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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booth Act (California School Lands) | Sponsor | Booth Act (California School Lands) | NO short title | Sen. Newton Booth (Ind. Rep. - CA) | ch 81, 19 Stat 267 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000630 |
no name in statute | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1919" | Ch. 39, 40 Stat 1161 | ||||||||
| Wagner-Lewis $500,000,000 Emergency Relief Act (see A.A.A. Farm Relief and Inflation Act) | Sponsor | Wagner-Lewis $500,000,000 Emergency Relief Act (see A.A.A. Farm Relief and Inflation Act) | NO short title | Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) (1927-1949); Probably Sen. James H. Lewis (D-IL), who was Democratic whip at the time, but unclear. No conferees were named Lewis in either chamber and no Lewis played a significant role in the debates. (Though it is clear that Sen. Lewis was present and asking questions -- no Lewis appears in the House proceedings at all.) | ch 25, 48 Stat 31 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000284 |
nothing in statute; Neither the Lewis in the House or Senate participated in the debates on the bill and neither was a conferee; Sen. Lewis didn't even vote on the conference report | ||||
| Tobacco Inspection Act | Description | Tobacco Inspection Act | "Tobacco Inspection Act" | 7 USC 511q | Ch. 623, 49 Stat 731 | |||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act) | Abbreviation | JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act) | "Job Training Partnership Act" | 29 USC 1501 | 97-300 | 96 Stat 1322 | N | short title at beginning of statute; JTPA is in PNT but not in statute | ||||
| Paul D. Coverdell World Wide Schools Act of 2000 | Honor | Paul D. Coverdell World Wide Schools Act of 2000 | "Paul D. Coverdell World Wide Schools Act of 2000" | Sen. Paul Coverdell (GA), died in office on July 18, 2000. | 22 USC 2517 (note) | 106-570, title VI | 114 Stat 3051 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000813 |
short title and section title; findings about Coverdell | ||
| Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009 | Acrostic | Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009 | "Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009" or "Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009" | 5 USC 5304 | 111-84, div A, title XIX, subtitle B (s1911 et seq) | 123 Stat 2619 | Y | short title at beginning of subtitle B |