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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Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act | Honor | Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act | "Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992" | Rep. Morris K. Udall (AZ) and his brother Rep. Stewart L. Udall (AZ) | 20 USC 5601 (note) | 102-259 | 106 Stat 78 | Y | Establishing scholarship foundation honoring Morris Udall; Stewart Udall added in 2009. | |||
ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004 | Acrostic | ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004 | "Ensuring Needed Help Arrives Near Callers Employing 911 Act of 2004" or "ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004" | 47 USC 901 | 108-494, title I | 118 Stat 3986 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Nelson Act (Criminal Appeals) (see Criminal Appeals Act) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Criminal Appeals) (see Criminal Appeals Act) | NO short title | Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 2564, 34 Stat 1246 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040 |
nothing in statute; see U.S. v. Mersky, 361 U.S. 431 (1960) at n. 5. | ||||
Walsh Act (Contempts) | Sponsor | Walsh Act (Contempts) | NO short title | Sen. Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT) | ch 762, 44 Stat 835 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000104 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Burke-Wadsworth Act (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Burke-Wadsworth Act (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940" | Sen. Edward Raymond Burke (D-S.D.); Rep. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., (R-N.Y.) | 50 USC App 301 et seq | ch 720, 54 Stat 885 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001089; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000012 |
short title is "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940"; "Burke-Wadsworth" not statutized | |||
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 | ||
Food and Forage Act | Description | Food and Forage Act | NO short title | ch 84, S 10, 12 Stat 220 | X | R.S. 3732; nothing in statute | ||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937" | Ch 277, 50 Stat 213 | ||||||||
Hump Law | Description | Hump Law | NO short title | The "hump" was the colloquial term used for the large group of officers commissioned during WWII. The law provides for a path to promotion by expanding the ranks of higher officers. | 86-155 | 73 Stat 333 | N |
105 Cong. Rec. 3227 (Mar. 4, 1959), Statement of Rep. Thornburry (PA). |
don't see anything helplful in statute, but law deals with Navy so maybe "Hump" is a naval term? | |||
Harriet Tubman Special Resource Study Act | Honor | Harriet Tubman Special Resource Study Act | "Harriet Tubman Special Resource Study Act" | Harriet Tubman, "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. | 106-516 | 114 Stat 2404 | Y | short title; directing resources to study the possible creation of a national historic site associated with Harriet Tubman |