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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| "SPARS" Act | Abbreviation | "SPARS" Act | NO short title | An acronym for the Coast Guard's motto, Semper Paratus, Always Ready | ch. 8, title IV, as added ch 639, S 1, 56 Stat 1020 |
02/19/1941 11/23/1942 |
Y |
http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/08/womens-equality-day-2011/uscg-spar... |
nothing in statute | |||
| ADAMHA Reorganization Act | Institution | ADAMHA Reorganization Act | "ADAMHA Reorganization Act" | 42 USC 201 | 102-321 | 106 Stat 323 | N | short title; ADAMHA = Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration | ||||
| Adams Act (Agricultural Experimental Stations) | Sponsor | Adams Act (Agricultural Experimental Stations) | NO short title | Rep. Henry Cullen Adams (R-WI) | 59 PL 47 | 34 Stat 63 | X |
The Adams Act, Charles E Rosenberg, Agricultural History, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3739939; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000037 |
Repealed Aug. 11, 1955 by 69 Stat 674 - repealing statute refers to it as the "Adams Act" | |||
| Adamson Law (Eight Hour Day) | Sponsor | Adamson Law (Eight Hour Day) | NO short title | Rep. William C. Adamson (D-GA_ | 45 USC 65 et seq | 39 Stat 721 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000051 |
name not statutized; | |||
| Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936 | Description | Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936 | "Adjusted Compensation Payment Act, 1936" | Ch. 32, 49 Stat 1099 | ||||||||
| Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 | Honor | Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 | "Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001" | Rear Admiral James Nance was an aide to Jesse Helms who died in May 1999 ; Meg Donovan was a Deputy Asst Secretary of State in the Clinton Admin and before that, a long-time staffer at House International Relations, who died in 1998 | 22 USC 2651 | 106-113 div B Section 1000(a)(7) | 113 Stat 1536, 1501A-405 | Y |
Nance - NYT Obit published 5/15/99 - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507EFD61F3FF936A25756C0A... Donovan - Cong record V. 145, Pt. 21, 31003, Nov 19, 1999 |
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| ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 | Acrostic | ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 | "Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2007" or "ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007" | 22 USC 8201 | 110-53 | 121 Stat 526 | Y | both are in short title at beginning of Title XXI of the "Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act" | ||||
| AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 | Abbreviation | AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 | "AGOA Accelleration Act of 2004" | 19 USC 3701 | 108-274 | 118 Stat 820 | N | short title is only abbrivation; amending the African Growth and Opportunity Act | ||||
| Agricultural Credits Act of 1923 | Description | Agricultural Credits Act of 1923 | "Agricultural Credits Act of 1923" | Ch. 252, 42 Stat 1454 | ||||||||
| Agricultural Marketing Act | Description | Agricultural Marketing Act | "Agricultural Marketing Act" | Ch. 24, 46 Stat 11 |