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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco Inspection Act | Description | Tobacco Inspection Act | "Tobacco Inspection Act" | 7 USC 511q | Ch. 623, 49 Stat 731 | |||||||
| Mahaffie Act | Honor | Mahaffie Act | NO short title | Charles D. Mahaffie, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission | ch. 180, 62 Stat 162 | X |
Note, Solicitation of Assents to Railroad Reorganization Plans Under Section 20B of the Interstate Commerce Act, 62 Yale L.J. 806 (1953) at n. 1. |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Parker-Watson Act (see Railway Labor Act) | Sponsor | Parker-Watson Act (see Railway Labor Act) | "Railway Labor Act" | Rep. James Southworth Parker (R-NY); Sen. James Watson (R-IN) | 45 USC 151 | ch 347, 44 Stat 577 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000062; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000203 |
name not statutized | |||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1919" | Ch. 39, 40 Stat 1161 | ||||||||
| Wiley Act (Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) | Honor | Wiley Act (Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) | NO short title | Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, head of the Division of Chemistry and crusader for pure food and drug laws. | ch 3915, 34 Stat 768 | X |
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/History/Overviews/ucm056044.htm |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Father Theodore M. Hesburgh Congressional Gold Medal Act | Award | Father Theodore M. Hesburgh Congressional Gold Medal Act | "Father Theodore M. Hesburgh Congressional Gold Medal Act" | Father Theodore Hesburgh was president of Notre Dame University. | 31 USC 5111 (note) | 106-153 | 113 Stat 1733 | Y | title of statute and short title; awarding congressional gold medal | |||
| John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008 | Honor | John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008 | "John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008" | Named for late John Reid Justice, who served as a solicitor for the Sixth Judicial Circuit in S.C., and who was an advocate for student loan repayment assistance for public sector attorneys. | 42 USC 3711 (note) | 110-315, title IX, part E (section 951) | 122 Stat 3470 | Y |
H.Rpt. 110-148 |
short title of part E | ||
| Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act | Honor | Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act | "Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act" | Silvo Conte was a champion of preservation, including of the Connecticut River. | 16 USC 668dd (note) | 102-212 | 105 Stat 1655 | Y |
Findings in text of legislation. |
long title and short title; establishing refuge named for Conte, findings | ||
| Gaylord A. Nelson Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Wildneress Act | Award | Gaylord A. Nelson Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Wildneress Act | "Gaylord A. Nelson Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Wildneress Act" | Sen. Gaylord Anton Nelson, dem, Senate: 1963-1981, Wisconsin. Founder of Earth Day; Presidential medal of freedom. This is a tribute statute. | 16 USC 1132 | 108-447, div. E, Title I, Section 140 | 118 Stat 3069 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000033 |
short title; statute also conferred the name "Gaylord A. Nelson" on the wilderness area | ||
| Dawes Act (Indians) (see Indian General Allotment Act) | Sponsor | Dawes Act (Indians) (see Indian General Allotment Act) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Laurens Dawes, (R-MA) | 25 USC 331 | ch 119, 24 Stat 388 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000148 |
nothing in statute; name not statutized |