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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsh-Healey Act | Sponsor | Walsh-Healey Act | NO short title | Sen. David Walsh, (D-MA); Rep. Arthur Healey (D-MA) | 41 USC 101 (note) | ch 881, 49 Stat 2036 | Y |
Walsh - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000097; Healey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000423 |
amended to include "Walsh-Healey Act" as short title in 1994 by 108 Stat 3409 | |||
| Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 | Sponsor | Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 | "Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986" | Sen. Barry Goldwater, (R-AZ); Rep. William Nichols, (D-AL) | 10 USC 111 (note) | 99-433 | 100 Stat 992 | Y |
Goldwater Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, National Defense University Library, http://www.ndu.edu/library/goldnich/goldnich.html; Nichols - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000095; Goldwater - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000267 |
short title | ||
| White Act (Collisions on Great Lakes) | Sponsor | White Act (Collisions on Great Lakes) | NO short title | Most likely Rep. George Elon (R-IL) (other White was from CA) | 33 USC 241 | ch 64, 28 Stat 645 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000371 |
name not statutized | |||
| Webb-Kenyon Act | Sponsor | Webb-Kenyon Act | NO short title | Rep. Edwin Yates Webb, (D-N.C.); Sen. William Squire Kenyon, (R-IA) | 27 USC 122 (note) | ch 90, 37 Stat 699 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000231; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000129 |
name not statutized | |||
| Wilcox Air Base Act | Sponsor | Wilcox Air Base Act | NO short title | Rep. James Wilcox (D-FL) | ch 511, 49 Stat 610 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000455 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act | Sponsor | Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act | "Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976" | Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) and Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) | 16 USC 1801 (note) | 94-265 | 90 Stat 331 | Y |
Magnuson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000053; Stevens - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000888; Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Stevens_Fishery_Conservati... |
statutized by amending short title to "Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act" in S. 238 of 94 Stat 3275; subsequent amendments refer to "Magnuson" until 2007, then 120 Stat 3575 amends "Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act", despite the fact that Stevens was never previously included | ||
| Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | Sponsor | Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | "Tariff Act of 1930" | Sen. Reed Smoot, 1903-1933, (R-UT); Rep. Willis Chatman Hawley, (R-OR) | 19 USC 1654 (short title) | ch 497, 46 Stat 590 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000379 |
"Hawley-Smoot" never statutized; short title at end - "Tariff Act of 1930" | |||
| Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act | Sponsor | Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act | "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" | Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), each were Chairmen of the respective Committees of jurisdiction. | 12 USC 5301 (note) | 111-203 | 124 Stat 1376 | Y |
Damian Paletta, It Has a Name: the Dodd/Frank Act, Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2010, http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/06/25/it-has-a-name-the-doddfrank-act/; Dodd - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000388; Frank - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000339 |
title of bill and short title | ||
| Wheeler-Howard Act (see Indian Reorganization Act) | Sponsor | Wheeler-Howard Act (see Indian Reorganization Act) | NO short title | Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT); Rep. Edgar Howard, (D-NE) | 25 USC 461 | ch 576, 48 Stat 984 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000836 |
name not statutized | |||
| Reynolds Aviation Training Act (see Army Aviation Cadet Act) | Sponsor | Reynolds Aviation Training Act (see Army Aviation Cadet Act) | "Army Aviation Cadet Act" | Sen. Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC), Chairman of Committee on Military Affairs after the death of Sen. Morris on April 9, 1941 | ch 165, 55 Stat 239 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000179 |
short title at end - "Army Aviation Cadet Act" |