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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HELP Commission Act | Acrostic | HELP Commission Act | "HELP Commission Act" | 22 USC 2394b(a) | 108-199, div B, title VI, Section 637 | 118 Stat 101 | Y | short title at beginning of section; HELP Commission stands for "Helping to Enhance the Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission" | ||||
Pendleton Act (Civil Service) (see Civil Service Act) | Sponsor | Pendleton Act (Civil Service) (see Civil Service Act) | NO short title | Sen. George Pendleton (D- OH) | ch 27, 22 Stat 403 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000203 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Ashurst-Sumners Act | Sponsor | Ashurst-Sumners Act | NO short title | Sen. Henry Fountain Ashurst, (D-AZ); Rep. Hatton William Sumners, (D-TX) | ch. 406, 48 Stat 909 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000319; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001072 |
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Gay Act (Public Lands in Louisiana) | Sponsor | Gay Act (Public Lands in Louisiana) | NO short title | Rep. Edward Gay (D-LA) | ch. 395, 25 Stat 877 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000103 |
nothing in statute; returning land in Louisiana to the public domain, but no indication that Gay is the name of the area (also, searching for Gay Louisiana did not return any helpful results | ||||
Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 396, 50 Stat 329 | ||||||||
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park Act | Location | George Rogers Clark National Historical Park Act | NO short title | Revolutionary War Col. George Rogers Clark (Indiana) | 16 USC 291 | 89-517 | 80 Stat 325 | Y | no short title, but statutory title explains that the act is accepting a statue of George Rogers Clark fore the creation of a National Historical Park | |||
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998 | Honor | Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998 | "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998" | Rep. Carl D. Perkins (KY) was chair of the Committee on Education and Labor for 16 years until his death in 1984. | 20 USC 2301 | 105-332 | 112 Stat 3076 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000230 |
short title, also is amending law previously named for Perkins | ||
Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008 | Political Description | Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008 | "Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007" | 42 USC 201 | 110-204 | 122 Stat 705 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 | Description | Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 | "Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930" | 7 USC 499a | Ch. 436, 46 Stat 531 | |||||||
Winslow Partial Payment Act (Railroads) (See Partial Payments Act (Railroads)) | Sponsor | Winslow Partial Payment Act (Railroads) (See Partial Payments Act (Railroads)) | NO short title | Rep. Samuel Ellsworth Winslow, (R-MA) | ch 72, 41 Stat 1145 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000639 |
nothing in statute |