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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant Marine Act, 1920 | Description | Merchant Marine Act, 1920 | "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | Ch. 250, 41 Stat 988 | ||||||||
| Jones Act (Merchant Marine) (see Merchant Marine Act, 1920) | Sponsor | Jones Act (Merchant Marine) (see Merchant Marine Act, 1920) | "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | ch 250, 41 Stat 988 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
short title at end - "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | ||||
| Jones-White Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1928) | Sponsor | Jones-White Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1928) | "Merchant Marine Act, 1928" | Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA); Rep. Wallace H. White (R-ME) | ch 675, 45 Stat 689 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
short title at end - "Merchant Marine Act, 1928" | ||||
| Bland War-Risk Insurance Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) | Sponsor | Bland War-Risk Insurance Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) | "Merchant Marine Act, 1936" | Schuyler Otis Bland, (D-VA) | 46 USC 101 note | ch 858, 49 Stat 1985 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000545 |
Section 906 gives short title as "Merchant Marine Act, 1936"; "Bland War-Risk" not statutized | |||
| Copeland-Guffey-Gibson Ship Subsidy Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) | Sponsor | Copeland-Guffey-Gibson Ship Subsidy Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) | "Merchant Marine Act, 1936" | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, (D-N.Y); Sen. Joseph F. Guffey, (D-PA); Sen. Ernest Willard Gibson, (R-VA) | 46 USC 101 note | ch 858, 49 Stat 1985 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000519; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000158 |
Section 906 gives short title as "Merchant Marine Act, 1936"; "Copeland-Guffey-Gibson" not statutized | |||
| Michelle's Law | Victim | Michelle's Law | "Michelle's Law" | Michelle Morris, who was a full-time college student at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire when she was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2003. She had to remain a full-time student in order to stay on her parents' health insurance as a dependent. She died in 2005. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-381 | 122 Stat 4081 | Y |
H.Rpt. 110-806, Part I, July 30, 2008. |
short title | ||
| Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act | Honor | Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act | "Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act" | Rep. George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (TX), was Chairman of the Select Committee on Hunger. Killed in an aircraft crash in Ehtiopia while en route to a UN refugee camp. | 7 USC 2011 (note) | 103-66, title XIII, ch 3 (section 13901) | 107 Stat 672 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
short title (food stamps) | ||
| Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act | Honor | Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act | "Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act" | Rep. George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (TX), was Chairman of the Select Committee on Hunger. Killed in an aircraft crash in Ehtiopia while en route to a UN refugee camp. | 7 uSC 1691 (note) | 101-624, title XV, subtitle A (section 1511) | 104 Stat 3633 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
short title at 1511; | ||
| Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act | Honor | Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act | "Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act" | Rep. George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (TX), was Chairman of the Select Committee on Hunger. Killed in an aircraft crash in Ehtiopia while en route to a UN refugee camp. | 7 uSC 1691 (note) | 101-624, title XVII | 104 Stat 3783 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
short title at 1701 | ||
| 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 |