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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railroad Retirement Act | Description | Railroad Retirement Act | "Railroad Retirement Act" | Ch. 868, 48 Stat 1283 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Architect's Registration Act" | Ch. 861, 45 Stat 950 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1936" | Ch. 131, 49 Stat 247 | ||||||||
| Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934" | Ch. 101, 48 Stat 283 | ||||||||
| Man-Power Act | Description | Man-Power Act | NO short title | ch. 166, 40 Stat 955 | X | nothing in statute, but probably not a name -- statute is temporarily expanding size of the armed forces | ||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1937" | Ch. 489, 49 Stat 1421 | ||||||||
| Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year, 1928 | Description | Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year, 1928 | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928" | Ch. 853, 45 Stat 884 | ||||||||
| Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996 | Description | Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996 | "Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996" | The law this bill repealed required that all tea imported had to be tested for quality, not just safety. | 21 USC 41 | 104-128 | 110 Stat 1198 | Y | repealing the Tea Importation Act | |||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Farm Credit Act of 1935" | Ch. 164, 49 Stat 313 | ||||||||
| District of Columbia minimum wage law | Description | District of Columbia minimum wage law | "District of Columbia minimum-wage law" | ch 174, 40 Stat 960 | N | short title at end |