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 | "Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936" | Ch. 49, 49 Stat 1109 | ||||||||
| Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1937 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1937 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1937" | Ch. 156, 49 Stat 1167 | ||||||||
| Coolie Trade Prohibition Act | Description | Coolie Trade Prohibition Act | No short title, but long title includes "Coolie Trade" | The "Coolie Trade" refers to the trafficking of persons from Asia, mostly China and India, to work as slaves or low-wage laborers. The term "Coolie" is a perjorative. | ch. 27, 12 Stat 340 | Y | "Coolie Trade" actually in the name of the statute: "An Act to prohibit the "Coolie Trade" by American Citizens in American Vessels | |||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1936" | Ch. 39, 49 Stat 67 | ||||||||
| First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928 | Description | First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928 | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928" | ch. 5, 45 Stat 2 | ||||||||
| Banking Act of 1933 | Description | Banking Act of 1933 | "Banking Act of 1933" | 12 USC 227 | Ch. 89, 48 Stat 162 | |||||||
| Agricultural Credits Act of 1923 | Description | Agricultural Credits Act of 1923 | "Agricultural Credits Act of 1923" | Ch. 252, 42 Stat 1454 | ||||||||
| Carriage of Goods by Sea Act | Description | Carriage of Goods by Sea Act | "Carriage of Goods by Sea Act" | 46 USC 30701 | Ch. 229, 40 Stat 1207 | |||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920" | Ch. 93, 41 Stat 327 | ||||||||
| Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 | Description | Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 | "Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935" | Ch. 48, 49 Stat 115 |