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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ready to Learn Act | Political Description | Ready to Learn Act | "Ready to Learn Act" | 20 USC 6301 | 102-545 | 106 Stat 3586 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| REAL ID Act of 2005 | Political Description | REAL ID Act of 2005 | "REAL ID Act of 2005" | 8 USC 1101 | 109-13, div B | 119 Stat 302 | N | short title at beginning of division B; although REAL ID is capitalized, no indication it's an acronym | ||||
| Glass R.F.C. Recovery Loan Act (see Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act) | Sponsor | Glass R.F.C. Recovery Loan Act (see Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act) | "Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act" | Sen. Carter Glass, (D-VA) | 15 USC 601 | ch 8, 47 Stat 5 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232 |
"Glass" not statutized; short title at beginning | |||
| Removal of Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing Act of 1992 | Political Description | Removal of Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing Act of 1992 | "Removal of Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing Act of 1992" | 42 USC 12705a | 102-550, title XII | 106 Stat 3938 | N | short title at beginning of title XII | ||||
| Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act | Political Description | Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act | "Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act" | 15 USC 8401 | 111-345 | 124 Stat 3618 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Revenue Act of 1932 | Description | Revenue Act of 1932 | "Revenue Act of 1932" | ch. 209, 47 Stat 179 | ||||||||
| Revenue Act of 1934 | Description | Revenue Act of 1934 | "Revenue Act of 1934" | Ch. 277, 48 Stat 680 | ||||||||
| Revenue Act of 1935 | Description | Revenue Act of 1935 | "Revenue Act of 1935" | Ch. 829, 49 Stat 1014 | ||||||||
| Revenue Act of 1936 | Description | Revenue Act of 1936 | "Revenue Act of 1936" | Ch. 690, 49 Stat 1648 | ||||||||
| Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998 | Victim | Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998 | "Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998" | Ricky Ray was one of three brothers, all with hemophilia, all of whom contracted HIV from contaminated blood. The family became advoactes for AIDS victims. Ricky Ray died of AIDS in 1992 at age 15. | 42 USC 300c-22 (note) | 105-369 | 112 Stat 3368 | Y |
CR H3379, May 19, 1998, Statement of Rep. Porter Goss. |
short title; creating Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund |