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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 | Description | President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 | "President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992" | 44 USC 2107 (note) | 102-526 | 106 Stat 3443 | N | short title and named in long title | ||||
| TREAD Act | Acrostic | TREAD Act | "Transporation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act" | 49 USC 30101 | 106-414 | 114 Stat 1800 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Carey Act (Irrigation) | Sponsor | Carey Act (Irrigation) | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Maull Carey, (R-WY) | 43 USC 641 (short title in note) | ch. 301, 28 Stat 422 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000145 |
name not statutized but noted in USC | |||
| First Inventor Defense Act | Description | First Inventor Defense Act | "First Investor Defense Act of 1999" | 35 USC 1 | 106-113, div B, section 1000(a)(9) | 113 Stat 1536, 1501A-555 | N | Subtitle C - starts at 1501A-555 | ||||
| Smith Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | Sponsor | Smith Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | NO short title | Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) | 43 USC 621 | ch 319, 39 Stat 506 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551 |
name not statutized | |||
| Truman-Hobbs Act (aka Hobbs Bridge Act) | Sponsor | Truman-Hobbs Act (aka Hobbs Bridge Act) | NO short title | Sen. Harry S. Truman (future POTUS); (D-MO); Rep. Samuel Francis Hobbs, (D-AL) | 33 USC 511 (note) | ch 409, 54 Stat 497 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000387; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663; |
name not statutized | |||
| SARA | Abbreviation | SARA | "Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986" | 42 USC 9601 | 99-499 | 100 Stat 1613 | N | "SARA" statutized by reference in 113 Stat 1047 (1999) | ||||
| Father Aull Site Transfer Act of 1996 | Location | Father Aull Site Transfer Act of 1996 | NO short title | Father Roger Aull, a German Jesuit priest who lived near Silver City, NM. His home and chapel were on BLM land, which was isolated and vandalized. The bill transferred the land to a local church to maintain. | 104-208, div A, title I, Section 101(d) | 110 Stat 3009-181 | N |
104 Cong. Rec. 12399 (Aug. 11, 1995) (statement of Sen. Domenici) |
nothing in statute | |||
| U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 | Acrostic | U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 | "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001" or "U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006" | 15 USC 58 | 109-455 | 120 Stat 3372 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Wagner-Connery Labor Relations Act (see National Labor Relations Act) | Sponsor | Wagner-Connery Labor Relations Act (see National Labor Relations Act) | "National Labor Relations Act" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-NY); William Patrick Connery, Jr., (D-MA) (Note there are two Connery's, but this one was on the House Committee on Labor, so likely on the bill?) | 29 USC 151 | ch 372, 49 Stat 449 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000694 |
short title at end - "National Labor Relations Act"; "Wagner-Connery" not statutized |