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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Firearms Act | Description | National Firearms Act | "National Firearms Act" | 26 USC 5849 | Ch. 757, 48 Stat 1236 | |||||||
| Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 | Description | Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 | "Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934" | Ch. 756, 48 Stat 1224 | ||||||||
| National Housing Act | Description | National Housing Act | "National Housing Act" | 12 USC 1701 | Ch. 847, 48 Stat 1246 | |||||||
| Railroad Retirement Act | Description | Railroad Retirement Act | "Railroad Retirement Act" | Ch. 868, 48 Stat 1283 | ||||||||
| Hatfield-Keller Railroad Retirement Act (see Railroad Retirement Act) | Sponsor | Hatfield-Keller Railroad Retirement Act (see Railroad Retirement Act) | "Railroad Retirement Act" | Sen. Henry Drury Hatfield, 1929-35, (R-W.VA); Rep. Kent Ellsworth Keller, (D-IL) | 45 USC 201 | ch 868, 48 Stat 1283 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000342; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000056 |
name not statutized; short title listed in definitions - Section 2(m) - "Railroad Retirement Act"; declared unconstitution by SCOTUS | |||
| Frazier-Lemke Farm-Mortgage Act | Sponsor | Frazier-Lemke Farm-Mortgage Act | NO short title | Sen. Lynn Frazier (R-ND); Rep. William Lemke (Non-Partisan/R-ND) | ch. 869, 48 Stat 1289 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000354; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000238 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Kerr-Smith Tobacco Control Act | Sponsor | Kerr-Smith Tobacco Control Act | NO short title | Rep. John Kerr (D-NC); Probably Sen. Ellison Smith (D-SC) | 48 Stat 1275 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000138; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000530 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Taylor Grazing Act | Sponsor | Taylor Grazing Act | NO short title | Rep. Edward T. Taylor, (D-CO) | 43 USC 315 (note) | ch 865, 48 Stat 1269 | Y |
Frederick W. Obermiller, Did Congress Intend To Recognize Grazing Rights?: An Alternative Perspective on the Taylor Grazing Act, 18 Rangelands 186, 186 (1996), http://www.jstor.org/pss/4001325; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000072 |
name statutized by reference in 68 Stat 151 (1954) | |||
| Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1936 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1936 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1936" | C. 3, 49 Stat 6 | ||||||||
| Connally Hot Oil Act (aka the Hot Oil Act) | Sponsor | Connally Hot Oil Act (aka the Hot Oil Act) | NO short title | Sen. Thomas Terry Connally, (D-TX) | 15 USC 715 | ch. 18, 49 Stat 30 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000684 |
not statutized |