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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sponsor | The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000393; http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.111-tv-284 |
Was not listed in PNT. Legislative gave the opportunity for citizenship to refugees from Communist countries if they served in the US armed forces for 5 years. Participants became known as "Lodge Act Soldiers." Sponsored by Sen Henry Cabot Lodges. I9 | ||||||
| McCormick Act (Budget) (see Budget and Accoutning Act, 1921) | Sponsor | McCormick Act (Budget) (see Budget and Accoutning Act, 1921) | "Budget and Accounting Act, 1921" | Most likely Sen. Joseph McCormick (R-IL), who was Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments at the time. | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000369 |
short title at beginning "Budget and Accounting Act, 1921" | |||||
| Wei Jingsheng Freedom of Conscience Act | Private Law | Wei Jingsheng Freedom of Conscience Act | "Wei Jingsheng Freedom of Conscience Act" | Private Bill granted permanent resident status for Chinese pro-democracy activist Wei Jinsheng. | Private Law 106-14 | Private Law | Private bill; noted here because the private laws are generally not included in the PNT | |||||
| Berry Amendment | Sponsor | Berry Amendment | NO short title | Likely named for Rep. Marion Berry (AR) who was in office when the provision was made permanent. There was no one named Berry serving in Congress when the first provision was included in the Defense Approprations Act in 1941. | 10 U.S.C. 2533a | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000420; http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/ic/berry_amendment_faq.html |
Originally passed by Congress in 1941 as a part of the defense appropriation, and included in subsequent defense appropriations acts. It was made permanent in Fiscal Year 1994 by section 8005 of PL 103-139 and subsequently codified as 10 U.S.C. 2533a in 2002 by section 832 of PL 107-107. ; "Berry" statutized in title of Section 827, 117 Stat 1392. | ||||
| SARA | Abbreviation | SARA | "Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986" | 42 USC 9601 | 99-499 | 100 Stat 1613 | N | "SARA" statutized by reference in 113 Stat 1047 (1999) | ||||
| SARA (see Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986) | Abbreviation | SARA (see Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986) | "Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986" | 42 USC 9601 | 99-499 | 100 Stat 1613 | N | short title at beginning - "Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986" | ||||
| EMTALA | Abbreviation | EMTALA | NO short title | 42 USC 1395dd | 99-272, title IX, section 9121(b) | 100 Stat 164 | N | originally ch 541 title XVIII section 1867; updated April 7, 1986; nothing in short title, but EMTALA stands for Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act | ||||
| Fascell Fellowship Act | Sponsor | Fascell Fellowship Act | "Fascell Fellowship Act" | Rep. Dante Fascell, (D-FL) | 22 USC 4901 | 99-399 | 100 Stat 893 | Y |
Notable Members of Congress and the Laws They Sponsored, http://congress.indiana.edu/notable-members-congress-and-laws-they-spons... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000041 |
short title at beginning of S 1001 | ||
| Temporary Child Care for Children With Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act Amendments of 1992 | Description | Temporary Child Care for Children With Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act Amendments of 1992 | "Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act Amendments of 1992" | 42 USC 5117 | 99-401, title II | 100 Stat 907 | N | short title at beginning of title II; Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act of 1986 - both names listed in PNT, 1992 amendments were "Children With Disabilities" | ||||
| Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 | Sponsor | Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 | "Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986" | Sen. Barry Goldwater, (R-AZ); Rep. William Nichols, (D-AL) | 10 USC 111 (note) | 99-433 | 100 Stat 992 | Y |
Goldwater Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, National Defense University Library, http://www.ndu.edu/library/goldnich/goldnich.html; Nichols - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000095; Goldwater - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000267 |
short title |