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 |
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| 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 | ||||
| Glass Reserve Note Act (see Federal Reserve Act) | Sponsor | Glass Reserve Note Act (see Federal Reserve Act) | "Federal Reserve Act" | Rep. Carter Glass (D-VA) | 12 USC 226 | ch 6, 38 Stat 251 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232 |
short title - "Federal Reserve Act" - beginning of statute; Rep. Carter Glass was chair of the House Banking and Currency Committee and sponsored the bill | |||
| 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). | ||
| Rural AED Act | Abbreviation | Rural AED Act | "Rural Access to Emergency Devices Act" or "Rural AED Act" | 42 USC 254c note | 106-505, title IV, subtitle B (S411) | 114 Stat 2340 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle B | ||||
| Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 | Victim | Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 | "Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008" | Ryan Haight was 18 when he died from an overdose of prescription drugs he purchased on the Internet. | 21 USC 801 (note) | 110-425 | 122 Stat 4820 | Y |
http://www.getsmartaboutdrugs.com/stories/ryan_haights_story.html |
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| Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933 | Description | Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933 | "Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933" | Ch. 30, 48 Stat 55 | ||||||||
| Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II of 1992 | Location | Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II of 1992 | "Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II of 1992" | Located in South Dakota | 102-575, title XX | 106 Stat 4677 | Y |
http://articles.aberdeennews.com/2011-06-25/news/29701394_1_charles-mix-... |
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| STEP Act | Acrostic | STEP Act | "Supporting Teens through Education and Protection Act of 2005" or "STEP Act" | 42 USC 14043c-3(a) | 103-322, title IV, S 41204; as added 109-162, title III, S 303 | 119 Stat 3010 | Y | short title at beginning of section |