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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tydings Amendment | Sponsor | Tydings Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Millard Tydings (D-MD) | ch 638, 56 Stat 1018 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute; selective service | ||||
| Harrison Naval Stores Act (see Naval Stores Act) | Sponsor | Harrison Naval Stores Act (see Naval Stores Act) | "The Naval Stores Act" | Sen. Bryon (Pat) Harrison (D-MS) | 7 USC 91 | ch 217, 42 Stat 1435 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000265 |
name not statutized; short title at beginning | |||
| Winslow Partial Payment Act (Railroads) (See Partial Payments Act (Railroads)) | Sponsor | Winslow Partial Payment Act (Railroads) (See Partial Payments Act (Railroads)) | NO short title | Rep. Samuel Ellsworth Winslow, (R-MA) | ch 72, 41 Stat 1145 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000639 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Sherwood Act (Mexican, Civil War Pensions) | Sponsor | Sherwood Act (Mexican, Civil War Pensions) | NO short title | Rep. Isaac R. Sherwood, (D-IA) | ch 123, 37 Stat 112 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000355 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998 | Honor/Sponsor | William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998 | "William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998" | Rep. William F. Goodling (PA), was Chairman of Committee on Education and the Workforce at the time. Retired in 2000. | 42 USC 1751 (note) | 105-336 | 112 Stat 3143 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000291 |
Goodling's name added in Conference -- and Goodling was a conferee! See H. Rept. 105-786. | ||
| Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007 | Political Description | Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007 | "Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007" | 42 USC 5601 | 110-240 | 122 Stat 1560 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Brown-Lea Natural Gas Act | Sponsor | Brown-Lea Natural Gas Act | "Natural Gas Act" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Prentiss Brown (D-MI) | 15 USC 717w | ch 556, 52 Stat 821 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000941 (for information regarding Sen. Brown's involvement in the bill, see The Fpc and Indefinite Price Escalation Clauses: Remedy for Administrative Breakdown, 73 Yale L.J. 1283 (1964), n. 26) |
short title at end; | |||
| Jackson-Vanik Amendment | Sponsor | Jackson-Vanik Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Henry Jackson (D-WA) and Sen. Charles Vanik (D-OH). | 93-618, title I, sections 152, 153, title IV, sections 402, 407, 409 | 88 Stat 2004, 2006, 2056, 2063, 2064 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000013; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000047 |
not in statute -- amendment included numerous sections -- read through in context to see what ties them together | |||
| Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1934" | Ch. 101, 48 Stat 283 | ||||||||
| America the Beautiful Act of 1990 | Political Description | America the Beautiful Act of 1990 | "America the Beautiful Act of 1990" | 16 USC 2101 | 101-624 | 104 Stat 3553 | N | creating tree-planting foundation |