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) Enacted Interesting Part Statutized?sort ascending Leads to other named Legislation Link/Source Notes
Ashurst-Sumners Act Sponsor Ashurst-Sumners Act NO short title Sen. Henry Fountain Ashurst, (D-AZ); Rep. Hatton William Sumners, (D-TX) ch. 406, 48 Stat 909 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000319; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072
Lanham Public War Housing Act Sponsor Lanham Public War Housing Act NO short title Rep. Fritz Garland Lanham, (D-TX) 42 USC 1501 (note) ch. 862, 54 Stat 1125 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000076

 name not statutized
Talmadge-Aiken Act Sponsor Talmadge-Aiken Act NO short title Sen. Herman Eugene Talmadge, (D-GA); Sen. George David Aiken, (R-VT). 7 USC 450 87-718 76 Stat 663 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000035; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000062

 not statutized
Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act Victim Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act NO short title; section titleg is "Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics" Jeanne Cleary was a 19-year-old freshman at Lehigh University who was raped and murdered in her residence hall in 1986. 20 USC 1092(f)(18) 89-329, title IV, section 485(f)/101-542, title II, section 204(a) 104 Stat 2385 N

http://www.e2campus.com/jeanne_clery_act_story.htm

 no short title, section title is "Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics" (no mention of name); "jeanne cleary" not statutized
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
ED 1.0 Act Political Description ED 1.0 Act "ED 1.0 Act" 47 USC 902 (note) 110-161, div. B, title V, Section 536 121 Stat 1932 N titled in statute (functionally a short title); providing grants for wireless communication on certain college campuses -- really not clear what "ED 1.0" maens
USA PATRIOT Act Acrostic USA PATRIOT Act "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) Act" 18 USC 1 107-56 115 Stat 272 N
President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994 Description President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994 "President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994" 44 USC 2107 (note) 103-345 108 Stat 3128 N short title and named in long title
No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009 Political Description No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009 "No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009" 42 USC 1305 111-115 123 Stat 3029 N short title at beginning of statute
Hayden-Cartwright Act (see Federal Highway Act of 1938) Sponsor Hayden-Cartwright Act (see Federal Highway Act of 1938) "Federal Highway Act" Sen. Carl Trumbell Hayden, (D-AZ); Rep. Wilburn Cartwright, (D-OK) ch 119, 42 Stat 212 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000385; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000207

 short title at beginning "Federal Highway Act"; Section 2 specifies that two other acts will be referred to as the "Federal Aid Act"

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