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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Hobbs Bridge Act (aka the Truman-Hobbs Act) | Sponsor | Hobbs Bridge Act (aka the Truman-Hobbs Act) | NO short title | Rep. Samuel Francis Hobbs, (D-AL); Sen. Henry Styles Bridges, (R-N.H.) | 33 USC 511 (note) | ch. 409, 54 Stat 497 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000823 |
name not statutized | |||
Hatch Political Activity Act | Sponsor | Hatch Political Activity Act | NO short title | Sen. Carl Hatch (D-NM) | ch. 410, 53 Stat 1147 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000334 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Cable Act (Naturalization and Citizenship Act of Married Women) (see Married Women's Citizenship Act) | Sponsor | Cable Act (Naturalization and Citizenship Act of Married Women) (see Married Women's Citizenship Act) | NO short title | Rep. John Levi Cable, (R-OH) | ch. 411, 42 Stat 1021 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000007 |
no name in statute | ||||
Davis-Bacon Act | Sponsor | Davis-Bacon Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert L. Bacon (R-NY) (1923-1938); Sen. James John Davis (R-PA) (1930-1945) | 40 U.S.C. 3141-3148 | ch. 411, 46 Stat 1494 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000019; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000111 |
statutized as "Davis-Bacon Act" by 116 Stat. 1062 (2002); also listed in PNT as "Bacon-Davis Act" | |||
Knutson-Vandenberg Act | Sponsor | Knutson-Vandenberg Act | NO short title | Rep. Harold Knutson (R-MN) and Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (R-MI) | 16 USC 576 (note) | ch. 416, 46 Stat 527 | Y |
Knutson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000301; Vandenberg - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000025 |
statutized by reference to Knutson-Vandenberg funds in 115 Stat 452 | |||
Federal Register Act | Description | Federal Register Act | "Federal Register Act" | Ch. 417, 49 Stat 500 | ||||||||
Bland Merchant Marine Act | Sponsor | Bland Merchant Marine Act | NO short title | Rep. Schuyler Otis Bland (D-VA) | ch. 417, 53 Stat 1182 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000545 |
no name in statute, amending the Merchant Marine Act | ||||
Hawaiian Organic Act | Description | Hawaiian Organic Act | "Hawaiian Organic Act" | Ch. 42, 41 Stat 108 | ||||||||
Boulder Canyon Project Act | Description | Boulder Canyon Project Act | "Boulder Canyon Project Act" | Ch. 42, 45 Stat 1056 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Third Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933" | Ch. 42, 48 Stat 47 |