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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Morgan P. Hardiman Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children Act | Honor | Morgan P. Hardiman Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children Act | "Morgan P. Hardiman Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children Act" | Morgan P. Hardigan was a staffer for Sen. Al D'Amato (R-NY) who died in 1993. | 42 USC 5601 (note) | 103-322, title XVII, subtitle C (section 170301) | 108 Stat 2043 | Y |
103 Cong. Rec. 13142 (Oct. 6, 1993) |
short title | ||
Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006 | Acrostic | Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006 | "Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006" | 42 USC 5121 | 109-308 | 120 Stat 1725 | Y | short title at beginning of statute, but no sign of the obvious acronym | ||||
Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act | Victim | Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act | "Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act" | Matthew Shepard was the victim of a hate crime, beaten to death in Laramie, WY in 1998 by two men because he was gay. Jame Byrd, an African-American man from Texas, was killed in 1998 by two white supremacists who chained him to a pickup truck and dragged him to death. | 18 USC 1 (note) | 111-84, div E | 123 Stat 2835 | Y |
"Obama signs hate-crimes law rooted in crimes of 1998," USA Today, Oct. 28, 2009. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000629/1 |
short title and division title; check original bills -- think the full title changed through the legislative history | ||
Sikes Act | Sponsor | Sikes Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Sikes (D-FL) | 16 USC 670 (note) | 86-797 | 74 Stat 1052 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000406 |
statutized by Sec. 2902-2903 of 111 Stat 2016 | ||
Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 | Honor | Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 | "Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990" | Sen. Claude Pepper (FL) who introduced similar legislation, then died on May 30, 1989. | 42 USC 12301 | 101-501, title IX | 104 Stat 1262 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000218 |
Claude Pepper had introduced a "Young Americans Act in 1989" and then passed away, this bill was added in to a different piece of legislation | ||
Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 | Honor/Sponsor | Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 | "Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999" | Sen. James Strom Thurmond (SC), who was Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee until 1999. | 105-261 | 112 Stat 1920 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000254 |
short title; Thurmond announced in 1997 he would step down as SASC chair, which he did in 1999 | |||
Code Adam Act of 2003 | Victim | Code Adam Act of 2003 | "Code Adam Act of 2003" | Named for Adam Walsh (son of John Walsh), who disappeared from a store at age 6 in 1981. "Code Adam" describes the procedures to be followed when a child goes missing in a store. | 42 USC 5601 (note) | 108-21, title III, subtitle D (section 361) | 117 Stat 665 | Y |
http://missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=e... |
short title - missing children procedures in public buildings | ||
Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007 | Honor | Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007 | "Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007" | Dr. James Allen is a professor of opthamology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine. He worked for 33 years at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Wisconsin. (Bill sponsored by Rep. Tammy Baldwin (WI)). | 38 USC 101 (note) | 110-157 | 121 Stat 1831 | Y |
H. Rept. 110-057 |
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Follow Through Act | Political Description | Follow Through Act | "Follow Through Act" | "Follow Through" programs are available after "Head Start" programs. | 42 USC 9801 note | 97-35, title VI, subtitle A, ch 8, sbch D | 95 Stat 508 | Y | short title of subchapter C; post Head Start programs | |||
Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act | Victim | Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act | "Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act" | Jacob Wetterling was abducted at age 11 in 1989 by a masked gunman. His case remains open. | 42 USC 14071 | 103-322, title XVII, subtitle A (section 170101) | 108 Stat 2038 | Y | name of subtitle, no short title; |