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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitman-Bloom Act (see Neutrality Act of 1939) | Description | Pitman-Bloom Act (see Neutrality Act of 1939) | "Neutrality Act of 1939" | 22 USC 441 | ch 2, 54 Stat 4 | N | joint resolution; short title at end - "Neutrality Act of 1939"; "Pitman-Bloom" not statutized | |||||
| Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 | Description | Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 | "Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935" | Ch. 648, title II, 48 Stat 1021 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Fourth Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933" | Ch. 100, 48 Stat 274 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1922" | Ch. 104, 42 Stat 437 | ||||||||
| Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1933 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1933 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1933" | Ch. 330, 47 Stat 452 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1936" | Ch. 131, 49 Stat 247 | ||||||||
| Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996 | Description | Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996 | "Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996" | The law this bill repealed required that all tea imported had to be tested for quality, not just safety. | 21 USC 41 | 104-128 | 110 Stat 1198 | Y | repealing the Tea Importation Act | |||
| Trading with the enemy Act | Description | Trading with the enemy Act | "Trading with the Enemy Act" | NOTE - referred to by Ch. 64, 40 Stat 535 (passed 4/28/1918) | ||||||||
| I Am An American Day Act | Description | I Am An American Day Act | NO short title | ch 183, 54 Stat 178 | N | funny name - proclaiming name of day as "I Am An American Day" | ||||||
| Life Insurance Act | Description | Life Insurance Act | "Life Insurance Act" | Ch. 672, 48 Stat 1125 |