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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Follette Hours of Labor Act (Railroads) (see Hours of Service Act (Railroads)) | Sponsor | La Follette Hours of Labor Act (Railroads) (see Hours of Service Act (Railroads)) | NO short title | Sen. Robert Marion La Follette, (R-WI) | 45 USC 61 | ch 2939, 34 Stat 1415 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000004 |
name not statutized | |||
| Revenue Act of 1936 | Description | Revenue Act of 1936 | "Revenue Act of 1936" | Ch. 690, 49 Stat 1648 | ||||||||
| Food for Peace Act | Political Description | Food for Peace Act | "Argicultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954" | 7 USC 1691 | ch 469, 68 Stat 454 | Y | Bill title and all references changed to "Food for Peace Act" by 122 Stat 1821 (2008) | |||||
| Chacoan Outliers Protection Act of 1995 | Location | Chacoan Outliers Protection Act of 1995 | "Chacoan Outliers Protection Act of 1995" | Chaco was a city in New Mexico a thousand years ago, now protected as a National Historical Park | 104-11 | 109 Stat 158 | Y | |||||
| Congressional Tribute to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Act of 2006 | Award | Congressional Tribute to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Act of 2006 | "Congressional Tribute to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Act of 2006" | 31 USC 5111 (note) | 109-395 | 120 Stat 2708 | N | awarding congressional gold medal -- but this is the only one named as "Congressional Tribute" | ||||
| Wilson Act (Northern Pacific Railraod) | Sponsor | Wilson Act (Northern Pacific Railraod) | NO short title | Sen. John Lockwood Wilson (R-WA) | ch 546 [part], 30 Stat 597, 620 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000602 |
nothing in statute; also unclear why 620 is included | ||||
| Bacharach Act | Sponsor | Bacharach Act | NO short title | Rep. Isaac Bacharach (R-NJ) (1915-1936) | 45 Stat 955 | X | nothing in statute | |||||
| Winslow Partial Payment Act (Railroads) (See Partial Payments Act (Railroads)) | Sponsor | Winslow Partial Payment Act (Railroads) (See Partial Payments Act (Railroads)) | NO short title | Rep. Samuel Ellsworth Winslow, (R-MA) | ch 72, 41 Stat 1145 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000639 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Wheeler-Lea Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wheeler-Lea Transportation Act (see Transportation Act of 1940) | "Transportation Act of 1940" | Clarence Frederick Lea, dem, 1918-1949, calif; Burton Kendall Wheeler, 1923-1947, dem, montana | ch 722, 54 Stat 898 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163;http://... |
short title at beginning - "Transportation Act of 1940" | ||||
| Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 | "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 19888" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 42 USC 11301 (note) | 100-628 | 102 Stat 3224 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
short title, named Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act in long title |