Database of Federal Statute Names

A political cartoon lampooning the Embargo Act of 1807
October 26, 2012

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 Popular Names

Title Type Popular Name Short Title Named For? Classification PL Statute At Large Date(s) Enactedsort descending Interesting Part Statutized? Leads to other named Legislation Link/Source Notes
CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 Acrostic CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 "Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 or CAN-SPAM Act of 2003" 15 USC 7701 108-187 117 Stat 2699 N both in short title at the beginning of statute
Faddis Machine Tool Act Sponsor Faddis Machine Tool Act NO short title Rep. Charles Isiah Faddis (D-PA) 50 USC App. 711 et seq ch. 836, 54 Stat 1090 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000001

 name not statutized
Underwood Tariff Act Sponsor Underwood Tariff Act NO short title Rep Oscar Wilder Underwood, (D-AL) ch 16, 38 Stat 114 X

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000013

 nothing in statute
Dutch John Federal Property Disposition And Assistance Act of 1998 Location Dutch John Federal Property Disposition And Assistance Act of 1998 "Dutch John Federal Property Disposition And Assistance Act of 1998" Dutch John, UT 16 USC 460v (note) 105-326 112 Stat 3040 Y

Text of legislation

 short title;
Raker Act Sponsor Raker Act NO short title Rep. John Edward Raker, (D-CA) ch 4, 38 Stat 242 X

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000019

 nothing in statute; granting land access rights in Yosemite to the city of SFO
ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998 Abbreviation ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998 "ANCSA Land Bank Protection Act of 1998" 43 USC 1601 105-333 112 Stat 3129 N short title at the end of the statute; amending the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
No entry Description No entry "Extension of Appropriation Act, 1938" Ch. 424, 50 Stat 468
Bland-Allison Act (Coinage of Silver) [see Coinage Act (Silver Dollar)] Sponsor Bland-Allison Act (Coinage of Silver) [see Coinage Act (Silver Dollar)] NO short title Rep. Richard Bland (D-MO); Sen. William Boyd (R-IA) ch 20, 20 Stat 25 X

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000544; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000160

 nothing in statute
Petrillo Bill Case Petrillo Bill "Communications Act of 1934" Defendant James Petrillo in U.S. v. Petrillo (332 U.S. 1, 1947), who was prosecuted for violation of a provision of the Communications Act of 1934. Petrillo was the head of the American Federation of Musicians. 47 USC 609 ch 652, 48 Stat 1064 N "Petrillo" not statutized; short title at end - "Communications Act of 1934" (creating FCC); Although the two acts are cross-referenced in the PNT, the "Petrillo Bill" was actually an amendment to the Communications Act of 1934, adopted on April 16, 1946. See American Newspaper Publishers Ass'n v. NLRB (345 U.S. 100) (1953).
Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act Victim Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act "Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act" Danny Keysar was a 17-month-old child killed in 1998 when a portable crib collapsed on him. 15 USC 2056a(a) 110-314, title I, Section 104 122 Stat 3028 Y

http://schakowsky.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14...

 short title at Section 104(a)

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