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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990 | Honor | Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990 | "Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990" | Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins (CA) who retired in 1990 | 42 USC 9801 | 101-501 | 104 Stat 1222 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000367 |
short title | ||
| Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 | Honor/Sponsor | Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 | "Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988" | Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins (CA) was chairman of the Education and Labor Committee at the time the bill passed. Sen. Robert T. Stafford (VT) retired in 1988. Hawkins sponsored the House legislation but Stafford was not the sponsor of the Senate vehicle. | 20 USC 6301 | 100-297 | 102 Stat 130 | Y |
Hawkins - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000367; Stafford - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000776 |
short title; Gus Hawkins was chair of the Ed and Labor Comm at the time; Stafford was Sen from VT (Stafford loans are named for him) but was not Ed Comm chair | ||
| Automobile Dealers' Day in Court Act | Political Description | Automobile Dealers' Day in Court Act | NO short title | 15 USC 1221 | ch 1038, 70 Stat 1125 | N | not statutized, but the official title is the longest and most political I've ever seen | |||||
| Baby Doe Amendment | Case | Baby Doe Amendment | NO short title | Series of "Baby Doe" child endangerment cases in the early 1980s. | 98-457, title I part B | 98 Stat 1752 | N |
Kathryn Moss, "The 'Baby Doe' Legislation Its Rise and Fall" Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 15, Issue 4 (June 1987) |
services and treatment for disabled infants -- possible that "Baby Doe" was an individual infant and this was passed in response?? | |||
| Bacharach Act | Sponsor | Bacharach Act | NO short title | Rep. Isaac Bacharach (R-NJ) (1915-1936) | 45 Stat 955 | X | nothing in statute | |||||
| Bailey Merchant Marine Act | Sponsor | Bailey Merchant Marine Act | NO short title | Sen. Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC) | 54 Stat 684 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000046 |
nothing in statute; Hard to tell where the name comes from. No info from quick google search. | ||||
| Baldwin Amendment | Sponsor | Baldwin Amendment | NO short title | Rep. John Finley Baldwin, Jr., (R-CA) | Amending 1USC 23 | 89-139 section 4(a) | 79 Stat 578 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000092 |
"Baldwin" not statutized; highway safety programs | ||
| Ball Act | Sponsor | Ball Act | NO short title | Sen. Lewis Heisler Ball, (R-DE) | ch 80, title II, 41 Stat 298 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000100 |
(Rents in the District of Columbia) | ||||
| Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934 (see Bankhead Cotton-Control Act, see Cotton Control Act) | Sponsor | Bankhead Cotton Act of 1934 (see Bankhead Cotton-Control Act, see Cotton Control Act) | NO short title | Sen. John Bankhead, (D-AL) | 7 USC 701 et seq | ch 157, 48 Stat 598 | Y |
Bankhead, John Hollis, Thefreedictionary.com, http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Bankhead,+John+Hollis; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000110; Jones - |
"Bankhead Cotton Act" statutized by reference in 49 Stat 777 | |||
| Bankhead-Jones Act | Sponsor | Bankhead-Jones Act | NO short title | Sen. John Bankhead (D-AL) and Rep. John Jones (D-TX) | 7 USC 427 | 49 Stat 436 | Y |
Bankhead - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000110; Jones - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236 |
statutized by reference in 91 Stat 1021 (1977) |