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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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 | |||
Third Liberty Bond Act | Description | Third Liberty Bond Act | "The Third Liberty Bond Act" | AMENDED two other acts to give them short tiles: The First Liberty Bond Act and The Second Liberty Bond Act | Ch. 44, 40 Stat 505 | |||||||
Kinkaid Act (Homestead Entries in Nebraska) | Sponsor | Kinkaid Act (Homestead Entries in Nebraska) | NO short title | Rep. Moses Kinkaid (R-NE), introduced | 43 USC 224 | ch. 1801, 33 Stat 547 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000221; http://blog.nebraskahistory.org/?p=663 |
name not statutized; amended Homestead Act to allow for homesteads in NE | |||
May Army Officer Strength Act | Sponsor | May Army Officer Strength Act | NO short title | Rep. Andrew Jackson May (D-KY) | ch 146, 52 Stat 216 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000272 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Tucker Act (Admiralty-Limitations) | Sponsor | Tucker Act (Admiralty-Limitations) | NO short title | Most likely Rep. John Randolph Tucker (D-VA), who was not the sponsor of this Act, but of the 1887 Tucker Act. | ch 315, 47 Stat 420 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000401 |
refers by name to Tucker Act of Mar 3, 1887, 24 Stat. 505 | ||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1936" | Ch. 131, 49 Stat 247 | ||||||||
Linthicum-Moses Act (see Foreign Service Act) | Sponsor | Linthicum-Moses Act (see Foreign Service Act) | NO short title | Rep. John Charles Linthicum, (D-MA); Sen. George Higgins Moses, (R-N.H.) | ch 182, 43 Stat 140 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000340; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001028 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act | Institution | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act | "Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act" | Sen. Hubert Humphrey (MN) and Sen. Everett Dirksen (IL). | 20 USC 2566 (note) | 95-270 | 92 Stat 220 | Y |
Humphrey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953; Dirksen - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000360 |
authorizing funds for institutes already named for Humphrey and Dirksen | ||
Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act | Description | Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act | "Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act" | 106-430 | 114 Stat 1901 | N | short title at beginning of statute | |||||
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008 | Honor | Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008 | "Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008" | Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, after her death on August 20, 2008, in recognition of her decision to donate her organs. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-413 | 122 Stat 4338 | Y |
Findings included in original bill, HR 6950, passed House on 9/25/2008. |
short title and long title; establishing medal named for STJ |