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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| Saulsbury Resolution (District of Columbia Rents) | Sponsor | Saulsbury Resolution (District of Columbia Rents) | NO short title | Sen. Willard Saulsbury, Jr., (D-DE) | ch 90, 40 Stat 593 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000073 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005 | Political Description | Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005 | "Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005" | 8 USC 1101 | 109-13, div B, title IV | 119 Stat 318 | N | short title at beginning of title IV; no abbreviation but this seems like a political title | ||||
| Savings are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997 | Acrostic | Savings are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997 | "Savings Are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997" | 29 USC 1001 | 105-92 | 111 Stat 2139 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; no abbreviation listed in either PNT or statute | ||||
| Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Lourana Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act | Victim | Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Lourana Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act | "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Lourana Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act" | Scott Campbell was killed in 1982 at age 27; Stephanie Roper was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 1982 at 22; Wendy Preston was murdered in 1979 at age 22; Lourana Gillis was murdered as part of a gang intiation in 1979 at age 22; Nila Lynn was murdered at a homeowners' assocation meeting in 2000 at age 69. All five victims had surviving family members who became advocates for victims' rights. | 18 USC 3771 (note) | 108-405, title I | 118 Stat 2261 | Y |
Hon. John Kyl, "On the Wings of Their Angels: The Scott Campbell, Stephanie Power, Wendy Preston, Lourana Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," 9 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 581, http://law.lclark.edu/live/files/9692-lcb93twistpdf |
short title and name of title I | ||
| Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year, 1928 | Description | Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year, 1928 | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928" | Ch. 853, 45 Stat 884 | ||||||||
| Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920 | Description | Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920 | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1920" | Ch. 94, 41 Stat 502 | ||||||||
| Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 | Description | Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935 | "Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935" | Ch. 508, 49 Stat 571 | ||||||||
| Second Morrill Act (aka Agricultural College Act of 1890) | Sponsor | Second Morrill Act (aka Agricultural College Act of 1890) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT), though really named for the "First Morrill Act." The Second Morrill Act provided additional endowments for land-grant universities, but prohibited money to states that discriminated based on race in admission. | 7 USC 321 (note) | ch 841, 26 Stat 417 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969; http://ext.wvu.edu/about_extension/land_grant_system |
"Second Morrill Act" statutized by reference at 94 Stat 1502 | |||
| Securities Act of 1933 | Description | Securities Act of 1933 | "Securities Act of 1933" | 15 USC 77a | Ch. 38, 48 Stat 74 | |||||||
| Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | Description | Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | "Securities Exchange Act of 1934" | 15 USC 78a | Ch. 404, 48 Stat 881 |