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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Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 | Sponsor | Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 | "Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982" | Rep. Fernand Joseph St. Germain (D-RI) and Sen. Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn (R-UT). | 12 USC 226 (note) | 97-320 | 96 Stat 1469 | Y |
Garn - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000072; St. Germain - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000762 |
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Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 | Honor/Sponsor | Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 | "Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994" | Sen. Howard M. Metzenbaum (OH), retired in 1994. | 42 USC 1305 (note) | 103-332, title V, part E, subpart 1 (Section 551) | 108 Stat 4056 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000678 |
short title; about foster care | ||
Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 2001 | Honor | Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 2001 | "Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 2001" | Sen. Jacob K. Javits (NY), died in 1986. | 20 USC 7253 | 89-10, title V, part D, subpart 6 (section 5461)/107-110, title V, section 501 | 115 Stat 1826 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000064 |
short title | ||
First Morrill Act (aka the Morrill Act) | Sponsor | First Morrill Act (aka the Morrill Act) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) | 7 USC 301 (note) | ch. 130, 12 Stat 503 | Y |
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Morrill.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969 |
"Morrill" statutized by reference at 108 Stat 4048 | |||
Export Apple Act | Description | Export Apple Act | NO short title | 7 USC 581 | ch 59, 48 Stat 123 | Y | amended to include short title as "Export Apple Act" by 113 Stat 1321 (1999); cross-listed as "Export Apple and Pear Act", promiting the export of apples and pears | |||||
Dutch John Federal Property Disposition And Assistance Act of 1998 | Location | Dutch John Federal Property Disposition And Assistance Act of 1998 | "Dutch John Federal Property Disposition And Assistance Act of 1998" | Dutch John, UT | 16 USC 460v (note) | 105-326 | 112 Stat 3040 | Y |
Text of legislation |
short title; | ||
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" | ||||
Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007 | Political Description | Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007 | "Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007" | 42 USC 5601 | 110-240 | 122 Stat 1560 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Management Act of 1983 | Honor | Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Management Act of 1983 | "Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Management Act of 1983" | Sen. Lee Metcalf (MT) who died in 1978. Possible his ashes were scattered in the area that was named for him. | 16 USC 1132 (note) | 98-104 | 97 Stat 901 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000671 |
title and enacting clause (then starts at section 2) - naming wilderness area in MT for Lee Metcalf | ||
Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Act of 1994 | Institution | Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Act of 1994 | "Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Act of 1994" | Albert Einstein | 42 USC 7382 | 103-382, title V, part A (sec 511 et seq) | 108 Stat 4042 | Y | Name is the name of the program |