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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton's Law | Victim | Anton's Law | "Anton's Law" | Named for Anton Skeen, 4-year-old killed in car accident when front safety belt did not restrain him. | 49 USC 30127 | 107-318 | 116 Stat 2772 | Y |
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20135130,00.html |
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| FOR VETS Act of 2010 | Acrostic | FOR VETS Act of 2010 | "Formerly Owned Resources for Veterans to Express Thanks for Service Act of 2010" or "FOR VETS Act of 2010" | 40 USC 101 | 111-338 | 124 Stat 3590 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Aldrich-Vreeland Act (National Currency Assocations) | Sponsor | Aldrich-Vreeland Act (National Currency Assocations) | NO short title | Sen. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, (R-R.I); Rep. Edward Butterfield Vreeland, (R-N.Y.) | 12 USCA 104 (repealed) | 35 Stat 546 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000083; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000122 |
Repealed by PL 103-325, 108 Stat 2292 - popular name not mentioned in repeal | |||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Government Losses in Shipment Act" | Ch. 444, 50 Stat 479 | ||||||||
| Talmadge-Aiken Act | Sponsor | Talmadge-Aiken Act | NO short title | Sen. Herman Eugene Talmadge, (D-GA); Sen. George David Aiken, (R-VT). | 7 USC 450 | 87-718 | 76 Stat 663 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000035; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000062 |
not statutized | ||
| TEA 21 Restoration Act | Abbreviation | TEA 21 Restoration Act | "TEA 21 Restoration Act" | 23 USC 101 | 105-206, title IX | 112 Stat 834 | N | short title at beginning of title IX; amending the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century | ||||
| Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 | Political Description | Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 | "Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007" | 2 USC 1601 | 110-81 | 121 Stat 735 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Dawes Act (Marriage with Indian Women) | Sponsor | Dawes Act (Marriage with Indian Women) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Laurens Dawes, (R-MA) | 25 USC 181 | ch. 818, 25 Stat 392 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000148 |
nothing in statute; name not statutized | |||
| Revenue Act of 1932 | Description | Revenue Act of 1932 | "Revenue Act of 1932" | ch. 209, 47 Stat 179 | ||||||||
| Sterling-Lehlbach Act (Classification, Federal Employees) (see Classification Act of 1923) | Sponsor | Sterling-Lehlbach Act (Classification, Federal Employees) (see Classification Act of 1923) | "The Classification Act of 1923" | Sen. Thomas Sterling,1913-1925, (R-OH); Rep. Frederick Reimold Lehlbach, (R-NJ) | ch 265, 42 Stat 1488 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000872; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000222 |
short title at beginning "The Classification Act of 1923" |