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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1936" | Ch. 39, 49 Stat 67 | ||||||||
| Coolie Trade Prohibition Act | Description | Coolie Trade Prohibition Act | No short title, but long title includes "Coolie Trade" | The "Coolie Trade" refers to the trafficking of persons from Asia, mostly China and India, to work as slaves or low-wage laborers. The term "Coolie" is a perjorative. | ch. 27, 12 Stat 340 | Y | "Coolie Trade" actually in the name of the statute: "An Act to prohibit the "Coolie Trade" by American Citizens in American Vessels | |||||
| First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928 | Description | First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928 | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928" | ch. 5, 45 Stat 2 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920" | Ch. 93, 41 Stat 327 | ||||||||
| Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, 1933 | Description | Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, 1933 | "Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, 1933" | ch. 91, 48 Stat 211 | ||||||||
| Carriage of Goods by Sea Act | Description | Carriage of Goods by Sea Act | "Carriage of Goods by Sea Act" | 46 USC 30701 | Ch. 229, 40 Stat 1207 | |||||||
| Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 | Description | Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 | "Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935" | Ch. 48, 49 Stat 115 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1930" | Ch. 846, 46 Stat 860 | ||||||||
| Uniform Fiduciaries Act | Description | Uniform Fiduciaries Act | "Uniform Fiduciaries Act" | ch. 545, 45 Stat 509 | ||||||||
| Farm Credit Act of 1933 | Description | Farm Credit Act of 1933 | "Farm Credit Act of 1933" | 12 USC 1131 | Ch. 98, 48 Stat 257 |