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 |
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Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1936 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1936 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1936" | C. 3, 49 Stat 6 | ||||||||
Butter Standard Act | Description | Butter Standard Act | NO short title | 21 USC 321a | ch 268, 42 Stat 1500 | N | it's actually just a short little statute standarizing what counts as butter | |||||
Northern Pacific Halibut Act | Description | Northern Pacific Halibut Act | "Northern Pacific Halibut Act" | Ch. 154, 47 Stat 142 | ||||||||
Little Cigar Act of 1973 | Description | Little Cigar Act of 1973 | "Little Cigar Act of 1973" | statute is defining "little cigar" and including it in another statute about cigarettes | 15 USC 1331 | 93-109 | 87 Stat 352 | 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 | ||||||||
United States Arbitration Act | Description | United States Arbitration Act | "United States Arbitration Act" | Ch. 213, 43 Stat 883 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Uniform Sales Act" | Ch. 43, 50 Stat 29 | ||||||||
Filled Milk Act | Description | Filled Milk Act | NO short title | Filled milk is a term for milk containing a substitute for butterfat. | 21 USC 61 | ch 262, 42 Stat 1486 | Y | statutized by 57 Stat 499 (1943) | ||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933" | Ch. 281, 47 Stat 1602 | ||||||||
Banking Act of 1935 | Description | Banking Act of 1935 | "Banking Act of 1935" | 12 USC 228 | Ch. 614, 49 Stat 684 |