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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liquor Tax Administration Act | Description | Liquor Tax Administration Act | "Liquor Tax Administration Act" | Ch. 830, 49 Stat 1939 | ||||||||
| Anti-Smuggling Act | Description | Anti-Smuggling Act | "Anti-Smuggling Act" | 19 USC 1701 | Ch. 438, 49 Stat 517 | |||||||
| District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act | Description | District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act | "District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act" | Ch. 465, 48 Stat 930 | ||||||||
| Stone Act | Description | Stone Act | NO short title | Stone almost certainly refers to the physical object. The act is referred to as the Building Stone Act at 43 CFR 3809.5. | 30 USC 161 | ch 375, 27 Stat 348 | N | name not statutized; about mining (stone as an object, probably not a name) | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Third Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933" | Ch. 42, 48 Stat 47 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1924" | Ch. 4, 43 Stat 672 | ||||||||
| Motor Carrier Act, 1935 | Description | Motor Carrier Act, 1935 | "Motor Carrier Act, 1935" | Ch. 498, 49 Stat 543 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1923" | Ch. 29, 42 Stat 1154 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1931" | Ch. 522, 46 Stat 1552 | ||||||||
| 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 |