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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Act (Chippewa Indians of Minnesota) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Chippewa Indians of Minnesota) | NO short title | Rep. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 24, 25 Stat 642 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040; see also http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Pendleton Act (Civil Service) (see Civil Service Act) | Sponsor | Pendleton Act (Civil Service) (see Civil Service Act) | NO short title | Sen. George Pendleton (D- OH) | ch 27, 22 Stat 403 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000203 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Logan Act (Foreign Relations) | Sponsor | Logan Act (Foreign Relations) | NO short title | Dr. George Logan, a prominent Republican and Quaker from Pennsylvania | ch. 1, 1 Stat 613 | X | nothing in statute | |||||
| McKinley Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | McKinley Act (Tariff) | NO short title | Rep. William McKinley (R - OH) | ch 1244, 26 Stat 567 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000522 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| McCreary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | Sponsor | McCreary Act (Chinese Exclusion) | NO short title | Rep. Jame McCreary (D-KY) | ch. 14, 28 Stat 7 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000382 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Harter Act (Carriage of Goods by Sea) | Sponsor | Harter Act (Carriage of Goods by Sea) | NO short title | Rep. Michael Harter (D-OH) | ch. 105, 27 Stat 445 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000296 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Oh! Grab Me Act (Embargo 1807) | Political Description | Oh! Grab Me Act (Embargo 1807) | NO short title | Name came from political cartoons ridiculing the tariff act as too stringent. | ch 5, 2 Stat 451 | N | Embargo Act of 1807 | |||||
| "SPARS" Act | Abbreviation | "SPARS" Act | NO short title | An acronym for the Coast Guard's motto, Semper Paratus, Always Ready | ch. 8, title IV, as added ch 639, S 1, 56 Stat 1020 |
02/19/1941 11/23/1942 |
Y |
http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/08/womens-equality-day-2011/uscg-spar... |
nothing in statute | |||
| Tarsney Act (Erection of Public Buildings) | Sponsor | Tarsney Act (Erection of Public Buildings) | NO short title | Rep. John Tarsney (D-MO) | ch 146, 27 Stat 468 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000043 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Teller Act (Omnibus Statehood Act) | Sponsor | Teller Act (Omnibus Statehood Act) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Teller (R-CO) | ch 180, 25 Stat 676 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000116 |
nothing in statute; dividing Dakotas and providing for statehood for Montana and Washington |