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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh-Billings National Historical Park Establishment Act (Renamed Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Establishment Act) | Honor | Marsh-Billings National Historical Park Establishment Act (Renamed Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Establishment Act) | "Marsh-Billings National Historical Park Establishment Act" | National Park in Vermont contains the boyhood home of conservationist George Perkins Marsh; Frederick Billings, also a renowned conservationist and philanthropist, lived there; and the land was donated to the National Parks by its most recent owners, Laurance and Mary Rockefeller. | 16 USC 410vv (note) | 102-350 | 106 Stat 934 | Y | short title; establishing national park honoring George Perkins Marsh and Frederick Billings; short title changed to include Rockefeller by 112 Stat 2681 | |||
| John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments | Honor | John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments | "John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments" | Congressional staffer John Curtis Rishel who worked as an economic geologist. | 30 USC 1001 (note) | 109-58, title II, subtitle B (section 221) | 119 Stat 660 | Y |
Obituaries, Anchorage Daily News, May 23, 2003 (on flie). |
short title | ||
| Comstock Act | Honor | Comstock Act | NO short title | Anthony Comstock, an anti-obscenity law advocate. | ch. 258, 17 Stat 598 | X | nothing in statute | |||||
| Nolan Act (Patents) | Sponsor | Nolan Act (Patents) | NO short title | Rep. John Ignatius Nolan, (R-CA) | ch 126, 41 Stat 1313 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000124 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | Sponsor | Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | "Tariff Act of 1930" | Sen. Reed Smoot, 1903-1933, (R-UT); Rep. Willis Chatman Hawley, (R-OR) | 19 USC 1654 (short title) | ch 497, 46 Stat 590 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000379 |
"Hawley-Smoot" never statutized; short title at end - "Tariff Act of 1930" | |||
| Norris Act (Conveyances by Union Pacific Ry. Co.) | Sponsor | Norris Act (Conveyances by Union Pacific Ry. Co.) | NO short title | Rep. George William Norris, (R- NE) | ch 181, 37 Stat 138 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Boykin Merchant Marine Act | Sponsor | Boykin Merchant Marine Act | NO short title | Rep. Frank Boykin (D-AL) | ch 186, 53 Stat 810 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000725 |
names that it is amending Merchant Marine Act of 1936 | ||||
| Revenue Act of 1935 | Description | Revenue Act of 1935 | "Revenue Act of 1935" | Ch. 829, 49 Stat 1014 | ||||||||
| Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 | Sponsor | Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 | "Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980" | Sen. Adlai Stevenson (D-IL) and Rep. John Wydler (R-NY), who retired in 1980. | 15 USC 3701 (note) | 96-480 | 94 Stat 2311 | Y |
Stevenson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000890; Wydler - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000780 |
enacting clause; starts at section 2 | ||
| HUBZones in Native America Act of 2000 | Abbreviation | HUBZones in Native America Act of 2000 | "HUBZones in Native America Act of 2000" | 15 USC 631 | 106-554, S1(a)(9) [title VI, subtitle A, S 601 et seq) | 114 Stat 2763, 2763A-697 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle A; HUBZone is defined as "historically underutilized zone" |