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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assisstance Act | Honor | Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assisstance Act | "Disaster Relief Act of 1974" | Robert T. Stafford, Representative and Senator from Vermont, helped shepherd the original bill. | 42 USC 5121 (note) | 93-288 | 88 Stat 143 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000776; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stafford |
short title amended to include "Robert T. Stafford" by 102 Stat 4689 (1988) | ||
| Gasque Spanish War Pensions Act | Sponsor | Gasque Spanish War Pensions Act | NO short title | Rep. Allard Gasque (D-SC) | ch. 268, 52 Stat 440 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000092 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Wheeler Coal-Miners Act (see Railroad Retirement Act of 1937) | Sponsor | Wheeler Coal-Miners Act (see Railroad Retirement Act of 1937) | NO short title | Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT) | 45 USC 231t | 88 Stat 1305 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330 |
Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 retdirects to Railroad Retirement Act of 1974; Seems to have initiall been 1934, then updated in 1937 then in 1974, but it's unclear where the Coal Miners come in.; 88 Stat 1305: title I short title at end "Railroad Retirement Act of 1974", still unclear where Coal Minders; "Wheeler" not statutized | |||
| 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 | ||||
| LEGACY Act of 2003 | Acrostic | LEGACY Act of 2003 | "Living Equitably: Grandparents Aiding Children and Youth Act of 2003" or "LEGACY Act of 2003" | 12 USC 1701q | 108-186, title II | 117 Stat 2688 | Y | short title at beginning of title II | ||||
| Manderson Act (Printing and Binding) | Sponsor | Manderson Act (Printing and Binding) | NO short title | Sen. Charles Manderson (R-NE) | ch. 23, 28 Stat 601 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000095 |
nothing in statute; establishes Public Printer - maybe name was first printer? | ||||
| National Firearms Act | Description | National Firearms Act | "National Firearms Act" | 26 USC 5849 | Ch. 757, 48 Stat 1236 | |||||||
| National Labor Relations Act | Description | National Labor Relations Act | "National Labor Relations Act" | Ch. 372, 49 Stat 449 | ||||||||
| Hobbs Act (Anti-Racketeering) | Sponsor | Hobbs Act (Anti-Racketeering) | NO short title | Rep. Samuel Francis Hobbs, (D-AL) | 18 USC 1951 | ch. 537, 60 Stat 420 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000663 |
name not statutized |