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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERA | Abbreviation | FERA | "Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009" or "FERA" | 18 USC 1 note | 111-21 | 123 Stat 1617 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Fess-Kenyon Act (see the Vocational Rehabilitation Act) | Sponsor | Fess-Kenyon Act (see the Vocational Rehabilitation Act) | "Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1943" | Sen. Simeon Davison Fess, (R-OH); Sen. William Squire Kenyon, (R-IA) | 29 USC 31 et seq | ch 190 ��_��__1, 57 Stat 374 |
06/02/1920 07/06/1943 |
N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000096; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000129 |
short title at end; "Fess-Kenyon" not statutized | ||
| Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006 | Political Description | Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006 | "Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006" | 42 USC 201 note | 109-242 | 120 Stat 570 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Filled Cheese Act | Description | Filled Cheese Act | NO short title | ch 337, 29 Stat 253 | X | |||||||
| Filled Milk Act | Description | Filled Milk Act | NO short title | Filled milk is a term for milk containing a substitute for butterfat. | 21 USC 61 | ch 262, 42 Stat 1486 | Y | statutized by 57 Stat 499 (1943) | ||||
| Financial Stability Act of 2010 | Political Description | Financial Stability Act of 2010 | "Financial Stability Act of 2010" | 12 USC 5301 | 111-203, title I | 124 Stat 1391 | Y | short title at beginning of title I; full bill is Dodd-Frank | ||||
| First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928 | Description | First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928 | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928" | ch. 5, 45 Stat 2 | ||||||||
| First Deficiency Appropriations Act, fiscal year 1936 | Description | First Deficiency Appropriations Act, fiscal year 1936 | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936" | Ch. 689, 49 Stat 1597 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| First Morrill Act (aka the Morrill Act) | Sponsor | First Morrill Act (aka the Morrill Act) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) | 7 USC 301 (note) | ch. 130, 12 Stat 503 | Y |
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Morrill.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969 |
"Morrill" statutized by reference at 108 Stat 4048 |