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 | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1919" | Ch. 39, 40 Stat 1161 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Life Insurance Act | Description | Life Insurance Act | "Life Insurance Act" | Ch. 672, 48 Stat 1125 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Tobacco Inspection Act | Description | Tobacco Inspection Act | "Tobacco Inspection Act" | 7 USC 511q | Ch. 623, 49 Stat 731 | |||||||
| Boggs Act | Sponsor | Boggs Act | NO short title | Rep. Thomas Hale Boggs (D-LA) | 21 USC 174 | ch. 666, 65 Stat 767 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000594 |
name not statutized, repealed | |||
| President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994 | Description | President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994 | "President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994" | 44 USC 2107 (note) | 103-345 | 108 Stat 3128 | N | short title and named in long title | ||||
| 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 |