Database of Federal Statute Names

A political cartoon lampooning the Embargo Act of 1807

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 Popular Names

Title Type Popular Name Short Title Named For? Classification PL Statute At Large Date(s) Enactedsort descending Interesting Part Statutized? Leads to other named Legislation Link/Source Notes
Curt Flood Act of 1998 Honor Curt Flood Act of 1998 "Curt Flood Act of 1998" Curt Flood was a Major League Baseball player who challenged the league's reserve clause in a suit that went before the Supreme Court as Flood v. Kuhn. He died of throat cancer the day before the bill was introduced. 15 USC 1 (note) 105-297 112 Stat 2824 Y

Introductory remarks of Sen. Hatch (S 53), CR S418, Jan. 21, 1997.

 Amends the Clayton Act to specify that baseball is subject to antitrust laws. Named for MLB player Curt Flood, who was litigant in SCOTUS case Flood v. Kuhn that overturned Federal Baseball Club. Senate and House bills were introduced on the first day of the 105th Congress. The House version (introduced by Conyers) was HR 21, for Flood's uniform number for the Cardinals.
Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007 Honor Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007 "Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007" Dr. James Allen is a professor of opthamology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine. He worked for 33 years at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Wisconsin. (Bill sponsored by Rep. Tammy Baldwin (WI)). 38 USC 101 (note) 110-157 121 Stat 1831 Y

H. Rept. 110-057
Independent Offices Act, 1931 Description Independent Offices Act, 1931 "Independent Offices Act, 1931" Ch. 201, 46 Stat 229
Dent Act Sponsor Dent Act NO short title Rep. Stanley Hubert Dent, Jr., (D-AL) ch. 94, 40 Stat 1272 X

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000256

 nothing in statute; granting emergency power to the Secretary of War -- maybe Dent is secretary of war?
Luce Patent Act Sponsor Luce Patent Act NO short title Rep. Robert Luce (R-MA) ch. 619, 53 Stat 1293 X

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000498

 nothing in statute
Heyburn Act (Pure Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) Sponsor Heyburn Act (Pure Food and Drugs) (see Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906) NO short title Sen. Weldon Brinton Heyburn, (R-ID) ch 3915, 34 Stat 768 X

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000554

 nothing in statute
No entry Description No entry "Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1937" Ch. 489, 49 Stat 1421
Dill-Rayburn Communications Act Sponsor Dill-Rayburn Communications Act "Communications Act of 1934" Sen. Clarence Cleveland Dill, (D-WA); Rep. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, (D-TX) 47 USC 609 ch 652, 48 Stat 1064 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000345; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000082

 "Dill-Rayburn" not statutized; short title at end - "Communications Act of 1934" (creating FCC)
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
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Act Honor John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Act "John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Act" Sen. John Chafee (RI) who died on October 24, 1999. Introduced after Chafee's death, though Congressional record indicates he worked on the law. 16 USC 3501 106-167 113 Stat 1803 Y

CR S14005-14007, Nov. 4, 1999.

 statutory title -- law is specifically to redesignate the Coastal Barrier Resources System in John Chafee's name

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