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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norris Muscle Shoals Act (see Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933) | Description | Norris Muscle Shoals Act (see Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933) | "Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933" | Norris (Sen.) Muscle Shoals Bill was vetoed by Hoover, but then became the basis for the TVA Act in 1933 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_Shoals_Bill | 16 USC 831 | ch 32, 48 Stat 58 | N | "norris" not statutized; short title at beginning | ||||
| Norris-LaGuardia Act (Labor Disputes) | Sponsor | Norris-LaGuardia Act (Labor Disputes) | NO short title | Sen. George William Norris, (R-NE); Rep. Fiorello H. La Guardia, (R-N.Y.) | 29 USC 101 (note) | ch 90, 47 Stat 70 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000007 |
name not statutized | |||
| Norris-Rayburn Rural Electrification Act (see Rural Electrification Act of 1936) | Sponsor | Norris-Rayburn Rural Electrification Act (see Rural Electrification Act of 1936) | "Rural Electrification Act of 1936" | Sen. George William Norris, (R-NE); Rep. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, (D-TX) | 7 USC 901 | ch 432, 49 Stat 1363 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082 |
"Norris-Rayburn" not statutized; short title at beginning | |||
| Northern Pacific Halibut Act | Description | Northern Pacific Halibut Act | "Northern Pacific Halibut Act" | Ch. 154, 47 Stat 142 | ||||||||
| O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991 | Description | O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991 | "O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991" | 8 USC 1101 (note) | 102-232, title II | 105 Stat 1736 | N | short title; "O" and "P" refer to sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act | ||||
| O'Mahoney-Hatch Act | Sponsor | O'Mahoney-Hatch Act | NO short title | Sen. Joseph O'Mahoney (D-WY); Sen. Carl Hatch (D-NM) | ch 916, 60 Stat 950 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000088; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000334 |
nothing in statute; mineral rights | ||||
| O'Mahoney-Ramspeck Act (Civil Service Extension to Postmasters) | Sponsor | O'Mahoney-Ramspeck Act (Civil Service Extension to Postmasters) | NO short title | Sen. Josehlp O'Mahoney (D-WY); Rep. Robert Ramspeck (D-GA) | ch 678, 52 Stat 1076 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000088; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000032 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Oh! Grab Me Act (Embargo 1807) | Political Description | Oh! Grab Me Act (Embargo 1807) | NO short title | Name came from political cartoons ridiculing the tariff act as too stringent. | ch 5, 2 Stat 451 | N | Embargo Act of 1807 | |||||
| OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 | Description | OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 | "OPEN FOIA Act of 2009" | 5 USC 101 | 111-83, title V, s 564 | 123 Stat 2184 | N | short title at beginning of S 564; OPEN is capitalized but no sign that it's an acronym | ||||
| OPEN Government Act of 2007 | Acrostic | OPEN Government Act of 2007 | "Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007" or "OPEN Government Act of 2007" | 5 USC 101 | 110-175 | 121 Stat 2524 | Y | short title at beginning of statute |