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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 | Honor | John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 | "John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007" | Sen. John Warner (VA), chair of Senate Armed Services Comm. | 109-364 | 120 Stat 2083 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000154 |
short title and findings about John Warner; House version was named for Sonny Montgomery | |||
| Purnell Act (Corn Borer Eradication) | Sponsor | Purnell Act (Corn Borer Eradication) | NO short title | Rep. Fred Sampson Purnell, (R-IN) | 7 USC 146 | ch 90, 44 Stat 1065 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000573 |
not statutized; corn borer was a kind of pest | |||
| Jennifer's Law | Victim | Jennifer's Law | "Jennifer's Law" | Jennifer Wilmer, who went missing at age 21 in 1993 from California. | 42 USC 14661 (note) | 106-177, title II | 114 Stat 36 | Y |
http://www.jwrc.org/KeepKidsSafe/SexualOffenders101/LegislationBackgroun... |
name of title and short title; grant awards to missing person's programs | ||
| Wadsworth-Burke Bill (see Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) | Sponsor | Wadsworth-Burke Bill (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 | 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 at end - "Selective Training and Service Act of 1940"; "Wadsworth-Burke" not statutized | |||
| Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (Renamed Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act) | Honor | Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (Renamed 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) | 20 USC 5601 | 102-259 | 106 Stat 78 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000001 |
short title at beginning - "Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992" | ||
| Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 | Description | Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 | "Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937" | 12 USC 1141j(e ) | Ch. 296, 50 Stat 246 | |||||||
| Pittman Act | Sponsor | Pittman Act | NO short title | Sen. Key Pittman, (D-NE) | ch 63, 40 Stat 535 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372 |
nothing in statute; about silver and gold and coinage | ||||
| HOME Investment Partnerships Act | Abrreviation | HOME Investment Partnerships Act | "HOME Investment Partnerships Act" | 42 USC 12701 | 101-625, title II | 104 Sat 4094 | Y | short title at beginning of title II; HOME is capitalized but does not seem to be an acronym | ||||
| The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sponsor | The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000393; http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.111-tv-284 |
Was not listed in PNT. Legislative gave the opportunity for citizenship to refugees from Communist countries if they served in the US armed forces for 5 years. Participants became known as "Lodge Act Soldiers." Sponsored by Sen Henry Cabot Lodges. I9 | ||||||
| Baldwin Amendment | Sponsor | Baldwin Amendment | NO short title | Rep. John Finley Baldwin, Jr., (R-CA) | Amending 1USC 23 | 89-139 section 4(a) | 79 Stat 578 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000092 |
"Baldwin" not statutized; highway safety programs |