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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filled Cheese Act | Description | Filled Cheese Act | NO short title | ch 337, 29 Stat 253 | X | |||||||
| Curtis Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | Sponsor | Curtis Act (Reclamation and Irrigation) | NO short title | Sen. Charles Curtis, (R-KA) | 43 USC 468 | ch. 49, 36 Stat 902 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001008 |
name not statutized | |||
| Ramspeck-Mead Act | Sponsor | Ramspeck-Mead Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Ramspeck (D-GA); Sen. James Mead (D-NY) | ch 346, 55 Stat 613 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000032; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000615 |
nothing in statute; amending Classification Act of 1923 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1935" | Ch. 372, 48 Stat 817 | ||||||||
| Ellender Sugar Act (see Sugar Act of 1937) | Sponsor | Ellender Sugar Act (see Sugar Act of 1937) | NO short title | Sen. Allen Ellender (D-LA) | ch 898, 50 Stat 903 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000112 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Hawley Act (Settlement of Claims against Germany) | Sponsor | Hawley Act (Settlement of Claims against Germany) | NO short title | Rep. Willis C. Hawley (R-OR) (1907-1932) | ch. 402, 46 Stat 500 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000379 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002 | Acrostic | Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002 | "Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002" | 17 USC 101 | 107-273, div C, title III, subtitle C, S 13301 | 116 Stat 1910 | N | the obvious acronym is not listed in the PNT | ||||
| SPEECH Act | Acrostic | SPEECH Act | "Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act" or "SPEECH Act" | 28 USC 1 | 111-223 | 124 Stat 2380 | Y | short title at beginning of statute |