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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Act (Topographica Survey) | Sponsor | Temple Act (Topographica Survey) | NO short title | Rep. Henry Wilson Temple, (R-PA) | ch 360, 43 Stat 1011 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000119 |
nothing in statute; topographica survey of the US | ||||
| Teller Resolution (Cuba) | Sponsor | Teller Resolution (Cuba) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Teller (R-CO) | No 24, 30 Stat 738 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000116 |
nothing in statute; recognizing Cuba's independence from Spain | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| TEFRA | Abbreviation | TEFRA | "Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982" | 26 USC 1 note | 97-248 | 96 Stat 324 | N | short title at beginning of statute; TEFRA is listed in PNT, but not in statute | ||||
| Ted Weiss Child Support Enforcement Act of 1992 | Honor | Ted Weiss Child Support Enforcement Act of 1992 | "Ted Weiss Child Support Enforcement Act of 1992" | Rep. Theodore Weiss (NY), who died in office on Sept. 14, 1992. | 15 USC 1601 (note) | 102-537 | 106 Stat 3531 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000258 |
short title; Ted Weiss was Rep from NY | ||
| Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002 | Acrostic | Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002 | "Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002" | 17 USC 101 | 107-273, div C, title III, subtitle C, S 13301 | 116 Stat 1910 | N | the obvious acronym is not listed in the PNT | ||||
| TEA 21 Restoration Act | Abbreviation | TEA 21 Restoration Act | "TEA 21 Restoration Act" | 23 USC 101 | 105-206, title IX | 112 Stat 834 | N | short title at beginning of title IX; amending the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century | ||||
| Taylor T.V.A. Act | Sponsor | Taylor T.V.A. Act | NO short title | Rep. Edward Taylor (D-CO) | ch 303, 55 Stat 597 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000072 |
nothing in statute; TVA = Tenn Valley Authority | ||||
| Taylor Grazing Act | Sponsor | Taylor Grazing Act | NO short title | Rep. Edward T. Taylor, (D-CO) | 43 USC 315 (note) | ch 865, 48 Stat 1269 | Y |
Frederick W. Obermiller, Did Congress Intend To Recognize Grazing Rights?: An Alternative Perspective on the Taylor Grazing Act, 18 Rangelands 186, 186 (1996), http://www.jstor.org/pss/4001325; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000072 |
name statutized by reference in 68 Stat 151 (1954) | |||
| 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 |