Database of Federal Statute Names

A political cartoon lampooning the Embargo Act of 1807

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 Popular Names

Title Type Popular Name Short Title Named For? Classification PL Statute At Large Date(s) Enacted Interesting Part Statutized?sort descending Leads to other named Legislation Link/Source Notes
Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act (see War Labor Disputes Act) Sponsor Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act (see War Labor Disputes Act) "War Labor Disputes Act" Sen. Thomas Connally (D-TX); Rep. Howard Worth (D-VA) 50 USC App 1501 ch 144, 57 Stat 163 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000684; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000554

 "Smith-Connally" not statutized; short title at end - "War Labor Disputes Act"
New Communities Act of 1968 Description New Communities Act of 1968 "New Communities Act of 1968" 42 USC 3901 90-448, title IV 82 Stat 513 N short title at beginning of title IV - guarantees for financing new community land development
FOARAM Act Acrostic FOARAM Act "Federal Ocean Acification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009" or "FOARAM Act" 33 USC 3701 111-11, title XII, subtitle D 123 Stat 1436 N short title at beginning of Subtitle D
Adamson Law (Eight Hour Day) Sponsor Adamson Law (Eight Hour Day) NO short title Rep. William C. Adamson (D-GA_ 45 USC 65 et seq 39 Stat 721 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000051

 name not statutized;
Fordney-McCumber Act (see Tariff Act of 1922) Sponsor Fordney-McCumber Act (see Tariff Act of 1922) "Tariff Act of 1922" Rep. Joseph Warren Fordney, (R-MI); Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-N.D.) ch 356, 42 Stat 858 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000271; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397
Black-Connery Fair Labor Standards Act (see Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938) Sponsor Black-Connery Fair Labor Standards Act (see Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938) "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938" Sen. Hugo Lafayette Black (Future justice); (D-AL); Rep. William Patrick Connery, Jr., 1923-37, (D-MA). 29 USC 201 S2475 ch 676, 52 Stat 1060 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000499; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000694; see also http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/flsa1938.htm

 ST at beginning; "Black-Connery" not statutized
CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 Abbreviation CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 "CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010" 42 USC 5101 111-320 124 Stat 3459 N reauthorizing Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
Stone Act Description Stone Act NO short title Stone almost certainly refers to the physical object. The act is referred to as the Building Stone Act at 43 CFR 3809.5. 30 USC 161 ch 375, 27 Stat 348 N name not statutized; about mining (stone as an object, probably not a name)
Hatfield-Keller Railroad Retirement Act (see Railroad Retirement Act) Sponsor Hatfield-Keller Railroad Retirement Act (see Railroad Retirement Act) "Railroad Retirement Act" Sen. Henry Drury Hatfield, 1929-35, (R-W.VA); Rep. Kent Ellsworth Keller, (D-IL) 45 USC 201 ch 868, 48 Stat 1283 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000342; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000056

 name not statutized; short title listed in definitions - Section 2(m) - "Railroad Retirement Act"; declared unconstitution by SCOTUS
Pittman Embassy Picketing Act Sponsor Pittman Embassy Picketing Act NO short title Sen. Key Pittman, (D-NV) 22 USC 255a, 255b ch 29, 52 Stat 30 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372

 repealed, not statutized; prohibiting picketing (except for labor disputes) in front of embassies

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