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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheppard Air Corps Cadet Act (see Army Aviation Cadet Act) | Sponsor | Sheppard Air Corps Cadet Act (see Army Aviation Cadet Act) | "Army Aviation Cadet Act" | Sen. Morris Sheppard (D-TX), Chairman of Committee on Military Affairs until his death on April 9, 1941 | ch 165, 55 Stat 239 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337 |
short title at end - "Army Aviation Cadet Act" | ||||
| Food for Peace Act | Political Description | Food for Peace Act | "Argicultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954" | 7 USC 1691 | ch 469, 68 Stat 454 | Y | Bill title and all references changed to "Food for Peace Act" by 122 Stat 1821 (2008) | |||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Architect's Registration Act" | Ch. 861, 45 Stat 950 | ||||||||
| Anton's Law | Victim | Anton's Law | "Anton's Law" | Named for Anton Skeen, 4-year-old killed in car accident when front safety belt did not restrain him. | 49 USC 30127 | 107-318 | 116 Stat 2772 | Y |
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20135130,00.html |
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| Anti-Smuggling Act | Description | Anti-Smuggling Act | "Anti-Smuggling Act" | 19 USC 1701 | Ch. 438, 49 Stat 517 | |||||||
| Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money Laundering Act | Sponsor | Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money Laundering Act | "Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money Laundering Act" | Rep. Frank Annunzio (D-IL); Rep. Chalmers Wylie (R-OH) | 12 USC 1811 | 102-550, title XV | 106 Stat 4044 | Y |
Annunzio - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000212; Wylie - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000781 |
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| ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998 | Abbreviation | ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998 | "ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998" | 43 USC 1601 | 105-333 | 112 Stat 3129 | N | short title at the end of the statute; amending the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "An act to amend the war-risk Insurance Act" | Ch. 145, 40 Stat 897 | ||||||||
| Amy Somers Volunteers at Food Banks Act | Honor | Amy Somers Volunteers at Food Banks Act | "Amy Somers Volunteers at Food Banks Act" | Amended by Rep Cass Ballenger to be named for Amy Somers, the Executive Director of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, who had passed away. | 29 USC 201 | 105-221 | 112 Stat 1248 | Y |
CRS Report 98-959; http://fortunaty.net/org/wikileaks/CRS/wikileaks-crs-reports/98-959.pdf; also Congressional Record V. 144, Pt. 10, June 25, 1998, 14003; http://articles.sfgate.com/1995-12-10/news/17821397_1_food-banks-canned-... |
Amends Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. | ||
| 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); |