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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purnell Act (Corn Borer Eradication) | Sponsor | Purnell Act (Corn Borer Eradication) | NO short title | Rep. Fred Sampson Purnell, (R-IN) | 7 USC 146 | ch 90, 44 Stat 1065 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000573 |
not statutized; corn borer was a kind of pest | |||
| Purnell Act of 1925 | Sponsor | Purnell Act of 1925 | NO short title | Rep. Fred Sampson Purnell, (R-IN) | ch 308, 43 Stat 970 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000573 |
nothing in statute; agriculture | ||||
| QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 | Description | QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 | "QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008" | 42 USC 14305 | 110-379 | 122 Stat 4075 | N | short title at beginning of statute; QI stands for Qualifying Individual, but is only spelled out in Section 2 | ||||
| QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005 | Description | QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005 | "QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005" | 42 USC 1305 | 109-91 | 119 Stat 2091 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Quiet Communities Act of 1978 | Political Description | Quiet Communities Act of 1978 | "Quiet Communities Act of 1978" | 42 USC 4901 | 95-609 | 92 Stat 3079 | N | short title at beginning of statute; amending Noise Control Act of 1972 | ||||
| Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) | Description | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) | NO short title | 18 USC 1961 ntoes | 91-452, title IX, 901(a) | 84 Stat 941 | N | title of Title IX but no short title | ||||
| Railroad Retirement Act | Description | Railroad Retirement Act | "Railroad Retirement Act" | Ch. 868, 48 Stat 1283 | ||||||||
| Railway Labor Act | Description | Railway Labor Act | "Railway Labor Act" | 45 USC 151 | Ch. 691, 48 Stat 1185 | |||||||
| Raker Act | Sponsor | Raker Act | NO short title | Rep. John Edward Raker, (D-CA) | ch 4, 38 Stat 242 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000019 |
nothing in statute; granting land access rights in Yosemite to the city of SFO | ||||
| Raker Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | Sponsor | Raker Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | NO short title | Rep. John Edward Raker, (D-CA) | 43 USC 511 | ch 190, 42 Stat 541 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000019 |
name not statutized |