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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown-Lodge Bill | Sponsor | Brown-Lodge Bill | NO short title | Rep. Clarence Brown (R-OH); Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | ch. 207, 61 Stat 246 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000909; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000394 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act | Sponsor | Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act | "Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act" | Relating to Pell Grants, which are named for Sen. Claiborne Pell (RI). | 20 USC 1001 (note) | 109-66 | 119 Stat 1999 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000193 |
short title; waiver of Pell Grant repayment for students affected by disaster | ||
| Sikes Act Amendments of 1978 | Sponsor | Sikes Act Amendments of 1978 | "Sikes Act Amendments of 1978" | Rep. Robert Sikes (D-FL) | 16 USC 670 (note) | 95-420 | 92 Stat 921 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000406 |
short title in enacting clause, starts at section 2 | ||
| Shipstead-Nolan Act | Sponsor | Shipstead-Nolan Act | NO short title | Sen. Henrik Shipstead (R-MN) and Rep. William Nolan (R-MN) | 16 USC 577 (note) | ch 881, 46 Stat 1020 | Y |
Shipstead - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000369; Nolan - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000128 |
statutized by reference in S. 4, 78 Stat 893; lands in northern MN | |||
| Ball Act | Sponsor | Ball Act | NO short title | Sen. Lewis Heisler Ball, (R-DE) | ch 80, title II, 41 Stat 298 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000100 |
(Rents in the District of Columbia) | ||||
| Wilson Act (aka Original Packages Act) | Sponsor | Wilson Act (aka Original Packages Act) | NO short title | Sen. James Wilson (R-IA) | 27 USC 121 (note) | ch 728, 26 Stat 313 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000594 |
name not statutized; but both names are listed under short title note; see also Andrew Alexander Bruce, The Wilson Act and the Constitution, Green Bag, Vol. 21, Issue 5 (May 1909) and 21 Cong. Rec. 4954 (1890). | |||
| Dill-Rayburn Communications Act | Sponsor | Dill-Rayburn Communications Act | "Communications Act of 1934" | Sen. Clarence Cleveland Dill, (D-WA); Rep. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, (D-TX) | 47 USC 609 | ch 652, 48 Stat 1064 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000345; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082 |
"Dill-Rayburn" not statutized; short title at end - "Communications Act of 1934" (creating FCC) | |||
| Borah Act | Sponsor | Borah Act | NO short title | Sen. William Borah (R-ID) | ch 777, 50 Stat 810 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000634 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Jones-White Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1928) | Sponsor | Jones-White Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1928) | "Merchant Marine Act, 1928" | Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA); Rep. Wallace H. White (R-ME) | ch 675, 45 Stat 689 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
short title at end - "Merchant Marine Act, 1928" | ||||
| Wilmot Proviso (Slavery in Territories) | Sponsor | Wilmot Proviso (Slavery in Territories) | NO short title | Sen. David Wilmot (R-PA) | ch 111, 12 Stat 432 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000566 |
nothing in statute |