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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Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 | Long title and short title - "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 42 USC 11301 (note) | 101-645 | 104 Stat 4673 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
short title, named Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act in long title | ||
Suzanne's Law | Victim | Suzanne's Law | NO short title | Suzanne Lyall, who disappeared in 1998 at age 19 from SUNY-Albany. | 42 USC 5779 | 101-647, title XXXVII | 104 Stat 4966 | N | NOTE: This provision was originally enacted in 1990, but Suzanne's Law was actually a provision in the PROTECT Act of 2003 (117 Stat 650, Section 204) that changed from 18 to 21 the age under which any law enforcement agency must report a missing person to the National Crime Information Center. | |||
Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 | Victim | Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 | "Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990" | Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 101-381 | 104 Stat 576 | Y |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. |
short title; Ryan White contracted HIV from transfusion | ||
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" | ||
Glass Ceiling Act of 1991 | Political Description | Glass Ceiling Act of 1991 | "Glass Ceiling Act of 1991" | 42 USC 2000e (note) | 102-106, title II | 105 Stat 1081 | Y | short title -- not named for a person | ||||
David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 | Honor | David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 | "National Security Education Act of 1991" | Sen. David L. Boren (OK) | 50 USC 1901(a) | 102-183, title VIII | 105 Stat 1271 | Y |
http://www.borenawards.org/news/show/david_l_boren_attends_20th_annivers... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000639; "OU President David Boren to be honored on anniversary of establishing foreign education program," The Oklahoman, Sept. 8, 2011 (on file) |
both title and short title are "National Security Education Act of 1991"; "David L. Boren" statutized by amending short title in 106 Stat 3185 (1992); Boren authored the 1991 law | ||
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act | Honor | Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act | "Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act" | Silvo Conte was a champion of preservation, including of the Connecticut River. | 16 USC 668dd (note) | 102-212 | 105 Stat 1655 | Y |
Findings in text of legislation. |
long title and short title; establishing refuge named for Conte, findings | ||
O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991 | Description | O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991 | "O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991" | 8 USC 1101 (note) | 102-232, title II | 105 Stat 1736 | N | short title; "O" and "P" refer to sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act | ||||
ISTEA (Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991) | Abbreviation | ISTEA (Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991) | "Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991" | 49 USC 101 note | 102-240 | 105 Stat 1914 | N | short title at beginning of statute; ISTEA is in PNT but not in statute; ISTEA not statutized; pronounced "ice-tea" | ||||
Terry Beirn Community Based AIDS Research Initiative Act of 1991 | Honor/Victim | Terry Beirn Community Based AIDS Research Initiative Act of 1991 | long title and short title - "Terry Beirn Communited Based AIDS Research Initiative Act of 1991" | Terry Beirn worked for amfAR and the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on AIDS legislation. He died in 1991. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 102-96 | 105 Stat 481 | Y | short title and named in long title; renaming community-based clinical trial programs in Beirn's honor |