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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program Act of 2000 | Honor | Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program Act of 2000 | "Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program Act of 2000" | Sen. Paul Coverdell (GA), died in office on July 18, 2000. | 22 USC 2517 (note) | 106-309, title IV, section 408 | 114 Stat 1100 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000813 |
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| Prioritizing Resrouces and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 | Acrostic | Prioritizing Resrouces and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 | "Prioritizing Resrouces and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008" | 15 USC 8101 | 110-403 | 122 Stat 4256 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; no mention of acronym in statute, but referred to as PRO-IP | ||||
| 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nothing in statute; named for Sen Edmunds and Rep Tucker; repealed in 1978 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | |||
| Automobile Dealers' Day in Court Act | Political Description | Automobile Dealers' Day in Court Act | NO short title | 15 USC 1221 | ch 1038, 70 Stat 1125 | N | not statutized, but the official title is the longest and most political I've ever seen |