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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Military Appropriation Act, 1938 | Description | Military Appropriation Act, 1938 | "Military Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 423, 50 Stat 442 | ||||||||
| Railway Labor Act | Description | Railway Labor Act | "Railway Labor Act" | 45 USC 151 | Ch. 691, 48 Stat 1185 | |||||||
| Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act | Honor | Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act | "Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act" | Rep. Sonny Bono (CA), former entertaininer, died in a skiing accident on January 5, 1998. | 17 USC 101 (note) | 105-298, title I | 112 Stat 2827 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000622 |
short title; Bono died Jan 5, 1998 | ||
| Chimp Haven is Home Act | Institution | Chimp Haven is Home Act | "Chimp Haven is Home Act" | Chimp Haven is a "retirement community" for lab chimps. | short title see 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-170 | 121 Stat 2465 | Y | Closed a loophole in the CHIMP Act that would have allowed retired lab chimps to return to labs under some circumstances. Chimp Haven is the "retirement community" - http://www.chimphaven.org/view-news.cfm?id=38 | |||
| 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" | |||
| Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1988 | Honor | Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1988 | "Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1988" | Sen. Jacob K. Javits (NY), died in 1986. | 20 USC 3061 | 89-10, title IV, part B (section 4101)/100-297, title I, section 1001 | 102 Stat 237 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000064 |
short title; Javits was a Senator from NY | ||
| Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1932 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1932 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1932" | Ch. 281, 46 Stat 1355 | ||||||||
| Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 | Honor/Sponsor | Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 | "Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988" | Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins (CA) was chairman of the Education and Labor Committee at the time the bill passed. Sen. Robert T. Stafford (VT) retired in 1988. Hawkins sponsored the House legislation but Stafford was not the sponsor of the Senate vehicle. | 20 USC 6301 | 100-297 | 102 Stat 130 | Y |
Hawkins - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000367; Stafford - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000776 |
short title; Gus Hawkins was chair of the Ed and Labor Comm at the time; Stafford was Sen from VT (Stafford loans are named for him) but was not Ed Comm chair | ||
| Emergency Adjusted Compensation Act, 1931 | Description | Emergency Adjusted Compensation Act, 1931 | "Emergency Adjusted Compensation Act, 1931" | Ch. 318, 46 Stat 1429 |