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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Fish Restoration Act (see Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act) | Sponsor | Johnson Fish Restoration Act (see Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act) | NO short title | Rep. John Dingell (Sr.)(MI) and Sen. Edwin Johnson (CO) | 16 USC 777 | ch 658, 64 Stat 430 | Y |
Dingell - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000354; Johnson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000127; http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/research-mgmt/sport-fish.cfm |
statutized as "Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act" by S. 101(c ) of 114 Stat 1762 | |||
| Carlin Act (Larceny from Interstate Carriers) | Sponsor | Carlin Act (Larceny from Interstate Carriers) | Rep. Charles Carlin (D-VA) | ch. 50, 37 Stat 670 | N | |||||||
| Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act | Sponsor | Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act | "Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act of 1990" | Rep. Dante Fascell, (D-FL) | 22 USC 4901 | 101-454 | 104 Stat 1065 | Y |
Notable Members of Congress and the Laws They Sponsored, http://congress.indiana.edu/notable-members-congress-and-laws-they-spons... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000041 |
short title at beginning of S 9 | ||
| Santini-Burton Act | Sponsor | Santini-Burton Act | NO short title | Rep. James Santini (D-NV); Rep. Phillip Burton (D-CA) | 96-586 | 94 Stat 3381 | X |
http://bioguide.;congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000058; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001156 |
nothing in statute | |||
| George-Barden Act (see Vocational Education Act of 1946) | Sponsor | George-Barden Act (see Vocational Education Act of 1946) | "Vocational Education Act of 1946" | Rep. Graham Arthur Barden, (D-N.C); Sen. Walter Franklin George, (D-GA). | 20 USC 11 | ch 725, 60 Stat 775 |
06/08/1936 08/01/1946 |
N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000139; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000131 |
George-Barden not statutized | ||
| Lea-Wheeler Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Lea-Wheeler Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | "Transportation Act of 1940" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT) | ch 722, 54 Stat 898 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330 |
short title at beginning - "Transportation Act of 1940" | ||||
| Kerr-Mills Social Security Act (See Social Security Amendments of 1960) | Sponsor | Kerr-Mills Social Security Act (See Social Security Amendments of 1960) | "Social Security Amendments of 1960" | Sen. Robert Samuel Kerr, (D-OK); Rep. Wilbur Daigh Mills, (R-AK) | 42 USC 1305 | 86-778 | 74 Stat 924 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000144; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000778 |
short title at beginning - "Social Security Amendments of 1960"; Kerr-Mills not statutized | ||
| Parker-Watson Act (see Railway Labor Act) | Sponsor | Parker-Watson Act (see Railway Labor Act) | "Railway Labor Act" | Rep. James Southworth Parker (R-NY); Sen. James Watson (R-IN) | 45 USC 151 | ch 347, 44 Stat 577 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000062; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000203 |
name not statutized | |||
| Steagall National Housing Act of 1939 | Sponsor | Steagall National Housing Act of 1939 | NO short title | Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | ch 175, 53 Stat 804 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
nothing in statute; long title is to amend "National Housing Act" | ||||
| McCarran Act (see Internal Security Act of 1950) | Sponsor | McCarran Act (see Internal Security Act of 1950) | "Internal Security Act of 1950" | Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-N.V) | 50 USC 781 | ch 1024, 64 Stat 987 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308 |
"McCarran" not statutized; short title at beginning - "Internal Security Act of 1950" |