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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Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 | Honor/Sponsor | Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 | "Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011" | Rep. Ike Skelton (TX), Chair of House Armed Services Committee. | 111-383 | 124 Stat 4137 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000465 |
Negotiated language was introduced as original bill, so "Ike Skelton National Defense��_��__��_��___" was original title introduced by Skelton himself. Though bill was introduced AFTER Skelton had already lost re-election. See Committee Print, HASC No. 5, Dec. 2010. | |||
Miller Act | Sponsor | Miller Act | NO short title | Rep. John Miller (D-AR) | ch 642, 49 Stat 793 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000738 |
amended to include short title "Miller Act" by 108 Stat 3409 in 1994 | ||||
Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act | Sponsor | Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act | NO short title | Rep. John Dingell (Sr.)(D-MI) and Sen. Edwin Johnson (D-CO) | 16 USC 777 (note) | 64 Stat 430 | Y |
Dingell - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000354; Johnson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000127; http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/research-mgmt/sport-fish.cfm |
statutized as "Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act" by S. 101(c ) of 114 Stat 1762 | |||
Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act | Honor | Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act | "Food Security Wheat Reserve Act of 1980" | Rep. Bill Emerson (MO) died in 1996. | 7 USC 1736f-1 | 96-494 (Title III) | 94 Stat 2578 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000174 |
law amended to change short title to "Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act" by 112 Stat 3466 (1998) ("Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act of 1998") | ||
Amy Boyer's Law | Victim | Amy Boyer's Law | "Amy Boyer's Law" | Amy Boyer murdered in Nashua, NH, after being a victim of cyber-stalking for years. | 42 USC 1305 | 106-553, Sec 635 (a) | 114 Stat 2762, 2762A-114 | Y |
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/03/23/48hours/main175556.shtml |
Title listed in Sec 635(a); | ||
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvements Act of 2006 | Honor | Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvements Act of 2006 | "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvements Act of 2006" | 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 (note) | 109-270 | 120 Stat 683 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000230 |
separate entry in table - hard to tell what it really is | ||
Hall-Mark Act (Gold and Silver Articles) (see Jewelers' Liability Act (Gold and Silver Articles)) | Description | Hall-Mark Act (Gold and Silver Articles) (see Jewelers' Liability Act (Gold and Silver Articles)) | NO short title | Hall-Mark is an indication of metal content. | 15 USC 294 | ch 3289, 34 Stat 260 | Y |
; see also Warman's Jewelry, 2nd edition |
short title not statutized; aka National Gold and Silver Stamping Act of 1906; short title is listed in code but not was not statutized by 1976 amendments | |||
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 | Honor | Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 | "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990" | 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 | 101-392 | 104 Stat 753 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000230 |
in short title, and formal title amends "Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act" | ||
PROTECT Act | Acrostic | PROTECT Act | "Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003" or "PROTECT Act" | 18 USC 1 note | 108-21 | 117 Stat 650 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act | Political Description | Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act | "Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act" | 49 USC 30101 | 110-140, title I, subtitle A (S101) | 121 Stat 1498 | Y | short title at beginning of statute |