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 |
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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 | ||
Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (see Serve America Act) | Sponsor | Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (see Serve America Act) | "Serve America Act" | Sen. Edward Kennedy, (D-MA) | 42 USC 12501 | 111-13 | 123 Stat 1460 | Y |
David M. Herszenhorn, Senate Moves to Expand National Service Programs, N.Y. Times, Mar. 26, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/us/politics/27cong.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch1.asp |
short title is "Serve America Act" but long title is "An Act Entitled The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and reform the national service laws." | ||
Smith-Sears Act | Sponsor | Smith-Sears Act | NO short title | Rep. William Joseph Sears (D-FL); Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) | ch 107, 40 Stat 617 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000211; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551 |
nothing in statute; vocational ed for vets | ||||
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 | |||
Clason Naturalization Act | Sponsor | Clason Naturalization Act | NO short title | Rep. Charles Clason (R-MA) | ch. 512, 54 Stat 715 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000473 |
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 | |||
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 | ||||
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 | |||
The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sponsor | The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000393; http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.111-tv-284 |
Was not listed in PNT. Legislative gave the opportunity for citizenship to refugees from Communist countries if they served in the US armed forces for 5 years. Participants became known as "Lodge Act Soldiers." Sponsored by Sen Henry Cabot Lodges. I9 |