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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbour Espionage Act (see Espionage Act) | Sponsor | Barbour Espionage Act (see Espionage Act) | NO short title | Rep. Henry Ellsworth Barbour, (R-CA) | ch 30, 40 Stat 217 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000126 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001 | Sponsor | McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001 | "McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001" | Rep. Stewart McKinney, (R-CT); Rep. Bruce Vento, (D-Farmer-Labour-MN) | 42 USC 11301 (note) | 107-110, title X, part C (section 1031) | 115 Stat 1989 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000087 |
short title | ||
| Walker Tariff Act | Sponsor | Walker Tariff Act | NO short title | Treasury Secretary Robert Walker | ch 74, 9 Stat 42 | X | nothing in statute | |||||
| Luce Patent Act | Sponsor | Luce Patent Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Luce (R-MA) | ch. 619, 53 Stat 1293 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000498 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| McCarran Amendment (Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1953) | Sponsor | McCarran Amendment (Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1953) | NO short title | Sen. Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-NV) | 43 USC 666 | ch. 651, title II, section 208(a)-(c ), 66 Stat 560 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308; |
name not statutized | |||
| Dale Bumpers Wilderness Resources Protection Act (also known as the Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984) | Sponsor | Dale Bumpers Wilderness Resources Protection Act (also known as the Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984) | Enacting Clause - "Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984" | Sen. Dale Bumpers, (D-AK). | 16 USC 1132 (note) | 98-508 | 98 Stat 2349 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001057 |
"Dale Bumpers" not statutized; named as "Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984" in the enacting clause | ||
| Clayton Act (Antitrust) | Sponsor | Clayton Act (Antitrust) | NO short title | Rep. Henry Clayton (D-AL), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and sponsor. | 15 USC 12(b) | ch. 323, 38 Stat 730 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000495 |
name statutized by 90 Stat 1383, "Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976" | |||
| Capper-Lenroot-Anderson Act (Agricultural Credits) (see Agricultural Credits Act of 1923) | Sponsor | Capper-Lenroot-Anderson Act (Agricultural Credits) (see Agricultural Credits Act of 1923) | "Agricultural Credits Act of 1923" | Sen. Arthur Capper, (R-KA); Sen. Irvine Luther Lenroot, (R-WI); Rep. Sydney Anderson, (R-MN) | 12 USC 1151 et seq | ch 252, 42 Stat 1454 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000241; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000233 |
not statutized (repealed) | |||
| Fitzgerald Act (Apprentice Labor) (see National Apprenticeship Act) | Sponsor | Fitzgerald Act (Apprentice Labor) (see National Apprenticeship Act) | NO short title | Rep. William Joseph Fitzgerald, (D-CT) | 29 USC 50 | ch 663, 50 Stat 664 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000169 |
name not statutized | |||
| Macon's Law | Sponsor | Macon's Law | NO short title | Rep. Nathanial Macon (D-NC) | ch. 39, 2 Stat 605 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000034 |
nothing in statute; foreign trade |