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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celler-Hennings Act of 1958 | Sponsor | Celler-Hennings Act of 1958 | NO short title | Rep. Emanuel Celler, (D-NY); Sen. Thomas Carey Hennings, Jr., (D-MO). | 28 USC 334 | 85-752 | 72 Stat 845 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000264; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000502 |
name not statutized | ||
| Walsh-Healey Act | Sponsor | Walsh-Healey Act | NO short title | Sen. David Walsh, (D-MA); Rep. Arthur Healey (D-MA) | 41 USC 101 (note) | ch 881, 49 Stat 2036 | Y |
Walsh - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000097; Healey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000423 |
amended to include "Walsh-Healey Act" as short title in 1994 by 108 Stat 3409 | |||
| Jones Act (Puerto Rico) (see Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act) | Sponsor | Jones Act (Puerto Rico) (see Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act) | NO short title | Rep. William Atkinson Jones, (D-VA) | 48 USC 731 | ch 145, 39 Stat 951 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000259 |
Jones not statutized, included in note in code | |||
| Crosser-Wheeler Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (see Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act) | Sponsor | Crosser-Wheeler Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (see Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act) | "Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act" | Rep. Robert Crosser, (D-OH); Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT). | 45 USC 367 | ch 680, 52 Stat 1094 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000932; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330 |
short title at end; "Crosser-Wheeler" not statutized | |||
| Humphrey-Hawkins Act (see Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978) | Sponsor | Humphrey-Hawkins Act (see Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978) | "Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978" | Sen. Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (D-MN); Rep. Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins; (D-CA) | 15 USC 3101 | 95-523 | 92 Stat 1887 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000367 |
name not statutized; short title at beginning | ||
| Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993 | Sponsor | Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993 | "Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993" | Rep. William Hatch, (D-MO) | 5 USC 7301 | 103-94 | 107 Stat 1001 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000339 |
unumbered section 1; amends Hatch Political Activity Act | ||
| Glass-Steagall Act, 1932 | Sponsor | Glass-Steagall Act, 1932 | NO short title | Sen. Carter Glass (D-VA) and Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | 12 USC 226 (note)/12 USC 347a, 347b, 412 | ch. 58, 47 Stat 56 | Y |
Glass - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232; Steagall - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
Statutized by 94 Stat 188, but note in code (at at 12 USC 93a) indicates that the Glass-Steagall Act referred to in text is "probably" the 1933 act not the 1932 act | |||
| Porter Resolution (Narcotic Drugs) | Sponsor | Porter Resolution (Narcotic Drugs) | NO short title | Rep. Stephen Geyer Porter, (R-PA) | ch 190, 42 Stat 1431 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000447 |
nothing in statute; asking President to ask other countries not to grow so many drugs | ||||
| Wilcox Air Base Act | Sponsor | Wilcox Air Base Act | NO short title | Rep. James Wilcox (D-FL) | ch 511, 49 Stat 610 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000455 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Lowden Act (Purchase of Embassy Buildings, etc.) | Sponsor | Lowden Act (Purchase of Embassy Buildings, etc.) | NO short title | Rep. Frank Orren Lowden, (R-IL) | 22 USC 133 | ch. 105, 36 Stat 917 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000472 |
Repealed by ch. 250, Section 7, 44 Stat 405; not statutized |