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 |
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Frank Annunzio Act | Honor | Frank Annunzio Act | "Frank Annunzio Act" | Rep. Frank Annunzio (IL), retired in 1992. | 20 USC 5701 (note) | 102-281 | 106 Stat 139 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000212 |
Creating Christopher Columbus coins and fellowships. | ||
Fourth Liberty Bond Act | Description | Fourth Liberty Bond Act | "The Fourth Liberty Bond Act" | Ch. 142, 40 Stat 844 | ||||||||
Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act | Award | Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act | "Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act" | Awarding Congressional Gold Medal to the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. | 31 USC 5111 (note) | 109-287 | 120 Stat 1231 | Y | title and short title; awarding congressional gold medal | |||
Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 | Description | Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 | "Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926" | Ch. 250, 44 Stat 403 | ||||||||
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 | Abbreviation | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 | "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008" or the "FISA Amendments Act of 2008" | 50 USC 1801 | 110-261 | 122 Stat 2436 | N | short title at the beginning of statute; what's interesting here is that "FISA" is not part of the short title of the original bill, but it has clearly come to be known by the acronym | ||||
Fordney-McCumber Act (see Tariff Act of 1922) | Sponsor | Fordney-McCumber Act (see Tariff Act of 1922) | "Tariff Act of 1922" | Rep. Joseph Warren Fordney, (R-MI); Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-N.D.) | ch 356, 42 Stat 858 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000271; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397 |
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Force Act of 1870 | Description | Force Act of 1870 | NO short title | ch 114, 16 Stat 140 | X | nothing in statute | ||||||
Force Act (Suits Against Revenue Officers) | Description | Force Act (Suits Against Revenue Officers) | NO short title | ch 57, S3, 4 Stat 633 | X | nothing in statute | ||||||
Foraker Act (Puerto Rico) | Sponsor | Foraker Act (Puerto Rico) | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Foraker (R-OH), Chairman of Comm. On Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico | ch 191, 31 Stat 77 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000253 |
aka Puerto Rico Civil Code; nothing in short title | ||||
FOR VETS Act of 2010 | Acrostic | FOR VETS Act of 2010 | "Formerly Owned Resources for Veterans to Express Thanks for Service Act of 2010" or "FOR VETS Act of 2010" | 40 USC 101 | 111-338 | 124 Stat 3590 | Y | short title at beginning of statute |