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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 | Honor | Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 | "Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009" | Rep. Duncan Lee Hunter, chair of the House Armed Services Committee, retired in 2008. | 110-417 | 122 Stat 4356 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000981 |
title of bill and short title; Hunter was chair of House Armed Services but was a Republican -- this bill was passed by the Dems in 2008 | |||
| Celler Act (Liquor Prescriptions) | Sponsor | Celler Act (Liquor Prescriptions) | NO short title | Rep. Emanuel Celler, (D-N.Y.) | ch. 18, 48 Stat 23 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Amendments Act of 1992 | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Amendments Act of 1992 | "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Amendments Act of 1992" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 42 USC 11301 (note) | 102-550, title XIV | 106 Stat 4012 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
short title | ||
| QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005 | Description | QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005 | "QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005" | 42 USC 1305 | 109-91 | 119 Stat 2091 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Macon's Law | Sponsor | Macon's Law | NO short title | Rep. Nathanial Macon (D-NC) | ch. 39, 2 Stat 605 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000034 |
nothing in statute; foreign trade | ||||
| Air Commerce Act of 1926 | Description | Air Commerce Act of 1926 | "Air Commerce Act of 1926" | Ch. 34, 44 Stat 568 | ||||||||
| Reynolds Aviation Training Act (see Army Aviation Cadet Act) | Sponsor | Reynolds Aviation Training Act (see Army Aviation Cadet Act) | "Army Aviation Cadet Act" | Sen. Robert R. Reynolds (D-NC), Chairman of Committee on Military Affairs after the death of Sen. Morris on April 9, 1941 | ch 165, 55 Stat 239 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000179 |
short title at end - "Army Aviation Cadet Act" | ||||
| Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 | Honor | Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 | "Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990" | Spark M. Matsunaga, Representative and Senator from Hawaii, died on April 15, 1990. | 42 USC 12401 (note) | 101-566 | 104 Stat 2797 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000250 |
long title and short title; establishing program named for Matsunaga; Senator from HI, died in April 1990 | ||
| Tariff Act of 1922 | Description | Tariff Act of 1922 | "Tariff Act of 1922" | Ch. 356, 42 Stat 858 | ||||||||
| Gold Star Mothers Act | Sponsor | Gold Star Mothers Act | NO short title | ch 659, 50 Stat 660 | X | nothing in statute |