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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Anti-Smuggling Act | Description | Anti-Smuggling Act | "Anti-Smuggling Act" | 19 USC 1701 | Ch. 438, 49 Stat 517 | |||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1931" | Ch. 522, 46 Stat 1552 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1923" | Ch. 29, 42 Stat 1154 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act of 1935" | Ch. 89, 48 Stat 467 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1924" | Ch. 4, 43 Stat 672 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933" | ch. 26, 47 Stat 780 | ||||||||
Motor Carrier Act, 1935 | Description | Motor Carrier Act, 1935 | "Motor Carrier Act, 1935" | Ch. 498, 49 Stat 543 | ||||||||
Hall-Mark Act | Description | Hall-Mark Act | NO short title | Hallmark is what is stamped on Gold and Silver to certify purity | 15 USC 291 | ch. 720, 33 Stat 732 | N |
(Dictionary) |
Hallmark not statutized - statute prohibits stamping of gold and silver with "U.S. assay" (still on books, never amended); No one in Congress named Hall at the time and no one ever named Mark; Seems to be "Hallmark" | |||
No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1932" | Ch. 12, 47 Stat 15 | ||||||||
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) | Description | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) | NO short title | 18 USC 1961 ntoes | 91-452, title IX, 901(a) | 84 Stat 941 | N | title of Title IX but no short title |