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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 | Acrostic | CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 | "Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 or CAN-SPAM Act of 2003" | 15 USC 7701 | 108-187 | 117 Stat 2699 | N | both in short title at the beginning of statute | ||||
| Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988 | Acrostic | Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988 | "Health Omnibus Programs Extension Act of 1988" | 42 USC 201 note | 100-607 | 102 Stat 3048 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; this would be more interesting if it is NOT called the "HOPE Act", which in fact it is not in the PNT | ||||
| Wagner-Steagall Housing Act | Sponsor | Wagner-Steagall Housing Act | "United States Housing Act Amendments of 1938" | Sen. Robert Ferdinand Wagner, (D-N.Y.); Rep. Henry Bascom Steagall, (D-AL) | ch 554, title VI, 52 Stat 820 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000021; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
short title at end of Title VI (only applies to title VI) | ||||
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act | Honor | Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act | "Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act" | President Dwight D. Eisenhower | 20 USC 2981 | 89-10, title II, part A; 100-297, title I, Section 1001 | 102 Stat 219 | Y | short title of Part A of PL 100-297 enacted Apr 28, 1988 | |||
| Dutch John Federal Property Disposition And Assistance Act of 1998 | Location | Dutch John Federal Property Disposition And Assistance Act of 1998 | "Dutch John Federal Property Disposition And Assistance Act of 1998" | Dutch John, UT | 16 USC 460v (note) | 105-326 | 112 Stat 3040 | Y |
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| ED 1.0 Act | Political Description | ED 1.0 Act | "ED 1.0 Act" | 47 USC 902 (note) | 110-161, div. B, title V, Section 536 | 121 Stat 1932 | N | titled in statute (functionally a short title); providing grants for wireless communication on certain college campuses -- really not clear what "ED 1.0" maens | ||||
| Liquor Taxing Act of 1934 | Description | Liquor Taxing Act of 1934 | "Liquor Taxing Act of 1934" | Ch. 1, 48 Stat 313 | ||||||||
| Welch Act | Sponsor | Welch Act | NO short title | Rep. Richard Welch (R-CA) | ch 814, 45 Stat 776 | X | nothing in statute; DC civil service | |||||
| Hayden-Cartwright Act (see Federal Highway Act of 1938) | Sponsor | Hayden-Cartwright Act (see Federal Highway Act of 1938) | "Federal Highway Act" | Sen. Carl Trumbell Hayden, (D-AZ); Rep. Wilburn Cartwright, (D-OK) | ch 119, 42 Stat 212 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000385; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000207 |
short title at beginning "Federal Highway Act"; Section 2 specifies that two other acts will be referred to as the "Federal Aid Act" | ||||
| Red Light Abatement Act (District of Columbia) | Description | Red Light Abatement Act (District of Columbia) | NO short title | ch 16, 38 Stat 280 | N | nothing in statute; about prostitution, "houses of lewdness" |