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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Clayton Act (Antitrust) | Sponsor | Clayton Act (Antitrust) | NO short title | Rep. Henry Clayton (D-AL), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and sponsor. | 15 USC 12(b) | ch. 323, 38 Stat 730 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000495 |
name statutized by 90 Stat 1383, "Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976" | |||
Securities Act of 1933 | Description | Securities Act of 1933 | "Securities Act of 1933" | 15 USC 77a | Ch. 38, 48 Stat 74 | |||||||
McFadden-Pepper Act (see McFadden Act (Branch Banks)) | Sponsor | McFadden-Pepper Act (see McFadden Act (Branch Banks)) | NO short title | Rep. Louis Thomas McFadden (R-PA); Sen. George W. Pepper (R-PA) | ch 191, 44 Stat 1224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000434; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000219 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century | Honor | Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century | "Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century" | Sen. Wendell H. Ford (KY), former Chair of the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, retired in 1998. | 49 USC 40101 (note) | 106-181 | 114 Stat 61 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000268 |
short title | ||
Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008 | Honor | Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008 | "Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008" | Sen. Paul Wellstone (MN); amends the 2001 MD-CARE Act which was sponsored by Wellstone. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-361 | 122 Stat 4010 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000288 |
short title | ||
ADAMHA Reorganization Act | Institution | ADAMHA Reorganization Act | "ADAMHA Reorganization Act" | 42 USC 201 | 102-321 | 106 Stat 323 | N | short title; ADAMHA = Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration | ||||
Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005 | Political Description | Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005 | "Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005" | 8 USC 1101 | 109-13, div B, title IV | 119 Stat 318 | N | short title at beginning of title IV; no abbreviation but this seems like a political title | ||||
Bland Change of Masters Act | Sponsor | Bland Change of Masters Act | NO short title | Rep. Schuyler Otis Bland (D-VA) | ch. 159, 53 Stat 794 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000545 |
no name in statute | ||||
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 | |||
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 |