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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsh Act (Contempts) | Sponsor | Walsh Act (Contempts) | NO short title | Sen. Thomas J. Walsh (D-MT) | ch 762, 44 Stat 835 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000104 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 | Honor | Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 | "Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008" | Rep. Thomas Lantos (CA), was Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs until his death on Feb. 11, 2008. Rep. Henry J. Hyde (IL), was Chair of the Committee on International Relations, died on Nov. 29, 2007. | 22 USC 7601 (note) | 110-293 | 122 Stat 2918 | Y |
Lantos - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000090; Hyde - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001022 |
short title | ||
| John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008 | Honor | John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008 | "John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008" | Named for late John Reid Justice, who served as a solicitor for the Sixth Judicial Circuit in S.C., and who was an advocate for student loan repayment assistance for public sector attorneys. | 42 USC 3711 (note) | 110-315, title IX, part E (section 951) | 122 Stat 3470 | Y |
H.Rpt. 110-148 |
short title of part E | ||
| Gaylord A. Nelson Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Wildneress Act | Award | Gaylord A. Nelson Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Wildneress Act | "Gaylord A. Nelson Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Wildneress Act" | Sen. Gaylord Anton Nelson, dem, Senate: 1963-1981, Wisconsin. Founder of Earth Day; Presidential medal of freedom. This is a tribute statute. | 16 USC 1132 | 108-447, div. E, Title I, Section 140 | 118 Stat 3069 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000033 |
short title; statute also conferred the name "Gaylord A. Nelson" on the wilderness area | ||
| Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act | Description | Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act | "Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act" | Ch. 202, 42 Stat 596 | ||||||||
| Doughton Unemployment Compensation Act | Sponsor | Doughton Unemployment Compensation Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Doughton (D-NC) | ch. 73, 53 Stat 581 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000448 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Federal Farm Loan Act | Description | Federal Farm Loan Act | "Federal Farm Loan Act" | ch. 245, 39 Stat. 360 | ||||||||
| Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935 | Description | Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935 | "Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935" | Ch. 747, 49 Stat 888 | ||||||||
| Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act | Description | Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act | "Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act" | 106-430 | 114 Stat 1901 | N | short title at beginning of statute | |||||
| Quiet Communities Act of 1978 | Political Description | Quiet Communities Act of 1978 | "Quiet Communities Act of 1978" | 42 USC 4901 | 95-609 | 92 Stat 3079 | N | short title at beginning of statute; amending Noise Control Act of 1972 |