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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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 | ||||||
Potato Act of 1935 | Description | Potato Act of 1935 | "Potato Act of 1935" | 7 USC 801 | Ch. 641, 49 Stat 750 | |||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1929" | Ch. 706, 45 Stat 1607 | ||||||||
Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 | Description | Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 | "Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926" | Ch. 250, 44 Stat 403 | ||||||||
District of Columbia minimum wage law | Description | District of Columbia minimum wage law | "District of Columbia minimum-wage law" | ch 174, 40 Stat 960 | N | short title at end | ||||||
Revenue Act of 1934 | Description | Revenue Act of 1934 | "Revenue Act of 1934" | Ch. 277, 48 Stat 680 | ||||||||
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1938 | Description | Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1938 | "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 223, 50 Stat 169 | ||||||||
Hop Marketing Act (see Agricultural Adjustment Act) | Description | Hop Marketing Act (see Agricultural Adjustment Act) | NO short title | 7 USC 601 | ch 25, title I, 48 Stat 31 | N | name not statutized | |||||
Agricultural Marketing Act | Description | Agricultural Marketing Act | "Agricultural Marketing Act" | Ch. 24, 46 Stat 11 | ||||||||
OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 | Description | OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 | "OPEN FOIA Act of 2009" | 5 USC 101 | 111-83, title V, s 564 | 123 Stat 2184 | N | short title at beginning of S 564; OPEN is capitalized but no sign that it's an acronym |