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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act | Sponsor | Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act | NO short title | Sen. Hoke Smith (D-GA) and Rep. Dudley Hughes (D-GA) | 20 USC 11 (note) | ch 114, 39 Stat 929 | Y |
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/aee501/camp.html; Smith - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000551; Hughes - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000920 |
"Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act" statutized by 60 Stat 775 | |||
| 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 |
Text of legislation |
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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 | |||||
| Filled Cheese Act | Description | Filled Cheese Act | NO short title | ch 337, 29 Stat 253 | X | |||||||
| Webb-Pomerene Act (Export Trade) | Sponsor | Webb-Pomerene Act (Export Trade) | NO short title | Rep. Edwin Webb (D-NC) and Sen. Atlee Pomerene (D-OH) | 15 USC 66 | ch 50, 40 Stat 516 | Y |
Webb - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000231; Pomerene - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000420 |
"Webb-Pomerene" is codified at 15 USC 66, added by 90 Stat 1397 (Hart-Scott-Rodino) | |||
| Rankin World War Widows Act | Sponsor | Rankin World War Widows Act | NO short title | Rep. John Rankin (D-MS) | ch 214, 52 Stat 352 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000056 |
nothing in statute |