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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Brooks Act (Data Processing) (see Brooks Automatic Data Processing Act) | Sponsor | Brooks Act (Data Processing) (see Brooks Automatic Data Processing Act) | NO short title | Rep. Overton Brooks (D-LA) | 89-306 | 79 Stat 1127 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000884 |
nothing in statute; Same as above. Originally passed June 30, 1949 but PL and USSL cited is much later. No information about name in statute. | |||
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1938 | Description | Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1938 | "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 223, 50 Stat 169 | ||||||||
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" | |||
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 | |||||
OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 | Description | OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 | "OPEN FOIA Act of 2009" | 5 USC 101 | 111-83, title V, s 564 | 123 Stat 2184 | N | short title at beginning of S 564; OPEN is capitalized but no sign that it's an acronym | ||||
Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933 | Description | Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933 | "Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933" | Ch. 30, 48 Stat 55 | ||||||||
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. | ||||
Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 | Honor/Sponsor | Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 | "Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994" | Sen. Howard M. Metzenbaum (OH), retired in 1994. | 42 USC 1305 (note) | 103-332, title V, part E, subpart 1 (Section 551) | 108 Stat 4056 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000678 |
short title; about foster care | ||
SAFE Port Act | Acrostic | SAFE Port Act | "Security and Accountabilty For Every Port Act of 2006" or "SAFE Port Act" | 6 USC 901 | 109-347 | 120 Stat 1884 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Curtis Act (Indians in Indian Territory) | Sponsor | Curtis Act (Indians in Indian Territory) | NO short title | Rep. Charles Curtis (R-KS), future chair of the committee on Indian Depredations | ch. 517, 30 Stat 495 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001008 |
nothing in statute |