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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act | Sponsor | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act | "Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act" | Rep. Thomas J. Bliley, (R-VA); Sen. Phil Gramm, (R-TX); Rep. Jim Leach, (R-IA) | 12 USC 1811 (note) | 106-102 | 113 Stat 1338 | Y |
Veronica Roberts, (Stunning Video): Too Big To Fail Banking Disaster Predicted Since 1999 by Congressman, AllVoices, Dec. 10, 2011, http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/11066868-stunning-video-too-bi... Bliley - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000556; Gramm - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000365; Leach - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000169 |
short title | ||
| GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 | Abbreviation | GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 | "GPRA Modernization Act of 2010" | 31 USC 1101 | 111-352 | 124 Stat 3866 | N | short title at beginning of statute; Government Performance and Results Act. | ||||
| Government in the Sunshine Act | Political Description | Government in the Sunshine Act | "Government in the Sunshine Act" | 5 USC 552b | 94-409 | 90 Stat 1241 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Gould Amendment (Food and Drugs) | Sponsor | Gould Amendment (Food and Drugs) | NO short title | Rep. Samuel Gould (D-ME) | ch. 117, 37 Stat 732 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000343 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Good-McCormick Act (Budget) (see Budget and Accounting Act, 1921) | Sponsor | Good-McCormick Act (Budget) (see Budget and Accounting Act, 1921) | "Budget and Accounting Act, 1921" | Most likely Sen. Joseph McCormick (R-IL), who was Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments at the time. Rep. James William Good (R-IA) | ch 18, 42 Stat 20 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000369; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000275 |
short title at beginning "Budget and Accounting Act, 1921" | ||||
| Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 | Sponsor | Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 | "Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986" | Sen. Barry Goldwater, (R-AZ); Rep. William Nichols, (D-AL) | 10 USC 111 (note) | 99-433 | 100 Stat 992 | Y |
Goldwater Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, National Defense University Library, http://www.ndu.edu/library/goldnich/goldnich.html; Nichols - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000095; Goldwater - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000267 |
short title | ||
| Gold Star Mothers Act | Sponsor | Gold Star Mothers Act | NO short title | ch 659, 50 Stat 660 | X | nothing in statute | ||||||
| Gold Reserve Act of 1934 | Description | Gold Reserve Act of 1934 | "Gold Reserve Act of 1934" | Ch. 6, 48 Stat 337 | ||||||||
| Glass-Steagall Act, 1933 (see Banking Act of 1933) | Sponsor | Glass-Steagall Act, 1933 (see Banking Act of 1933) | "Banking Act of 1933" | Sen. Carter Glass (D-VA) and Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | 12 USC 227 | ch 89, 48 Stat 162 | Y |
Glass - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232; Steagall - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
short title at beginning; Statutized by 94 Stat 188, but note in code (at at 12 USC 93a) indicates that the Glass-Steagall Act referred to in text is "probably" the 1933 act not the 1932 act | |||
| Glass-Steagall Act, 1932 | Sponsor | Glass-Steagall Act, 1932 | NO short title | Sen. Carter Glass (D-VA) and Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | 12 USC 226 (note)/12 USC 347a, 347b, 412 | ch. 58, 47 Stat 56 | Y |
Glass - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232; Steagall - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
Statutized by 94 Stat 188, but note in code (at at 12 USC 93a) indicates that the Glass-Steagall Act referred to in text is "probably" the 1933 act not the 1932 act |