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 |
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Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 2000 | Location | Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 2000 | "Jackson Multi-Agency Campus Act of 2000" | Jackson, WY | 106-272 | 114 Stat 797 | Y | short title; Jackson, WY | ||||
SAFETEA-LU | Acrostic | SAFETEA-LU | Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or "SAFETEA-LU" | Supposedly named for Lu Young, Rep. Don Young's wife. | 23 USC 101 | 109-59 | 119 Stat 1144 | Y |
http://www.adn.com/2009/08/02/885403/lu-young-wife-of-rep-don-young.html |
short title at beginning - "Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users" or "SAFETEA-LU" | ||
PRICE of Homeland Security Act | Acrostic | PRICE of Homeland Security Act | "Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act of 2008" or "PRICE of Homeland Security Act" | 6 USC 101 | 110-412 | 122 Stat 4336 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act | Honor | Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act | "Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act" | President Dwight D. Eisenhower | 20 USC 2981 | 89-10, title II, part A; 100-297, title I, Section 1001 | 102 Stat 219 | Y | short title of Part A of PL 100-297 enacted Apr 28, 1988 | |||
Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act | Honor | Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act | "Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act" | Rep. George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (TX), was Chairman of the Select Committee on Hunger. Killed in an aircraft crash in Ehtiopia while en route to a UN refugee camp. | 7 uSC 1691 (note) | 101-624, title XV, subtitle A (section 1511) | 104 Stat 3633 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
short title at 1511; | ||
William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998 | Honor/Sponsor | William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998 | "William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 1998" | Rep. William F. Goodling (PA), was Chairman of Committee on Education and the Workforce at the time. Retired in 2000. | 42 USC 1751 (note) | 105-336 | 112 Stat 3143 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000291 |
Goodling's name added in Conference -- and Goodling was a conferee! See H. Rept. 105-786. | ||
Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004 | Political Description | Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004 | "Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004" | 42 USC 1441 note | 108-285 | 118 Stat 917 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 | Honor | Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 | "Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008" | Rep. Thomas Lantos (CA), was Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs until his death on Feb. 11, 2008. | 50 USC 1701 (note) | 110-286 | 122 Stat 2632 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000090 |
short title | ||
Saltonstall-Kennedy Act | Sponsor | Saltonstall-Kennedy Act | NO short title | Sen. Leverett Saltonstall (MA); unsure which Kennedy | 15 USC 713c-3 (note) | ch 696, section 2, 53 Stat 1412 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000021 |
The 1939 Act is referred to in statute by S. 210, 94 Stat 3287 (1980) as "commonly referred to as the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act", but Saltonstall was not in Congress in 1939, so it seems more likely that Saltonstall-Kennedy was one of the amendments. | |||
Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006 | Acrostic | Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006 | "Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006" | 26 USC 1 note | 109-432, div A, title III | 120 Stat 2948 | Y | short title at beginning of Title III; this would be more interesting if it is NOT called the "HOPE Act", which in fact it is not in the PNT |