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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act | Description | District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act | "District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act" | Ch. 794, 49 Stat 946 | ||||||||
| Reed-Bulwinkle Act | Sponsor | Reed-Bulwinkle Act | NO short title | Probably Sen. Clyde Reed (R-KS); Rep. Alfred Bulwinkle (D-NC) | ch 491, 62 Stat 472 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000112; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001056 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act of 1935" | Ch. 89, 48 Stat 467 | ||||||||
| Cooper-Hawes Act (Convict Made Goods) (see Hawes-Cooper Act) | Sponsor | Cooper-Hawes Act (Convict Made Goods) (see Hawes-Cooper Act) | NO short title | Probably Rep. Henry Allen Cooper (R-WI) (1893-1919, 1921-1931); Sen. Harry Bartow Hawes (D-MO) | ch. 79, 45 Stat 1084 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000362; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000752 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008 | Honor | Stephanie Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008 | "Stephanie Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008" | Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, after her death on August 20, 2008, in recognition of her decision to donate her organs and her long-time advocy for organ donation. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-426 | 122 Stat 4835 | Y |
110 CR H8669, Sept. 23, 2008 |
Introduced before Jones's death in August 2008, but amended to honor her. | ||
| Dent Act | Sponsor | Dent Act | NO short title | Rep. Stanley Hubert Dent, Jr., (D-AL) | ch. 94, 40 Stat 1272 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000256 |
nothing in statute; granting emergency power to the Secretary of War -- maybe Dent is secretary of war? | ||||
| Evarts Act (Circuit Courts of Appeals) (see Circuit Court of Appeals Act) | Sponsor | Evarts Act (Circuit Courts of Appeals) (see Circuit Court of Appeals Act) | NO short title | Sen. William Evarts (R-NY) | ch 517, 26 Stat 826 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000262 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Amy Boyer's Law | Victim | Amy Boyer's Law | "Amy Boyer's Law" | Amy Boyer murdered in Nashua, NH, after being a victim of cyber-stalking for years. | 42 USC 1305 | 106-553, Sec 635 (a) | 114 Stat 2762, 2762A-114 | Y |
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/03/23/48hours/main175556.shtml |
Title listed in Sec 635(a); | ||
| Wagner Foreign Credits Act | Sponsor | Wagner Foreign Credits Act | NO short title | Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) | ch 185, 54 Stat 179 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
nothing in statute; actually a joint resolution | ||||
| George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act | Honor | George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act | "George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act" | Rep. George E. Brown, Jr. (CA), former chair of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, died in 1999. | 109-155, title III, Section 321 | 119 Stat 2922 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000918 |
short title and name of Subtitle C; Table: "Title 51, note prec. Section 71101"; Brown was a Rep from CA |