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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burke Act (Indians) | Sponsor | Burke Act (Indians) | NO short title | Rep. Charles Burke (R-SD) | 25 USC 349 | ch. 2348, 34 Stat 182 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001087 |
name not statutized | |||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1921" | Ch. 23, 42 Stat 29 | ||||||||
| Esch Car Service Act | Sponsor | Esch Car Service Act | NO short title | Rep. John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | ch. 23, 40 Stat 101 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Manderson Act (Printing and Binding) | Sponsor | Manderson Act (Printing and Binding) | NO short title | Sen. Charles Manderson (R-NE) | ch. 23, 28 Stat 601 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000095 |
nothing in statute; establishes Public Printer - maybe name was first printer? | ||||
| Carriage of Goods by Sea Act | Description | Carriage of Goods by Sea Act | "Carriage of Goods by Sea Act" | 46 USC 30701 | Ch. 229, 40 Stat 1207 | |||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1927" | ch. 226, 44 Stat 1250 | ||||||||
| Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1938 | Description | Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1938 | "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 223, 50 Stat 169 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1937" | Ch. 223, 49 Stat 1214 | ||||||||
| United States Arbitration Act | Description | United States Arbitration Act | "United States Arbitration Act" | Ch. 213, 43 Stat 883 | ||||||||
| Revenue Act of 1932 | Description | Revenue Act of 1932 | "Revenue Act of 1932" | ch. 209, 47 Stat 179 |