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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steagall Commodity Credit Act | Sponsor | Steagall Commodity Credit Act | NO short title | Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | ch 270, 55 Stat 498 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990 | Political Description | Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990 | "Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990" | 42 USC 12501 | 101-610, title I, subtitle B, S 110 | 104 Stat 3132 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle B, part I | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Borah Act | Sponsor | Borah Act | NO short title | Sen. William Borah (R-ID) | ch 777, 50 Stat 810 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000634 |
no name in statute | ||||
| Hickenlooper Amendment | Sponsor | Hickenlooper Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Bourke Hickenlooper (R-IA) who introduced the amendment. Though Rep. Hays apparently claimed co-parentage of the amendment (see W. Averell Harriman, The Protection of Foreign Investment and the Hickenlooper Amendment, 112 U.Penn.L.Rev. 1116, http://www.jstor.org/pss/3310530) | 22 USC 2370 (e )(2) | 88-633, part III, Section 301(d)(4) | 78 Stat 1013 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000559 |
Unclear why the Hickenlooper Amendment listed in the PNT is from 1964. It was first attached to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1962 (76 Stat 255). | ||
| Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 | Description | Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 | "Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002" | Adds "born-alive infant" to defintion of "person" in 1 USC 1 | 1 USC 1 note | 107-207 | 116 Stat 926 | N |
Text of legislation |
short title at beginning of statute | ||
| Pay it Back Act | Political Description | Pay it Back Act | "Pay It Back Act" | 12 USC 5201 | 111-203, title XIII | 124 Stat 2133 | Y | short title at beginning of title XII of Dodd-Frank | ||||
| George Bush School of Government and Public Service Act | Institution | George Bush School of Government and Public Service Act | "George Bush School of Government and Public Service Act" | President George H.W. Bush | 104-319, Title IV | 110 Stat 3867 | Y | title and short title; providing funds and assistance for establishing George Bush Fellowship Program at George Bush School of Management and Public Service at Texas A&M | ||||
| Eugene Land Conveyance Act | Location | Eugene Land Conveyance Act | "Eugene Land Conveyance Act" | Eugene, OR | 109-457 | 120 Stat 3392 | N | short title; Eugene refers to city | ||||
| Newlands Resolution (Annexation of Hawaii) | Sponsor | Newlands Resolution (Annexation of Hawaii) | NO short title | Rep. Francis Newlands (D-NV) | No. 55, 30 Stat 750 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000069 |
nothing in statute |