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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celler Anti-Merger Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | Sponsor | Celler Anti-Merger Act (see Anti-Merger Act) | NO short title | Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-NY) | ch. 1184, 64 Stat 1125 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act | Honor | Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act | "Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act" | Hon. Mike Mansfield, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and Senator and Rep. from Montana. | 22 USC 6101 (note) | 103-236, title II, part C (section 251) | 108 Stat 428 | Y | short title; creating fellowship named for Mike Mansfield for study in Japan | |||
| Sherley Amendment (Food and Drugs) | Sponsor | Sherley Amendment (Food and Drugs) | NO short title | Rep. Joseph Swagar Sherley, (D-KY) | ch 352, 37 Stat 416 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000343 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Smoot-Hawley Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | Sponsor | Smoot-Hawley Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | "Tariff Act of 1930" | Sen. Reed Smoot, 1903-1933, (R-UT); Rep. Willis Chatman Hawley, (R-OR) | 19 USC 1654 (short title) | ch 497, 46 Stat 590 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000379 |
"Smoot-Hawley" never statutized; short title at end - "Tariff Act of 1930" | |||
| Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008 | Honor | Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008 | "Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008" | Sen. Craig Thomas (WY), died in 2007 | 16 USC 1271 note | 111-11, title V, Section 5002 | 123 Stat 1147 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000162; http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=4108 |
Snake River is a place; | ||
| Mead Two-Cent Postal Rate Act | Sponsor | Mead Two-Cent Postal Rate Act | NO short title | Sen. James Mead (D-NY) | ch 414, 54 Stat 505 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000615 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Temporary Child Care for Children With Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act Amendments of 1992 | Description | Temporary Child Care for Children With Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act Amendments of 1992 | "Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act Amendments of 1992" | 42 USC 5117 | 99-401, title II | 100 Stat 907 | N | short title at beginning of title II; Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act of 1986 - both names listed in PNT, 1992 amendments were "Children With Disabilities" | ||||
| McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001 | Sponsor | McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001 | "McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001" | Rep. Stewart McKinney, (R-CT); Rep. Bruce Vento, (D-Farmer-Labour-MN) | 42 USC 11301 (note) | 107-110, title X, part C (section 1031) | 115 Stat 1989 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000087 |
short title | ||
| Millspaugh Act (DC Banks) | Sponsor | Millspaugh Act (DC Banks) | NO short title | Rep. Frank Crenshaw, (R-MO) | ch 147, 42 Stat 500 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000781 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 | Political Description | Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 | "Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005" | 4 USC 5 | 109-243 | 120 Stat 572 | Y | short title at beginning of statute |