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 |
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Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933 | Description | Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933 | "Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933" | Ch. 30, 48 Stat 55 | ||||||||
Federal Farm Loan Act | Description | Federal Farm Loan Act | "Federal Farm Loan Act" | ch. 245, 39 Stat. 360 | ||||||||
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act | Description | Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act | "Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act" | Ch. 7, 48 Stat 344 | ||||||||
Copeland Firearms Act | Sponsor | Copeland Firearms Act | "Federal Firearms Act" | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, (D-N.Y.) | 15 USC 901 et seq | ch 850, 52 Stat 1250 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
"Copeland" never statutized, act repealed; short title (at end) | |||
Copeland Pure Food and Drugs Act (see Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) | Sponsor | Copeland Pure Food and Drugs Act (see Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) | "Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act" | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, 1923-38, (D-NY), | 21 USC 301 | ch 675, 52 Stat 1040 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
short title - Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; Copeland never statutized | |||
Hayden-Cartwright Act (see Federal Highway Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Hayden-Cartwright Act (see Federal Highway Act of 1938) | "Federal Highway Act" | Sen. Carl Trumbell Hayden, (D-AZ); Rep. Wilburn Cartwright, (D-OK) | ch 119, 42 Stat 212 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000385; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000207 |
short title at beginning "Federal Highway Act"; Section 2 specifies that two other acts will be referred to as the "Federal Aid Act" | ||||
Federal Home Loan Bank Act | Description | Federal Home Loan Bank Act | "Federal Home Loan Bank Act" | 12 USC 1421 | Ch. 522, 47 Stat 725 | |||||||
FLAME Act of 2009 | Acrostic | FLAME Act of 2009 | "Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act of 2009" or "FLAME Act of 2009" | 43 USC 1701 | 111-88, div A, title V | 123 Stat 2968 | N | short title at beginning of Title V | ||||
FOARAM Act | Acrostic | FOARAM Act | "Federal Ocean Acification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009" or "FOARAM Act" | 33 USC 3701 | 111-11, title XII, subtitle D | 123 Stat 1436 | N | short title at beginning of Subtitle D | ||||
Federal Register Act | Description | Federal Register Act | "Federal Register Act" | Ch. 417, 49 Stat 500 |