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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McSweeney-McNary Act (see Forest Products Act) | Sponsor | McSweeney-McNary Act (see Forest Products Act) | NO short title | Rep. John McSweeney (D-OH) and Sen. Charles McNary (R-OR) | 16 USC 581 | 45 Stat 699 | Y |
McSweeney - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000606; McNary - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000583 |
statutized by reference in repeal through 92 Stat 356 | |||
| Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002 | Honor | Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002 | "Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002" | Rep. Gerald B. H. Solomon (NY) who died in 2001. | 22 USC 1928 (note) | 107-187 | 116 Stat 590 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000675 |
short title naming bill for Solomon added in Committee | ||
| Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act | Honor/Victim | Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act | "Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act" | Samuel Hicks was a Special Agent with the FBI, killed on duty in 2008. | 5 USC 101 (note) | 111-178 | 124 Stat 1262 | Y | short title; PA FBI agent killed in 2008 | |||
| Claiborne Pell Institute for International Relations and Public Policy Act | Honor | Claiborne Pell Institute for International Relations and Public Policy Act | "Claiborne Pell Institute for International Relations and Public Policy Act" | grant to establish and maintain a center at Salve University named for Sen. Claiborne Pell (RI) | 104-319, title III | 110 Stat 3867 | Y | title of Title III and short title | ||||
| U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 | Acrostic | U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 | "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001" or "U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006" | 15 USC 58 | 109-455 | 120 Stat 3372 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Moses Agreement (Indian Land Patents) | Undefined | Moses Agreement (Indian Land Patents) | NO short title | Chief Moses of the Sinkiuse-Columbia Tribe, signed an agreement with the Interior Dept. in 1883, which the law ratified. | ch 180, 23 Stat 79 | X |
http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8870 |
nothing in statute; this is unclear b/c it seems to be smack in the middle of a longer statute about numerous Indian Tribes | ||||
| Mitchell Act (Columbia River Basin Fishery Development) | Honor | Mitchell Act (Columbia River Basin Fishery Development) | NO short title | Hugh C. Mitchell, director of Fish Culture for the State of Oregon in the 1930s | 16 USC 755 | ch 193, 52 Stat 345 | N |
http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/entry/view/mitchell_act_1938_/ |
name not statutized | |||
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center Act | Honor | Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center Act | "Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center Act" | President Dwight D. Eisenhower | 92-520 | 86 Stat 1019 | Y | title in enacting clause; also strange b/c the bill starts at Sec 2 | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Farm Credit Act of 1935" | Ch. 164, 49 Stat 313 | ||||||||
| Lea Act (Radio-Coercive Practices) | Sponsor | Lea Act (Radio-Coercive Practices) | NO short title | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA) | 47 USC 506 | ch. 138, 60 Stat 89 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163 |
name not statutized (repealed) |