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 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Bland Ship Requisitioning Act (see Ship Seizure Bill) | Sponsor | Bland Ship Requisitioning Act (see Ship Seizure Bill) | NO short title | Rep. Schuyler Otis Bland, (D-VA) | 50 USC App 1271 | ch 174, 55 Stat 242 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000545 |
name not statutized | |||
| Kern-McGillicuddy Act (See Federal Employees' Compensation Act (1916)) | Sponsor | Kern-McGillicuddy Act (See Federal Employees' Compensation Act (1916)) | NO short title | Sen. John Worth Kern, (D-IN); Rep. Daniel John McGillicuddy, (D-ME) | ch 458, 39 Stat 742 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000132; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000448 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Miller-Tydings Fair Trade Act (see Fair Trade Act) | Sponsor | Miller-Tydings Fair Trade Act (see Fair Trade Act) | NO short title | Sen. John Miller (D-AR); Sen. Millard Tydings (D-MD) | ch 690, title VIII, 50 Stat 693 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000738; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000446 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Financial Stability Act of 2010 | Political Description | Financial Stability Act of 2010 | "Financial Stability Act of 2010" | 12 USC 5301 | 111-203, title I | 124 Stat 1391 | Y | short title at beginning of title I; full bill is Dodd-Frank | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sponsor | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | "Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002" | Sen. Paul Sarbanes, (D-MD); Rep. Michael Oxley (R-OH) | 15 USC 7201 (note) | 107-204 | 116 Stat 745 | Y |
Nance Lucas, An Interview with United States Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NXD/is_1_11/ai_n25101748/; Sarbanes-Oxley Essential Information, sox-online.com, http://www.sox-online.com/basics.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000064; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000163 |
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 |