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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Tariff Act of 1930 | Description | Tariff Act of 1930 | "Tariff Act of 1930" | 19 USC 1654 | Ch. 497, 46 Stat 590 | |||||||
Tariff Act of 1922 | Description | Tariff Act of 1922 | "Tariff Act of 1922" | Ch. 356, 42 Stat 858 | ||||||||
Talmadge-Aiken Act | Sponsor | Talmadge-Aiken Act | NO short title | Sen. Herman Eugene Talmadge, (D-GA); Sen. George David Aiken, (R-VT). | 7 USC 450 | 87-718 | 76 Stat 663 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000035; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000062 |
not statutized | ||
Taft-Hartley Act (see Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947) | Sponsor | Taft-Hartley Act (see Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947) | "Labor Management Relations Act, 1947" | Sen. Robert Taft, (R-OH); Rep. Fred Hartley, (R-N.J.) | 29 USC 141(a) | ch 120, 61 Stat 136 | Y |
Taft-Hartley Labor Act, infoplease.com, http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/bus/A0847620.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000009; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000298 |
short title at beginning - "Labor Management Relations Act, 1947"; "Taft-Hartley" name statutized by mention in PL 105-258, 112 Stat 1902 (1998) but direct mention was dropped when in codification, see notes in codification | |||
Suzanne's Law | Victim | Suzanne's Law | NO short title | Suzanne Lyall, who disappeared in 1998 at age 19 from SUNY-Albany. | 42 USC 5779 | 101-647, title XXXVII | 104 Stat 4966 | N | NOTE: This provision was originally enacted in 1990, but Suzanne's Law was actually a provision in the PROTECT Act of 2003 (117 Stat 650, Section 204) that changed from 18 to 21 the age under which any law enforcement agency must report a missing person to the National Crime Information Center. | |||
Susan B. Anthony Dollar Coin Act of 1978 | Award | Susan B. Anthony Dollar Coin Act of 1978 | "Susan B. Anthony Dollar Coin Act of 1978" | Susan B. Anthony, 1820-1906, suffragist and abolitionist. | 31 USC 324b-1 | 95-447 | 92 Stat 1072 | Y | creating the SBA dollar coin | |||
Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 | Acrostic | Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 | "Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989" | 22 USC 5401 | 101-179 | 103 Stat 1298 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Supplement to Second Liberty Bond Act | Description | Supplement to Second Liberty Bond Act | "Supplement to Second Liberty Bond Act" | Ch. 176, 40 Stat 965 | ||||||||
Sumners-McCarran Act | Sponsor | Sumners-McCarran Act | NO short title | Rep. Hatton Sumners (D-TX); Sen. Patrick McCarran (D-NV) | ch 21, 50 Stat 24 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308 |
nothing in statute; allowing SC Justices to retire | ||||
Sumners-Ashurst Act | Sponsor | Sumners-Ashurst Act | NO short title | Rep. Hatton Sumners (D-TX); Sen. Henry Ashurst (D-AZ) | ch 872, 54 Stat 1134 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000319 |
nothing in statute; prohibiting transportation of convict-made goods; PNT incorrectly lists name as Sumners-Amherst |