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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Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 (aka K.T. Safety Act of 2007) | Victim | Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 (aka K.T. Safety Act of 2007) | "Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007" or "K.T. Safety Act of 2007" | Named for Cameron Gulbransen, 2-yr-old who was killed when his father backed over him in the driveway. | 49 USC 30111 | 110-189 | 122 Stat 639 | Y |
http://www.citizen.org/autosafety/article_redirect.cfm?ID=17564 |
written as title; short title has both Gulbransen and "K.T. Safety Act of 2007" | ||
Ball Act | Sponsor | Ball Act | NO short title | Sen. Lewis Heisler Ball, (R-DE) | ch 80, title II, 41 Stat 298 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000100 |
(Rents in the District of Columbia) | ||||
Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933 | Description | Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933 | "Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933" | Ch. 38, title II, 48 Stat 74 | ||||||||
Railroad Retirement Act | Description | Railroad Retirement Act | "Railroad Retirement Act" | Ch. 868, 48 Stat 1283 | ||||||||
Van Nuys Anti-Trust Act | Sponsor | Van Nuys Anti-Trust Act | NO short title | Sen. Frederick Van Nuys, (D-IN) | 15 USC 16 (note) | ch 589, 56 Stat 781 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000050 |
not statutized | |||
Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act | Honor | Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act | "Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act" | Rep. George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (TX), was Chairman of the Select Committee on Hunger. Killed in an aircraft crash in Ehtiopia while en route to a UN refugee camp. | 7 uSC 1691 (note) | 101-624, title XVII | 104 Stat 3783 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
short title at 1701 | ||
Laci and Conner's Law (aka the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004) | Victim | Laci and Conner's Law (aka the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004) | "Laci and Conner's Law" or "Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004" | Laci Peterson was 8 months pregnant when she was killed in late 2002. Conner was the name she and her husband had given to the son they expected to be born in February, 2003. | 18 USC 1841 (note) | 108-212 | 118 Stat 568 | Y |
H.Rpt.108-420, Part I, Feb. 11, 2004. |
short title (both names) | ||
Esch Act (Hours of Service on Railroads) (see Hours of Service Act (Railroads)) | Sponsor | Esch Act (Hours of Service on Railroads) (see Hours of Service Act (Railroads)) | NO short title | Rep. John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | 45 USC 61 | ch 2939, 34 Stat 1415 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
name not statutized | |||
Independent Offices Act, 1928 | Description | Independent Offices Act, 1928 | "Independent Offices Act, 1928" | Ch. 104, 40 Stat 1069 | ||||||||
Logan Act (Foreign Relations) | Sponsor | Logan Act (Foreign Relations) | NO short title | Dr. George Logan, a prominent Republican and Quaker from Pennsylvania | ch. 1, 1 Stat 613 | X | nothing in statute |