Database of Federal Statute Names

A political cartoon lampooning the Embargo Act of 1807

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 Popular Names

Title Type Popular Name Short Title Named For? Classification PL Statute At Large Date(s) Enactedsort ascending Interesting Part Statutized? Leads to other named Legislation Link/Source Notes
Webb Exporter Combination Act (see Webb-Pomerene Act) Sponsor Webb Exporter Combination Act (see Webb-Pomerene Act) NO short title Rep. Edwin Yates Webb, (D-N.C.) 15 USC 66 ch 50, 40 Stat 516 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000231

 see "Webb-Pomerene Act"
Northern Pacific Halibut Act Description Northern Pacific Halibut Act "Northern Pacific Halibut Act" Ch. 154, 47 Stat 142
Nelson Act (Alaska Roads, Schools, and Insane) Sponsor Nelson Act (Alaska Roads, Schools, and Insane) NO short title Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) ch 277, 33 Stat 616 N

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040

 created segregated public schools in Alaska.
Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act Political Description Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act "Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act" 49 USC 40101 108-176 117 Stat 2490 N short title at beginning of statute
GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 Abbreviation GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 "GPRA Modernization Act of 2010" 31 USC 1101 111-352 124 Stat 3866 N short title at beginning of statute; Government Performance and Results Act.
Capper-Lenroot-Anderson Act (Agricultural Credits) (see Agricultural Credits Act of 1923) Sponsor Capper-Lenroot-Anderson Act (Agricultural Credits) (see Agricultural Credits Act of 1923) "Agricultural Credits Act of 1923" Sen. Arthur Capper, (R-KA); Sen. Irvine Luther Lenroot, (R-WI); Rep. Sydney Anderson, (R-MN) 12 USC 1151 et seq ch 252, 42 Stat 1454 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000241; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000233

 not statutized (repealed)
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act Honor Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act "Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act" Rep. Sonny Bono (CA), former entertaininer, died in a skiing accident on January 5, 1998. 17 USC 101 (note) 105-298, title I 112 Stat 2827 Y

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000622

 short title; Bono died Jan 5, 1998
Green Jobs Act of 2007 Political Description Green Jobs Act of 2007 "Green Jobs Act of 2007" 29 USC 2801 110-140, title X 121 Stat 1748 N short title at beginning of title X
Wilson Act (aka Original Packages Act) Sponsor Wilson Act (aka Original Packages Act) NO short title Sen. James Wilson (R-IA) 27 USC 121 (note) ch 728, 26 Stat 313 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000594

 name not statutized; but both names are listed under short title note; see also Andrew Alexander Bruce, The Wilson Act and the Constitution, Green Bag, Vol. 21, Issue 5 (May 1909) and 21 Cong. Rec. 4954 (1890).
Mrs. Murphy (Civil Rights Act) Exemption Undefined Mrs. Murphy (Civil Rights Act) Exemption NO short title Mrs. Murphy was not a real person, but a hypothetical small boarding house owner, who would be exempted from the requirements of the Civil Rights Act. The hypothetical character was created by Republican Senator George Aiken of Vermont and the name caught on. 42 USC 3603(b)(2) 90-284, title VIII, section 803(b)(2) 82 Stat 82 N

James D. Walsh, Reaching Mrs. Murphy: A Call for Repeal of the Mrs. Murphy Exemption to the Fair Housing Act, 34 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 605 (1999) at n. 3.

 name not statutized

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