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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Act (Foreign Service) (see Foreign Service Act) | Sponsor | Rogers Act (Foreign Service) (see Foreign Service Act) | NO short title | Rep. John Jacob Rogers (R-MA) | ch 182, 43 Stat 140 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000400 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act | Victim | Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act | "Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act" | Danny Keysar was a 17-month-old child killed in 1998 when a portable crib collapsed on him. | 15 USC 2056a(a) | 110-314, title I, Section 104 | 122 Stat 3028 | Y |
http://schakowsky.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14... |
short title at Section 104(a) | ||
| O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991 | Description | O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991 | "O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991" | 8 USC 1101 (note) | 102-232, title II | 105 Stat 1736 | N | short title; "O" and "P" refer to sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act | ||||
| Chris Zajicek Memorial Land Exchange Act of 2004 | Honor | Chris Zajicek Memorial Land Exchange Act of 2004 | "Chris Zajicek Memorial Land Exchange Act of 2004" | Likely named for Chris Zajicek, accquisition specialist w/ the US Forest Service. | 108-447, div. E, Title III, Section 347 | 118 Stat 3106 | Y |
http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/101600/met_4344221.html |
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| White Act (Collisions on Great Lakes) | Sponsor | White Act (Collisions on Great Lakes) | NO short title | Most likely Rep. George Elon (R-IL) (other White was from CA) | 33 USC 241 | ch 64, 28 Stat 645 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000371 |
name not statutized | |||
| Wagner-Lea Act (see Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Investment Company Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wagner-Lea Act (see Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Investment Company Act of 1940) | short title at end of title I - "Investment Company Act of 1940"; short title at end of title II - "Investment Advisers Act of 1940" | Rep. Clarence Frederick Lea, (D-CA); Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-NY) | 15 USC 80a-51 | ch 686, title I, 54 Stat 789 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000163; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021 |
"Wagner-Lea" not statutized; Investment Advisers Act is ch 686, title II, 54 Stat 847, codified at 15 USC 80b-20 | |||
| Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 | Honor | Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 | "Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Improvement Act of 1987" | Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldridge, killed in a rodeo accident in July 1987. | 15 USC 3701 (note) | 100-107 | 101 Stat 724 | Y | long title is amending Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1990 to establish an award named for Malcom Baldridge | |||
| Tincher-Capper Act (Grain Futures) (see Commodity Exchange Act) | Sponsor | Tincher-Capper Act (Grain Futures) (see Commodity Exchange Act) | "The Grain Futures Act" | Sen. Arthur Capper, 1919-45, (R-KA); Rep. Jasper Napoleon Tincher, (R-KA) | 7 USC 1 | ch 369, 42 Stat 998 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000282 |
"Tincher-Capper" not statutized | |||
| Hop Marketing Act (see Agricultural Adjustment Act) | Description | Hop Marketing Act (see Agricultural Adjustment Act) | NO short title | 7 USC 601 | ch 25, title I, 48 Stat 31 | N | name not statutized |