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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 2000 | Location | Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 2000 | "Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 2000" | Jackson, WY | 106-272 | 114 Stat 797 | Y | short title; Jackson, WY | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921 | Description | Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921 | "Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921" | Ch. 14, 42 Stat 9 | ||||||||
| FREEDOM Support Act | Acrostic | FREEDOM Support Act | "Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992" or "FREEDOM Support Act" | 22 USC 5801 | 102-511 | 106 Stat 3320 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| SAFETEA-LU | Acrostic | SAFETEA-LU | Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or "SAFETEA-LU" | Supposedly named for Lu Young, Rep. Don Young's wife. | 23 USC 101 | 109-59 | 119 Stat 1144 | Y |
http://www.adn.com/2009/08/02/885403/lu-young-wife-of-rep-don-young.html |
short title at beginning - "Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users" or "SAFETEA-LU" | ||
| Edmunds-Tucker Act (Polygamy) | Sponsor | Edmunds-Tucker Act (Polygamy) | NO short title | Sen. George Edmunds (R-VT); Rep. John Tucker (D-VA) | ch. 397, 24 Stat 635 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000056; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000401 |
nothing in statute; named for Sen Edmunds and Rep Tucker; repealed in 1978 | ||||
| Carlin Act (Larceny from Interstate Carriers) | Sponsor | Carlin Act (Larceny from Interstate Carriers) | Rep. Charles Carlin (D-VA) | ch. 50, 37 Stat 670 | N | |||||||
| May Defense Expediting Act | Sponsor | May Defense Expediting Act | NO short title | Rep. Andrew Jackson May (D-KY) | ch 440, 54 Stat 676 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000272 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 | Sponsor | Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 | "Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986" | Sen. Barry Goldwater, (R-AZ); Rep. William Nichols, (D-AL) | 10 USC 111 (note) | 99-433 | 100 Stat 992 | Y |
Goldwater Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, National Defense University Library, http://www.ndu.edu/library/goldnich/goldnich.html; Nichols - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000095; Goldwater - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000267 |
short title | ||
| Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1935 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1935 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1935" | Ch. 102, 48 Stat 509 |