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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Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act | Victim | Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act | "Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act" | Danny Keysar was a 17-month-old child killed in 1998 when a portable crib collapsed on him. | 15 USC 2056a(a) | 110-314, title I, Section 104 | 122 Stat 3028 | Y |
http://schakowsky.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14... |
short title at Section 104(a) | ||
Dawson Family Community Protection Act | Victim | Dawson Family Community Protection Act | "Dawson Family Community Protection Act" | Carnell and Angela Dawson were killed, along with their five children, when their house was fire-bombed in apparent retaliation for Mrs. Dawson's notification to police about persistent drug distribution activity in their neighborhood. | 21 USC 1701 (note) | 109-469, title III, Section 302 | 120 Stat 3524 | Y |
Findings in legislation. PL 109-469, Section 302. |
short title at Section 302(a) | ||
Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998 | Political Description | Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998 | "Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998" | 18 USC 228 | 105-187 | 112 Stat 618 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Debbie Smith Act of 2004 | Victim | Debbie Smith Act of 2004 | "Debbie Smith Act of 2004" | Debbie Smith was a rape survivor who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the importance of testing the backlog of rape kits. | 42 USC 13701 (note) | 108-405, title II | 118 Stat 2266 | Y |
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/15/cbsnews_investigates/main59837... |
short title; also "Title II -- Debbie Smith Act of 2004" | ||
Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008 | Victim | Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008 | "Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008" | Debbie Smith was a rape survivor who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the importance of testing the backlog of rape kits. | 42 USC 13701 (note) | 110-360 | 122 Stat 4008 | Y |
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/15/cbsnews_investigates/main59837... |
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No entry | Description | No entry | "Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1935" | Ch. 104, 48 Stat 529 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1936" | Ch. 39, 49 Stat 67 | ||||||||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 359, 50 Stat 261 | ||||||||
Dickinson Dam Bascule Gates Settlement Act of 2000 | Location | Dickinson Dam Bascule Gates Settlement Act of 2000 | "Dickinson Dam Bascule Gates Settlement Act of 2000" | Dickinson Dam; bascule is the type of structure | 106-566, Title VIII | 114 Stat 2828 | N | Dickinson is the name of the dam; Bascule is the type of structure | ||||
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assisstance Act | Honor | Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assisstance Act | "Disaster Relief Act of 1974" | Robert T. Stafford, Representative and Senator from Vermont, helped shepherd the original bill. | 42 USC 5121 (note) | 93-288 | 88 Stat 143 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000776; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stafford |
short title amended to include "Robert T. Stafford" by 102 Stat 4689 (1988) |