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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Baldwin Amendment | Sponsor | Baldwin Amendment | NO short title | Rep. John Finley Baldwin, Jr., (R-CA) | Amending 1USC 23 | 89-139 section 4(a) | 79 Stat 578 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000092 |
"Baldwin" not statutized; highway safety programs | ||
Jennifer's Law | Victim | Jennifer's Law | "Jennifer's Law" | Jennifer Wilmer, who went missing at age 21 in 1993 from California. | 42 USC 14661 (note) | 106-177, title II | 114 Stat 36 | Y |
http://www.jwrc.org/KeepKidsSafe/SexualOffenders101/LegislationBackgroun... |
name of title and short title; grant awards to missing person's programs | ||
Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 | Victim | Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 | "Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007" | Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African-American young man from Chicago who was brutally tortured and murdered after allegedly whistling at a white woman. The killers were tried but acquitted by an all-white jury. | 28 USC 509 (note) | 110-344 | 122 Stat 3934 | Y |
H.Rpt.110-200, June 19, 2007. |
title of statute and short title | ||
Gold Reserve Act of 1934 | Description | Gold Reserve Act of 1934 | "Gold Reserve Act of 1934" | Ch. 6, 48 Stat 337 | ||||||||
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (Renamed Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act) | Honor | Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (Renamed Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act) | "Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992" | Rep. Morris K. Udall (AZ) | 20 USC 5601 | 102-259 | 106 Stat 78 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000001 |
short title at beginning - "Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992" | ||
ART Act | Acrostic | ART Act | "Artists' Rights and Theft Prevention Act of 2005 or the ART Act" | 17 USC 101 | 109-9, title I | 119 Stat 218 | N | short title at beginning of Title I of the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 | ||||
Morrill Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | Morrill Act (Tariff) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) | ch 68, 12 Stat 178 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969 |
nothing in statute | ||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Architect's Registration Act" | Ch. 861, 45 Stat 950 | ||||||||
Wadsworth-Burke Bill (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wadsworth-Burke Bill (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940" | Sen. Edward Raymond Burke (D-S.D.); Rep. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., (R-N.Y.) | 50 USC App 301 | ch 720, 54 Stat 885 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001089; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000012 |
short title at end - "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940"; "Wadsworth-Burke" not statutized | |||
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 | Description | Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 | "Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937" | 12 USC 1141j(e ) | Ch. 296, 50 Stat 246 |