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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Uniform Sales Act" | Ch. 43, 50 Stat 29 | ||||||||
| Hump Law | Description | Hump Law | NO short title | The "hump" was the colloquial term used for the large group of officers commissioned during WWII. The law provides for a path to promotion by expanding the ranks of higher officers. | 86-155 | 73 Stat 333 | N |
105 Cong. Rec. 3227 (Mar. 4, 1959), Statement of Rep. Thornburry (PA). |
don't see anything helplful in statute, but law deals with Navy so maybe "Hump" is a naval term? | |||
| POW/MIA Memorial Flag Act of 2002 | Description | POW/MIA Memorial Flag Act of 2002 | "POW/MIA Memorial Flag Act of 2002" | 36 USC 101 | 107-323 | 116 Stat 2787 | N | short title at beginning of statute; POW/MIA flag display | ||||
| Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921 | Description | Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921 | "Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921" | Ch. 14, 42 Stat 9 | ||||||||
| Banking Act of 1935 | Description | Banking Act of 1935 | "Banking Act of 1935" | 12 USC 228 | Ch. 614, 49 Stat 684 | |||||||
| Revenue Act of 1932 | Description | Revenue Act of 1932 | "Revenue Act of 1932" | ch. 209, 47 Stat 179 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935" | Ch. 36, 49 Stat 49 | ||||||||
| Tobacco Inspection Act | Description | Tobacco Inspection Act | "Tobacco Inspection Act" | 7 USC 511q | Ch. 623, 49 Stat 731 | |||||||
| Man-Power Act | Description | Man-Power Act | NO short title | ch. 166, 40 Stat 955 | X | nothing in statute, but probably not a name -- statute is temporarily expanding size of the armed forces | ||||||
| Five Civilized Tribes Act (Disposition of Affairs) | Description | Five Civilized Tribes Act (Disposition of Affairs) | NO short title | ch 1876, 34 Stat 137 | X | Double entry in PNT |