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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 | Sponsor | Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 | "Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004" | Sen. James Bunning (KY), Rep. Douglas Bereuter (NE), Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR) | 42 USC 4001 | 108-264 | 118 Stat 712 | Y |
Bunning - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001066; Bereuter - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000403; Blumenauer - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000574; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_Insurance_Reform_Act_of_2004 |
name written as short title | ||
| Dyer Act (Motor Vehicles) (see National Motor Vehicle Theft Act) | Sponsor | Dyer Act (Motor Vehicles) (see National Motor Vehicle Theft Act) | "National Motor Vehicle Theft Act" | Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer; (R-MO) | ch 89, 41 Stat 324 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000591 |
short title at beginning - "the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act" | ||||
| Glass R.F.C. Recovery Loan Act (see Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act) | Sponsor | Glass R.F.C. Recovery Loan Act (see Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act) | "Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act" | Sen. Carter Glass, (D-VA) | 15 USC 601 | ch 8, 47 Stat 5 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232 |
"Glass" not statutized; short title at beginning | |||
| McCarran-Walter Act (see Immigration and Nationality Act) | Sponsor | McCarran-Walter Act (see Immigration and Nationality Act) | "Immigration and Nationality Act" | Sen. Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-NV); Rep. Francis Walter (D-PA) | 8 USC 1101 | ch 477, 66 Stat 163 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000108 |
"McCarran-Walker" not statutized; short title at beginning | |||
| Dingley Act (Tarriff) | Sponsor | Dingley Act (Tarriff) | NO short title | Rep. Nelson Dingley (R-ME) | ch. 11, 30 Stat 151 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000356 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Esch Car Service Act | Sponsor | Esch Car Service Act | NO short title | Rep. John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | ch. 23, 40 Stat 101 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Smoot-Hawley Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | Sponsor | Smoot-Hawley Act (see Tariff Act of 1930) | "Tariff Act of 1930" | Sen. Reed Smoot, 1903-1933, (R-UT); Rep. Willis Chatman Hawley, (R-OR) | 19 USC 1654 (short title) | ch 497, 46 Stat 590 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000379 |
"Smoot-Hawley" never statutized; short title at end - "Tariff Act of 1930" | |||
| Lea Act (Radio-Coercive Practices) | Sponsor | Lea Act (Radio-Coercive Practices) | NO short title | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA) | 47 USC 506 | ch. 138, 60 Stat 89 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163 |
name not statutized (repealed) | |||
| Wheeler Coal-Miners Act (see Railroad Retirement Act of 1937) | Sponsor | Wheeler Coal-Miners Act (see Railroad Retirement Act of 1937) | NO short title | Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT) | 45 USC 231t | 88 Stat 1305 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330 |
Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 retdirects to Railroad Retirement Act of 1974; Seems to have initiall been 1934, then updated in 1937 then in 1974, but it's unclear where the Coal Miners come in.; 88 Stat 1305: title I short title at end "Railroad Retirement Act of 1974", still unclear where Coal Minders; "Wheeler" not statutized | |||
| Evarts Act (Circuit Courts of Appeals) (see Circuit Court of Appeals Act) | Sponsor | Evarts Act (Circuit Courts of Appeals) (see Circuit Court of Appeals Act) | NO short title | Sen. William Evarts (R-NY) | ch 517, 26 Stat 826 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000262 |
nothing in statute |