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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clason Naturalization Act | Sponsor | Clason Naturalization Act | NO short title | Rep. Charles Clason (R-MA) | ch. 512, 54 Stat 715 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000473 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (renamed McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act) | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (renamed McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act) | "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 42 USC 11301 | 100-77 | 101 Stat 482 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
McKinney was the principal author of the Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act, which was renamed for him in 1987. http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/spec/ead/ms2154.xml | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Johnson-O'Malley Act | Sponsor | Johnson-O'Malley Act | NO short title | Rep. Thomas David Patrick O'Malley (D-WI); Sen. Hiram Warren Johnson (R-CA) | 25 USC 452 (note) | ch. 147, 48 Stat 596 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000087; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000140 |
name not statutized | |||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Uniform Sales Act" | Ch. 43, 50 Stat 29 | ||||||||
| Federal Switchblade Act | Description | Federal Switchblade Act | NO short title | 15 USC 1241 | 85-623 | 72 Stat 562 | N | not statutized (though amended in 1986 by 100 Stat 3207) | ||||
| Crawford National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act | Institution | Crawford National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act | "Crawford National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act" | Fish hatchery previously named "Crawford" | 104-215 | 110 Stat 3018 | N | short title - fish hatchery was already named Crawford | ||||
| Legislative Pay Act of 1929 | Description | Legislative Pay Act of 1929 | "Legislative Pay Act of 1929" | Ch. 33, 46 Stat 32 | ||||||||
| Tariff Act of 1922 | Description | Tariff Act of 1922 | "Tariff Act of 1922" | Ch. 356, 42 Stat 858 | ||||||||
| Pomerene Bills of Lading Act (Interstate Commerce) | Sponsor | Pomerene Bills of Lading Act (Interstate Commerce) | NO short title | Sen. Atlee Pomerene, (D-OH) | ch 415, 39 Stat 538 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000420 |
nothing in statute |