |
X | nothing in statute | |||||
| Potato Act of 1935 | Description | Potato Act of 1935 | "Potato Act of 1935" | 7 USC 801 | Ch. 641, 49 Stat 750 | |||||||
| Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1937 | Description | Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1937 | "Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1937" | Ch. 725, 49 Stat 1827 | ||||||||
| Porter Resolution (Narcotic Drugs) | Sponsor | Porter Resolution (Narcotic Drugs) | NO short title | Rep. Stephen Geyer Porter, (R-PA) | ch 190, 42 Stat 1431 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000447 |
nothing in statute; asking President to ask other countries not to grow so many drugs | ||||
| Porter Act (see Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926) | Sponsor | Porter Act (see Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926) | "Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926" | Rep. Stephen Geyer Porter, 1911-1930, (R-PA) | 22 USC 292 | ch 250, 44 Stat 403 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000447 |
short title at end - "Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926"; "Porter" not statutized | |||
| Pope John Paul II Congressional Gold Medal Act | Award | Pope John Paul II Congressional Gold Medal Act | "Pope John Paul II Congressional Gold Medal Act" | 31 USC 5111 (note) | 106-250 | 114 Stat 622 | Y | short title and long title; granting gold medal to PJPII | ||||
| Pomerene Bills of Lading Act (Interstate Commerce) | Sponsor | Pomerene Bills of Lading Act (Interstate Commerce) | NO short title | Sen. Atlee Pomerene, (D-OH) | ch 415, 39 Stat 538 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000420 |
nothing in statute |