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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act | Political Description | Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act | "Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act" | 49 USC 40101 | 108-176 | 117 Stat 2490 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Victory Liberty Loan Act | Description | Victory Liberty Loan Act | "Victory Liberty Loan Act" | Ch. 100, 40 Stat 1209 | ||||||||
| VOICE Act | Acrostic | VOICE Act | "Victims of Iranian Censorship Act" or "VOICE Act" | 22 USC 6201 | 111-84, div A, title XII, subtitle D, S1261 | 123 Stat 2553 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle D | ||||
| USA Act | Acrostic | USA Act | "Unity in the Spirit of America Act" or the "USA Act" | 42 USC 12501 | 107-117, div B, S1301 | 115 Stat 2339 | N | short title at beginning of S 1301 | ||||
| U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 | Acrostic | U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 | "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001" or "U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006" | 15 USC 58 | 109-455 | 120 Stat 3372 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| USA PATRIOT Act | Acrostic | USA PATRIOT Act | "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) Act" | 18 USC 1 | 107-56 | 115 Stat 272 | N | |||||
| Wagner-Steagall Housing Act | Sponsor | Wagner-Steagall Housing Act | "United States Housing Act Amendments of 1938" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. Henry Bascom Steagall, (D-AL) | ch 554, title VI, 52 Stat 820 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
short title at end of Title VI (only applies to title VI) | ||||
| United States Arbitration Act | Description | United States Arbitration Act | "United States Arbitration Act" | Ch. 213, 43 Stat 883 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Uniform Sales Act" | Ch. 43, 50 Stat 29 | ||||||||
| Uniform Fiduciaries Act | Description | Uniform Fiduciaries Act | "Uniform Fiduciaries Act" | ch. 545, 45 Stat 509 |