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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Switchblade Act | Description | Federal Switchblade Act | NO short title | 15 USC 1241 | 85-623 | 72 Stat 562 | N | not statutized (though amended in 1986 by 100 Stat 3207) | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Criminal Code of the Canal Zone" | Ch. 109, 47 Stat 859 | ||||||||
| Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 | Description | Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935" | Ch. 508, 49 Stat 571 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Boulder Canyon Project Act | Description | Boulder Canyon Project Act | "Boulder Canyon Project Act" | Ch. 42, 45 Stat 1056 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1921" | Ch. 89, 41 Stat 1156 | ||||||||
| Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1935 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1935 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1935" | Ch. 102, 48 Stat 509 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1925" | Ch. 85, 43 Stat 753 | ||||||||
| Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933 | Description | Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933 | "Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933" | Ch. 199, 47 Stat 1425 | ||||||||
| Covering-in Act | Description | Covering-in Act | NO short title | ch 328, section 5, 18 Stat 110 | N | no idea what "covering-in" is |