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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| Sterling-Lehlbach Act (Classification, Federal Employees) (see Classification Act of 1923) | Sponsor | Sterling-Lehlbach Act (Classification, Federal Employees) (see Classification Act of 1923) | "The Classification Act of 1923" | Sen. Thomas Sterling,1913-1925, (R-OH); Rep. Frederick Reimold Lehlbach, (R-NJ) | ch 265, 42 Stat 1488 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000872; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000222 |
short title at beginning "The Classification Act of 1923" | ||||
| Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 | Sponsor | Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 | "Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980" | Sen. Adlai Stevenson (D-IL) and Rep. John Wydler (R-NY), who retired in 1980. | 15 USC 3701 (note) | 96-480 | 94 Stat 2311 | Y |
Stevenson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000890; Wydler - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000780 |
enacting clause; starts at section 2 | ||
| Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (renamed McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act) | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (renamed McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act) | "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 42 USC 11301 | 100-77 | 101 Stat 482 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
McKinney was the principal author of the Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act, which was renamed for him in 1987. http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/spec/ead/ms2154.xml | ||
| Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 | "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 19888" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 42 USC 11301 (note) | 100-628 | 102 Stat 3224 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
short title, named Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act in long title | ||
| Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 | Long title and short title - "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 42 USC 11301 (note) | 101-645 | 104 Stat 4673 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
short title, named Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act in long title | ||
| Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Amendments Act of 1992 | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Amendments Act of 1992 | "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Amendments Act of 1992" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 42 USC 11301 (note) | 102-550, title XIV | 106 Stat 4012 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
short title | ||
| Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge Designation Act of 1987 | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge Designation Act of 1987 | "Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge Designation Act of 1987" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 100-38 | 101 Stat 306 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
short title and long title; changing name of refuge in CT | |||
| Stobb Act (National Prohibition) | Sponsor | Stobb Act (National Prohibition) | NO short title | Rep. George Russell Stobbs (R-MA) (1925-1930) | ch 29, 46 Stat 1036 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000931 |
PNT is incorrect. Should be "Stobbs Act" | ||||
| Stolen Valor Act of 2005 | Political Description | Stolen Valor Act of 2005 | "Stolen Valor Act of 2006" | 18 USC 1 | 109-437 | 120 Stat 3266 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Stone Act | Description | Stone Act | NO short title | Stone almost certainly refers to the physical object. The act is referred to as the Building Stone Act at 43 CFR 3809.5. | 30 USC 161 | ch 375, 27 Stat 348 | N | name not statutized; about mining (stone as an object, probably not a name) |