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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Rest Law | Description | Food and Rest Law | NO short title | 45 USC 71 note | ch 3594, 34 Stat 607 | N | name not statutized; aka the Cruelty to Animals Act, the Live Stock Transportation Act, and the Twenty-Eight Hour Law in PNT; nothing in statute | |||||
| Norris Muscle Shoals Act (see Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933) | Description | Norris Muscle Shoals Act (see Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933) | "Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933" | Norris (Sen.) Muscle Shoals Bill was vetoed by Hoover, but then became the basis for the TVA Act in 1933 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_Shoals_Bill | 16 USC 831 | ch 32, 48 Stat 58 | N | "norris" not statutized; short title at beginning | ||||
| Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935 | Description | Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935 | "Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935" | Ch. 747, 49 Stat 888 | ||||||||
| Hawaiian Organic Act | Description | Hawaiian Organic Act | "Hawaiian Organic Act" | Ch. 42, 41 Stat 108 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1930" | Ch. 92, 46 Stat 90 | ||||||||
| National Stolen Property Act | Description | National Stolen Property Act | "National Stolen Property Act" | Ch. 333, 48 Stat 794 | ||||||||
| Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 | Description | Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 | "Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937" | 12 USC 1141j(e ) | Ch. 296, 50 Stat 246 | |||||||
| District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act | Description | District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act | "District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act" | Ch. 794, 49 Stat 946 | ||||||||
| Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 | Description | Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 | "Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006" | 30 USC 262 | 109-338, title I | 120 Stat 1786 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle title I; no idea what this is about | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1919" | Ch. 39, 40 Stat 1161 |