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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALM Act | Acrostic | CALM Act | "Commercial Advertisment Loudness Mitigation Act" or "CALM Act" | 47 USC 621 | 111-311 | 124 Stat 3294 | Y | both in short title at the beginning of statute | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Fulbright-Hays Act (see Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961) | Sponsor | Fulbright-Hays Act (see Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961) | "Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961" | Sen. J. William Fulbright, (D-AK) | 22 USC 2451 | 87-256 | 75 Stat 527 | Y |
Richard D. Scarfo, The History of Title VI and Fulbright-Hayes, www.international.ucla.edu/pacrim/title6/Over2-Scarfo.pdf; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000401. |
"Fulbright-Hays" statutized by PL 102-138, 105 Stat 647 with "(commonly referred to as the 'Fulbright-Hays Act')", codified at 22 USC 1475h | ||
| 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 | ||||
| PACE-Energy Act | Acrostic | PACE-Energy Act | "Protecting America's Competitive Edge Through Energy Act" or "PACE-Energy Act" | 42 USC 15801 | 110-69, title V | 121 Stat 600 | Y | short title at beginning of title V | ||||
| Wilson Act (aka Original Packages Act) | Sponsor | Wilson Act (aka Original Packages Act) | NO short title | Sen. James Wilson (R-IA) | 27 USC 121 (note) | ch 728, 26 Stat 313 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000594 |
name not statutized; but both names are listed under short title note; see also Andrew Alexander Bruce, The Wilson Act and the Constitution, Green Bag, Vol. 21, Issue 5 (May 1909) and 21 Cong. Rec. 4954 (1890). | |||
| Lever Act (Food and Fuel Control) | Sponsor | Lever Act (Food and Fuel Control) | NO short title | Rep. Asbury Francis Lever, (D-S.C.) | ch. 53, 40 Stat 276 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000259 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Copeland Anti-Kickback Act | Sponsor | Copeland Anti-Kickback Act | NO short title | Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland (D-NY) | ch. 482, 48 Stat 948 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769 |
nothing in statute; also listed in PNT as "Kick-Back" Racket Act | ||||
| Spooner Act (Panama Canal) | Sponsor | Spooner Act (Panama Canal) | NO short title | Sen. John Spooner (R-WI), author | ch 1302, 32 Stat 481 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000741; also 12.15.1905 NYT article (on file); also http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/560906/John-Spooner?anchor=ref... |
creating Panama Canal | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1930" | Ch. 846, 46 Stat 860 |