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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Capper-Tincher Act (Grain Futures) (See Commodity Exchange Act) | Sponsor | Capper-Tincher Act (Grain Futures) (See Commodity Exchange Act) | "The Grain Futures Act" | Sen. Arthur Capper, 1919-45, (R-KA); Rep. Jasper Napoleon Tincher, (R-KA | 7 USC 1 | ch 369, 42 Stat 998 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000282 |
"Capper-Tincher" not statutized | |||
Capper-Lenroot-Anderson Act (Agricultural Credits) (see Agricultural Credits Act of 1923) | Sponsor | Capper-Lenroot-Anderson Act (Agricultural Credits) (see Agricultural Credits Act of 1923) | "Agricultural Credits Act of 1923" | Sen. Arthur Capper, (R-KA); Sen. Irvine Luther Lenroot, (R-WI); Rep. Sydney Anderson, (R-MN) | 12 USC 1151 et seq | ch 252, 42 Stat 1454 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000241; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000233 |
not statutized (repealed) | |||
Capper-Ketcham Act | Sponsor | Capper-Ketcham Act | NO short title | Sen. Arthur Capper (R-KS) and Rep. John Ketcham (R-MI) | 7 USC 343 | ch. 687, 45 Stat 711 | Y |
Capper - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; Ketcham - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000151 |
statutized by reference in 67 Stat 84 (1953) | |||
Capeheart Housing Act | Sponsor | Capeheart Housing Act | NO short title | Sen. Homer Capeheart (R-IN) | ch. 783, 69 Stat 646 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000128 |
no name in statute, although it specifies that it amends the "National Housing Act" | ||||
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 | ||||
Camp W. G. Williams Land Exchange Act of 1989 | Location | Camp W. G. Williams Land Exchange Act of 1989 | At Title IX - "Camp W. G. Williams Land Exchange Act of 1989" | Army National Guard camp named for Brigadier Gen. W. G. Williams | 101-628 (title IX) | 104 Stat 4499 | Y | short title at Title IX; name of camp | ||||
Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 (aka K.T. Safety Act of 2007) | Victim | Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 (aka K.T. Safety Act of 2007) | "Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007" or "K.T. Safety Act of 2007" | Named for Cameron Gulbransen, 2-yr-old who was killed when his father backed over him in the driveway. | 49 USC 30111 | 110-189 | 122 Stat 639 | Y |
http://www.citizen.org/autosafety/article_redirect.cfm?ID=17564 |
written as title; short title has both Gulbransen and "K.T. Safety Act of 2007" | ||
CALM Act | Acrostic | CALM Act | "Commercial Advertisment Loudness Mitigation Act" or "CALM Act" | 47 USC 621 | 111-311 | 124 Stat 3294 | Y | both in short title at the beginning of statute | ||||
Calder Act (Daylight Savings Act) | Sponsor | Calder Act (Daylight Savings Act) | NO short title | Sen. William Calder (D-NY) | 15 USC 261 | ch. 24, 40 Stat 450 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000025 |
Calder Act statutized by 114 Stat 2811; (amend an act ��_��__��_��___ commonly known as the "Calder Act") | |||
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 |