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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Sumners Courts Act | Sponsor | Sumners Courts Act | NO short title | Rep. Hatton Sumners (D-TX) | ch 445, 54 Stat 688 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |
nothing in statute; authorizing SCOTUS to prescribe rules of criminal procedure | ||||
Sulloway Act (Pensions) (see Widows' Pension Act) | Sponsor | Sulloway Act (Pensions) (see Widows' Pension Act) | NO short title | Rep. Cyrus Adams Sulloway, (R-NH) | ch 147, 35 Stat 64 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001063 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 | Honor/Sponsor | Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 | "Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999" | Sen. James Strom Thurmond (SC), who was Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee until 1999. | 105-261 | 112 Stat 1920 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000254 |
short title; Thurmond announced in 1997 he would step down as SASC chair, which he did in 1999 | |||
STOP Act | Acrostic | STOP Act | "Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act" or "STOP Act" | 42 USC 201 | 109-422 | 120 Stat 2890 | Y | |||||
Stone Act | Description | Stone Act | NO short title | Stone almost certainly refers to the physical object. The act is referred to as the Building Stone Act at 43 CFR 3809.5. | 30 USC 161 | ch 375, 27 Stat 348 | N | name not statutized; about mining (stone as an object, probably not a name) | ||||
Stolen Valor Act of 2005 | Political Description | Stolen Valor Act of 2005 | "Stolen Valor Act of 2006" | 18 USC 1 | 109-437 | 120 Stat 3266 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Stobb Act (National Prohibition) | Sponsor | Stobb Act (National Prohibition) | NO short title | Rep. George Russell Stobbs (R-MA) (1925-1930) | ch 29, 46 Stat 1036 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000931 |
PNT is incorrect. Should be "Stobbs Act" | ||||
Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge Designation Act of 1987 | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge Designation Act of 1987 | "Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge Designation Act of 1987" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 100-38 | 101 Stat 306 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
short title and long title; changing name of refuge in CT | |||
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Amendments Act of 1992 | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Amendments Act of 1992 | "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Amendments Act of 1992" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 42 USC 11301 (note) | 102-550, title XIV | 106 Stat 4012 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
short title | ||
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 | Long title and short title - "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 42 USC 11301 (note) | 101-645 | 104 Stat 4673 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
short title, named Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act in long title |