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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Fact Finders' Act | Sponsor | Fact Finders' Act | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1924" | 43 USC 371 | ch 4, section 4, 43 Stat 701 | N | "Fact Finders' Act" not listed anywhere, but indicated in USC short title note; name not statutized | |||||
| Fiscal Year 1990 Dire Emergency Supplemental to Meet the Needs of Natural Disasters of National Significance | Political Description | Fiscal Year 1990 Dire Emergency Supplemental to Meet the Needs of Natural Disasters of National Significance | "the fiscal year 1990 Dire Emergency Supplemental to Meet the Needs of Natural Disasters of National Significance" | 101-130, 101-100 ? | 103 Stat 775 | N | short title being added as Section 108 (e ) | |||||
| Lea-Wheeler Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Lea-Wheeler Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | "Transportation Act of 1940" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT) | ch 722, 54 Stat 898 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330 |
short title at beginning - "Transportation Act of 1940" | ||||
| White Charger Act | Political Description | White Charger Act | NO short title | Name derived from an observation that the legislation went through Congress "like a White Charger," or cavalry horse. | 86-616, section 10 | 74 Stat 395 | N |
Norman v. U. S., 392 F.2d 255, 256 (Ct. Cl. Mar. 15, 1968) disapproved of by Colm v. Kissinger, 406 F. Supp. 1250 (D.D.C. 1975) |
nothing in statute; about Army and Air Force officers, not sure what/who "White Charger" is | |||
| Carriers Taxing Act of 1937 | Description | Carriers Taxing Act of 1937 | "Carriers Taxing Act of 1937" | Ch. 405, 50 Stat 435 | ||||||||
| Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act | Honor | Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act | "Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act" | Muhammed Ali was a heavyweight boxing champion who called for federal legislation to protect boxers from dishonest promoters and managers. | 15 USC 6301 (note) | 106-210 | 114 Stat 321 | Y |
H.Rep.106-449, Part 1, Nov. 4, 1999. |
short title | ||
| Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008 | Victim | Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008 | "Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008" | Debbie Smith was a rape survivor who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the importance of testing the backlog of rape kits. | 42 USC 13701 (note) | 110-360 | 122 Stat 4008 | Y |
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/15/cbsnews_investigates/main59837... |
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| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1922" | Ch. 1, 42 Stat 327 | ||||||||
| Fletcher-Rayburn Securities Act of 1933 (see Securities Act of 1933) | Sponsor | Fletcher-Rayburn Securities Act of 1933 (see Securities Act of 1933) | "Securities Act of 1933" | Sen. Duncan Upshaw Fletcher, (D-FL); Rep. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, (D-TX) | 15 USC 77a | 48 Stat 74 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000200; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082 |
short title at beginning; "Fletcher-Rayburn" not statutized |