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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920 | Description | Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920 | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920" | Ch. 94, 41 Stat 502 | ||||||||
| Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1918 | Description | Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1918 | "The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act" | Ch. 20, 40 Stat 440 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937" | Ch 277, 50 Stat 213 | ||||||||
| Red Light Abatement Act (District of Columbia) | Description | Red Light Abatement Act (District of Columbia) | NO short title | ch 16, 38 Stat 280 | N | nothing in statute; about prostitution, "houses of lewdness" | ||||||
| Public Utility Act of 1935 | Description | Public Utility Act of 1935 | "Public Utility Act (Federal Power Act)" | Ch. 687, 49 Stat 803 | ||||||||
| Railway Labor Act | Description | Railway Labor Act | "Railway Labor Act" | 45 USC 151 | Ch. 691, 48 Stat 1185 | |||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1932" | Ch. 12, 47 Stat 15 | ||||||||
| Boulder Canyon Project Act | Description | Boulder Canyon Project Act | "Boulder Canyon Project Act" | Ch. 42, 45 Stat 1056 | ||||||||
| O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991 | Description | O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991 | "O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991" | 8 USC 1101 (note) | 102-232, title II | 105 Stat 1736 | N | short title; "O" and "P" refer to sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1925" | Ch. 85, 43 Stat 753 |