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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1935" | Ch. 104, 48 Stat 529 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1927" | ch. 226, 44 Stat 1250 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1922" | Ch. 1, 42 Stat 327 | ||||||||
| No FEAR Act | Acrostic | No FEAR Act | "Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act 2002" | 5 USC 2301 | 107-174 | 116 stat 566 | Y | short title at beginning of statute -- acronym not included | ||||
| No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009 | Political Description | No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009 | "No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009" | 42 USC 1305 | 111-115 | 123 Stat 3029 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Nolan Act (Patents) | Sponsor | Nolan Act (Patents) | NO short title | Rep. John Ignatius Nolan, (R-CA) | ch 126, 41 Stat 1313 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000124 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Nolan Minimum Wage Law (District of Columbia) (see District of Columbia Minimum Wage Act) | Sponsor | Nolan Minimum Wage Law (District of Columbia) (see District of Columbia Minimum Wage Act) | "District of Columbia minimum-wage law" | John Ignatius Nolan, (R-CA) | ch 174, 40 Stat 960 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000124 |
short title at end - "District of Columbia minimum-wage law"; Nolan was pro-labor rep from CA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_I._Nolan | ||||
| Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009 | Acrostic | Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009 | "Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009" or "Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009" | 5 USC 5304 | 111-84, div A, title XIX, subtitle B (s1911 et seq) | 123 Stat 2619 | Y | short title at beginning of subtitle B | ||||
| Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act | Honor | Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act | "Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act" | Rep. Norman Y. Mineta, Chairman of Public Works and Transportation Committee 1993-1994, and Secretary of Transportation, 2001-2006. | 49 USC 101 (note) | 108-426 | 118 Stat 2423 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000794 |
short title; transportation | ||
| Norris Act (Conveyances by Union Pacific Ry. Co.) | Sponsor | Norris Act (Conveyances by Union Pacific Ry. Co.) | NO short title | Rep. George William Norris, (R- NE) | ch 181, 37 Stat 138 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139 |
nothing in statute |