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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gay Act (Public Lands in Louisiana) | Sponsor | Gay Act (Public Lands in Louisiana) | NO short title | Rep. Edward Gay (D-LA) | ch. 395, 25 Stat 877 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000103 |
nothing in statute; returning land in Louisiana to the public domain, but no indication that Gay is the name of the area (also, searching for Gay Louisiana did not return any helpful results | ||||
| Wheeler-Lea Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wheeler-Lea Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | "Transportation Act of 1940" | Clarence Frederick Lea, dem, 1918-1949, calif; Burton Kendall Wheeler, 1923-1947, dem, montana | ch 722, 54 Stat 898 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163;http://... |
short title at beginning - "Transportation Act of 1940" | ||||
| Smoot-Burton Act (British War Debt) | Sponsor | Smoot-Burton Act (British War Debt) | NO short title | Sen. Reed Smoot, (R-UT); Sen. Theodore Elijah Burton, (R-OH) | ch 146, 42 Stat 1325 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001159 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1935" | Ch. 70, 48 Stat 425 | ||||||||
| Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 396, 50 Stat 329 | ||||||||
| Reed Amendment | Sponsor | Reed Amendment | NO short title | Sen. James A. Reed (D-MO) | ch 162, section 5, 39 Stat 1069 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000118 |
nothing in statute; prohibiting mailing ads for alcohol; see The Reed "Bone-Dry" Amendment, John K. Graves, Virginia Law Review , Vol. 4, No. 8 (May, 1917), pp. 634-642 | ||||
| Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act | Institution | Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act | "Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act" | Sen. Robert A. Taft (OH) | 96-374, title XIII, part H, subpart 1 (section 1371) | 94 Stat 1502 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000009 |
short title; giving money to Robert A. Taft Institute of Government | |||
| ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 | Abbreviation | ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 | "ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000" | 42 usc 101 note | 106-545 | 114 Stat 2721 | N | short title at beginning of statute; ICCVAM is not spelled out in title -- S 3 spells it out as Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods | ||||
| HITECH Act | Acrostic | HITECH Act | "Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act" or "HITECH Act" | 42 USC 201 note | 111-5, div A, title XIII and div B, title IV | 123 Stat 226 | Y | short title at beginning of Title XIII | ||||
| Bacharach Act | Sponsor | Bacharach Act | NO short title | Rep. Isaac Bacharach (R-NJ) (1915-1936) | 45 Stat 955 | X | nothing in statute |