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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liquor Tax Administration Act | Description | Liquor Tax Administration Act | "Liquor Tax Administration Act" | Ch. 830, 49 Stat 1939 | ||||||||
| Capeheart Housing Act | Sponsor | Capeheart Housing Act | NO short title | Sen. Homer Capeheart (R-IN) | ch. 783, 69 Stat 646 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000128 |
no name in statute, although it specifies that it amends the "National Housing Act" | ||||
| Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996 | Description | Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996 | "Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996" | The law this bill repealed required that all tea imported had to be tested for quality, not just safety. | 21 USC 41 | 104-128 | 110 Stat 1198 | Y | repealing the Tea Importation Act | |||
| Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006 | Victim | Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006 | "Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006" | Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 109-415 | 120 Stat 2767 | Y |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. |
short title | ||
| Sherman Purchase of Silver Act of July 14, 1890 | Sponsor | Sherman Purchase of Silver Act of July 14, 1890 | NO short title | Sen. John Sherman (R-OH) | ch 708, 26 Stat 289 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000346 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Cooper-Hawes Act (Convict Made Goods) (see Hawes-Cooper Act) | Sponsor | Cooper-Hawes Act (Convict Made Goods) (see Hawes-Cooper Act) | NO short title | Probably Rep. Henry Allen Cooper (R-WI) (1893-1919, 1921-1931); Sen. Harry Bartow Hawes (D-MO) | ch. 79, 45 Stat 1084 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000362; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000752 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Johnson Act (Immigration) (see Immigration Act of 1921) | Sponsor | Johnson Act (Immigration) (see Immigration Act of 1921) | NO short title | Rep. Albert Johnson (R-WA) | ch 8, 42 Stat 5 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000114 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Lloyd-La Follete Act | Sponsor | Lloyd-La Follete Act | NO short title | Rep. James Tilghman Lloyd, (D-MO); Rep. William Leroy Follette, (R-WA) | ch. 389, section 6, 37 Stat 555 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000380 |
nothing in statute -- prob was an amendment? | ||||
| Lanham Public War Housing Act | Sponsor | Lanham Public War Housing Act | NO short title | Rep. Fritz Garland Lanham, (D-TX) | 42 USC 1501 (note) | ch. 862, 54 Stat 1125 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000076 |
name not statutized |