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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Architect's Registration Act" | Ch. 861, 45 Stat 950 | ||||||||
| Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934" | Ch. 101, 48 Stat 283 | ||||||||
| Federal Register Act | Description | Federal Register Act | "Federal Register Act" | Ch. 417, 49 Stat 500 | ||||||||
| Railroad Retirement Act | Description | Railroad Retirement Act | "Railroad Retirement Act" | Ch. 868, 48 Stat 1283 | ||||||||
| New Communities Act of 1968 | Description | New Communities Act of 1968 | "New Communities Act of 1968" | 42 USC 3901 | 90-448, title IV | 82 Stat 513 | N | short title at beginning of title IV - guarantees for financing new community land development | ||||
| Liquor Tax Administration Act | Description | Liquor Tax Administration Act | "Liquor Tax Administration Act" | Ch. 830, 49 Stat 1939 | ||||||||
| Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year, 1928 | Description | Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year, 1928 | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928" | Ch. 853, 45 Stat 884 | ||||||||
| Anti-Smuggling Act | Description | Anti-Smuggling Act | "Anti-Smuggling Act" | 19 USC 1701 | Ch. 438, 49 Stat 517 | |||||||
| QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 | Description | QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 | "QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008" | 42 USC 14305 | 110-379 | 122 Stat 4075 | N | short title at beginning of statute; QI stands for Qualifying Individual, but is only spelled out in Section 2 | ||||
| Federal Water Power Act | Description | Federal Water Power Act | "The Federal Water Power Act" | ch. 285, 41 Stat 1063 |