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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uniform Fiduciaries Act | Description | Uniform Fiduciaries Act | "Uniform Fiduciaries Act" | ch. 545, 45 Stat 509 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998 | Political Description | Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998 | "Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998" | 18 USC 228 | 105-187 | 112 Stat 618 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Cooley Tobacco Act (see Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Cooley Tobacco Act (see Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938) | "Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938" | Rep. Harold Dunbar Cooley (D-NC) | 7 USC 1281 | ch 30, 52 Stat 31 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000736 |
"Cooley Tobacco Act" not statutized | |||
| Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act | Political Description | Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act | "Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act" | 15 USC 6551 | 110-385, title II | 122 Stat 4102 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Fascell Fellowship Act | Sponsor | Fascell Fellowship Act | "Fascell Fellowship Act" | Rep. Dante Fascell, (D-FL) | 22 USC 4901 | 99-399 | 100 Stat 893 | Y |
Notable Members of Congress and the Laws They Sponsored, http://congress.indiana.edu/notable-members-congress-and-laws-they-spons... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000041 |
short title at beginning of S 1001 | ||
| Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1936 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1936 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1936" | C. 3, 49 Stat 6 | ||||||||
| Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005 | Honor/Sponsor | Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005 | "Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005" | Rep. Clinton Anderson (NM) and Rep. Charles Melvin Price (IL), both of whom went on to chair the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. | 42 USC 2210 (note) | 109-408, title VI, subtitle A (section 601) | 119 Stat 779 | Y |
Anderson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000186; Price - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522 |
short title and subtitle | ||
| Morrison Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | Morrison Act (Tariff) | NO short title | Rep. William Morrison (D-IL) | ch 121, 22 Stat 488 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001000 |
nothing in statute; taxes | ||||
| Humphrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act | Sponsor | Humphrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act | NO short title | Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN), Sen. Edward Thye (R-MN), Rep. John Blatnik (D-MN), and Rep. Herman Andersen (R-MN). | 16 USC 577d-1 | ch. 425, 70 Stat 326 | Y |
Humphrey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953; Thye - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000259; Blatnik - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000550; Andersen - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000179 |
statutized by reference in S. 4, 78 Stat 893; lands in northern MN |