Database of Federal Statute Popular Names

Titlesort descending 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
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 Honor Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 "Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009" Rep. Duncan Lee Hunter, chair of the House Armed Services Committee, retired in 2008. 110-417 122 Stat 4356 Y

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000981

 title of bill and short title; Hunter was chair of House Armed Services but was a Republican -- this bill was passed by the Dems in 2008
Durham-Humphrey Drug Prescriptions Act (see Humphrey-Durham Drug Prescriptions Act) Sponsor Durham-Humphrey Drug Prescriptions Act (see Humphrey-Durham Drug Prescriptions Act) NO short title Rep. Carl Durham (D-NC); Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) ch 578, 65 Stat 648 X

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000571; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953

 nothing in statute
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;
Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Development Act of 1992 Honor Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Development Act of 1992 "Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Development Act of 1992" President Dwight D. Eisenhower 102-325 Title X Section 1004; 89-329, Title X, part D 106 Stat 783 Y establishing Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Program; PL 89-329 is Higher Education Act of 1965
Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act Honor Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act "Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act" President Dwight D. Eisenhower 20 USC 2981 89-10, title II, part A; 100-297, title I, Section 1001 102 Stat 219 Y short title of Part A of PL 100-297 enacted Apr 28, 1988
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center Act Honor Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center Act "Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center Act" President Dwight D. Eisenhower 92-520 86 Stat 1019 Y title in enacting clause; also strange b/c the bill starts at Sec 2
Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921 Description Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921 "Dye and Chemical Control Act, 1921" Ch. 14, 42 Stat 9
Dyer Act (Motor Vehicles) (see National Motor Vehicle Theft Act) Sponsor Dyer Act (Motor Vehicles) (see National Motor Vehicle Theft Act) "National Motor Vehicle Theft Act" Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer; (R-MO) ch 89, 41 Stat 324 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000591

 short title at beginning - "the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act"
Dylan Lee James Act (aka the Family Opportunity Act of 2005) Honor/Victim Dylan Lee James Act (aka the Family Opportunity Act of 2005) "Family Opportunity Act of 2005" or the "Dylan Lee James Act" Dylan Lee James of Mesquite, TX (introduced by Rep. Pete Sessions), boy born with Down Syndrome and a severe heart condition who died in 2000. 42 USC 1305 (note) 109-171, Title VI, subtitle A, chapter 6, subtitle A 120 Stat 96 Y

http://www.petesessions.com/downsyndrome.htm; "Medicaid to expand its coverage," The Daily News, Feb. 9, 2001 at A3 (Galveston) (on file).

 short title: may be cited as either the "Family Opportunity Act of 2005" or the "Dylan Lee James Act"
EARLY Act Acrostic EARLY Act "Young Women's Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009" or "EARLY Act" 42 USC 201 111-148, title X, S10413 124 Stat 990 N short title at beginning of section

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