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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railway Labor Act | Description | Railway Labor Act | "Railway Labor Act" | 45 USC 151 | Ch. 691, 48 Stat 1185 | |||||||
| McCarran Amendment (Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1953) | Sponsor | McCarran Amendment (Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1953) | NO short title | Sen. Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-NV) | 43 USC 666 | ch. 651, title II, section 208(a)-(c ), 66 Stat 560 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308; |
name not statutized | |||
| Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 | Honor/Sponsor | Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 | "Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994" | Sen. Howard M. Metzenbaum (OH), retired in 1994. | 42 USC 1305 (note) | 103-332, title V, part E, subpart 1 (Section 551) | 108 Stat 4056 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000678 |
short title; about foster care | ||
| SAFE Port Act | Acrostic | SAFE Port Act | "Security and Accountabilty For Every Port Act of 2006" or "SAFE Port Act" | 6 USC 901 | 109-347 | 120 Stat 1884 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Curtis Act (Indians in Indian Territory) | Sponsor | Curtis Act (Indians in Indian Territory) | NO short title | Rep. Charles Curtis (R-KS), future chair of the committee on Indian Depredations | ch. 517, 30 Stat 495 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001008 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Victory Liberty Loan Act | Description | Victory Liberty Loan Act | "Victory Liberty Loan Act" | Ch. 100, 40 Stat 1209 | ||||||||
| Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1932 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1932 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1932" | Ch. 281, 46 Stat 1355 | ||||||||
| McCumber Act (Pensions) | Sponsor | McCumber Act (Pensions) | NO short title | Sen. Porter James McCumber (R-ND) | ch 468, 34 Stat 879 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000397 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act | Sponsor | Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act | NO short title | Sen. Robert Wagner (NY) and Rep. Caroline O'Day (NY) were in Congress when the original provision was passed in 1938, but Sen. Jacob Javits (NY) was not elected to Congress until 1957. The act was revised in 1971 (85 Stat 77) and it is possible Javits was the sponsor of that amendment. | ch. 697, 52 Stat 1196 | Y |
Wagner - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; O'Day - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000033; Javits - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000064 |
nothing in statute; creating committee on purchasing blind-made products; amended to add short title "Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act" by 108 Stat 3409 in 1994; THIS IS THE ONLY SPONSOR STATUTE NAMED FOR A WOMAN | ||||
| Miller Act | Sponsor | Miller Act | NO short title | Rep. John Miller (D-AR) | ch 642, 49 Stat 793 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000738 |
amended to include short title "Miller Act" by 108 Stat 3409 in 1994 |