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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clason Naturalization Act | Sponsor | Clason Naturalization Act | NO short title | Rep. Charles Clason (R-MA) | ch. 512, 54 Stat 715 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000473 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| CLASS Act | Acrostic | CLASS Act | "Communitive Living Assistance Services and Supports Act" or "CLASS Act" | 42 USC 201 note | 111-148, title VIII | 124 Stat 828 | Y | both in short title at beginning of statute - establishing CLASS program | ||||
| Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 | Honor | Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 | "Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990" | Sen. Claude Pepper (FL) who introduced similar legislation, then died on May 30, 1989. | 42 USC 12301 | 101-501, title IX | 104 Stat 1262 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000218 |
Claude Pepper had introduced a "Young Americans Act in 1989" and then passed away, this bill was added in to a different piece of legislation | ||
| 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" | |||
| Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935 | Description | Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935 | "Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935" | Ch. 747, 49 Stat 888 | ||||||||
| Cochran-Hull Act | Sponsor | Cochran-Hull Act | NO short title | Probably Rep. John J. Cochran (D-MO) (1926-1947); Probably Sen. Cordell Hull (D-TN) (1931-1933); | ch. 464, 47 Stat 649 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000565; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000940 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Cochran-Patterson Act (see Kidnapping Act) | Sponsor | Cochran-Patterson Act (see Kidnapping Act) | NO short title | Sen. Roscoe Patterson (R-MO); Rep. John J. Cochran (D-MO) | ch 301, 48 Stat 781 |
06/22/1932 05/18/1934 |
X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000127; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000565 |
This is a great example of when the PNT's practice of listing two dates for an act -- one for when it was first enacted and another for an amendment -- is confusing. Sen. Patterson and Cochran sponsored the original act passed in 1932, which is ch. 271, 47 Stat. 326. The USSL citation given in the PNT is to a 1934 amendment to that law, which was sponsored by different Members. | |||
| Code Adam Act of 2003 | Victim | Code Adam Act of 2003 | "Code Adam Act of 2003" | Named for Adam Walsh (son of John Walsh), who disappeared from a store at age 6 in 1981. "Code Adam" describes the procedures to be followed when a child goes missing in a store. | 42 USC 5601 (note) | 108-21, title III, subtitle D (section 361) | 117 Stat 665 | Y |
http://missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=e... |
short title - missing children procedures in public buildings | ||
| Commodore Bill | Sponsor | Commodore Bill | NO short title | Establishing the rank of Commodore in the Navy and Marine Corps. | ch 38, 57 Stat 59 | X | No idea who commodore is | |||||
| Communications Act of 1934 | Description | Communications Act of 1934 | "Communications Act of 1934" | 47 USC 609 | Ch. 652, 48 Stat 1064 |