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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Switchblade Act | Description | Federal Switchblade Act | NO short title | 15 USC 1241 | 85-623 | 72 Stat 562 | N | not statutized (though amended in 1986 by 100 Stat 3207) | ||||
| Celler-Hennings Act of 1958 | Sponsor | Celler-Hennings Act of 1958 | NO short title | Rep. Emanuel Celler, (D-NY); Sen. Thomas Carey Hennings, Jr., (D-MO). | 28 USC 334 | 85-752 | 72 Stat 845 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000502 |
name not statutized | ||
| Hump Law | Description | Hump Law | NO short title | The "hump" was the colloquial term used for the large group of officers commissioned during WWII. The law provides for a path to promotion by expanding the ranks of higher officers. | 86-155 | 73 Stat 333 | N |
105 Cong. Rec. 3227 (Mar. 4, 1959), Statement of Rep. Thornburry (PA). |
don't see anything helplful in statute, but law deals with Navy so maybe "Hump" is a naval term? | |||
| Griffin-Landrum Act (see Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) | Sponsor | Griffin-Landrum Act (see Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) | "Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959" | Sen. Robert Paul Griffin, (R-MI); Rep. Philip Mitchell Landrum, (D-GA) | 29 USC 401 | 86-257 | 73 Stat 519 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000465; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000054 |
short title at beginning; "Griffin-Landrum" not statutized | ||
| Landrum-Griffin Act (See Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) | Sponsor | Landrum-Griffin Act (See Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) | "Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959" | Sen. Robert Paul Griffin, (R-MI); Rep. Philip Mitchell Landrum, (D-GA) | 29 USC 401 | 86-257 | 73 Stat 519 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000465; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000054 |
short title at beginning; "Landrum-Griffin" not statutized | ||
| Spence Act (Savings and Loan Holding Companies) | Sponsor | Spence Act (Savings and Loan Holding Companies) | NO short title | Rep. Brent Spence (D-NY) | 86-374 | 73 Stat 691 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000717 |
nothing in statute; amends National Housing Act | |||
| Sikes Act | Sponsor | Sikes Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Sikes (D-FL) | 16 USC 670 (note) | 86-797 | 74 Stat 1052 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000406 |
statutized by Sec. 2902-2903 of 111 Stat 2016 | ||
| White Charger Act | Political Description | White Charger Act | NO short title | Name derived from an observation that the legislation went through Congress "like a White Charger," or cavalry horse. | 86-616, section 10 | 74 Stat 395 | N |
Norman v. U. S., 392 F.2d 255, 256 (Ct. Cl. Mar. 15, 1968) disapproved of by Colm v. Kissinger, 406 F. Supp. 1250 (D.D.C. 1975) |
nothing in statute; about Army and Air Force officers, not sure what/who "White Charger" is | |||
| Kerr-Mills Social Security Act (See Social Security Amendments of 1960) | Sponsor | Kerr-Mills Social Security Act (See Social Security Amendments of 1960) | "Social Security Amendments of 1960" | Sen. Robert Samuel Kerr, (D-OK); Rep. Wilbur Daigh Mills, (R-AK) | 42 USC 1305 | 86-778 | 74 Stat 924 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000144; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000778 |
short title at beginning - "Social Security Amendments of 1960"; Kerr-Mills not statutized | ||
| Fulbright-Hays Act (see Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961) | Sponsor | Fulbright-Hays Act (see Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961) | "Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961" | Sen. J. William Fulbright, (D-AK) | 22 USC 2451 | 87-256 | 75 Stat 527 | Y |
Richard D. Scarfo, The History of Title VI and Fulbright-Hayes, www.international.ucla.edu/pacrim/title6/Over2-Scarfo.pdf; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000401. |
"Fulbright-Hays" statutized by PL 102-138, 105 Stat 647 with "(commonly referred to as the 'Fulbright-Hays Act')", codified at 22 USC 1475h |