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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Shipping Act, 1916 | Description | Shipping Act, 1916 | "Shipping Act, 1916" | Ch. 152, 40 Stat 900 | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| 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) | ||||
| Revenue Act of 1932 | Description | Revenue Act of 1932 | "Revenue Act of 1932" | ch. 209, 47 Stat 179 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935" | Ch. 36, 49 Stat 49 | ||||||||
| Five Civilized Tribes Act (Disposition of Affairs) | Description | Five Civilized Tribes Act (Disposition of Affairs) | NO short title | ch 1876, 34 Stat 137 | X | Double entry in PNT | ||||||
| Man-Power Act | Description | Man-Power Act | NO short title | ch. 166, 40 Stat 955 | X | nothing in statute, but probably not a name -- statute is temporarily expanding size of the armed forces | ||||||
| Tobacco Inspection Act | Description | Tobacco Inspection Act | "Tobacco Inspection Act" | 7 USC 511q | Ch. 623, 49 Stat 731 |