The collection can be sorted by the popular name of the law, by the date of its enactment, or by descriptive category of naming convention. The categories are our attempt to bring some degree of order to the chaos.
Database of Federal Statute Names
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act | Honor | Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act | "Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act" | Sen. Paul Wellstone (MN) and his wife, Sheila. | 107-316 | 116 Stat 2764 | Y |
Legislation (Section 2, findings) |
short title; Wellstones also named in long title; providing money for an existing community center in St Paul, to be renamed for the Wellstones | |||
| Help HAITI Act of 2010 | Acrostic | Help HAITI Act of 2010 | "Help Haitian Adoptees Immediately to Integrate Act of 2010" or "Help HAITI Act of 2010" | 8 USC 1255 note | 111-293 | 124 Stat 3175 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933" | ch. 26, 47 Stat 780 | ||||||||
| Bowman Act (Claims) | Sponsor | Bowman Act (Claims) | NO short title | Rep. Selwyn Bowman (R-MA) | ch 116, 22 Stat 485 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000705 |
no name in statute | ||||
| No Electronic Theft (NET) Act | Acrostic | No Electronic Theft (NET) Act | "No Electronic Theft (NET) Act" | 18 USC 2311 | 105-147 | 111 Stat 2678 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| America COMPETES Act | Acrostic | America COMPETES Act | "America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act" or "America COMPETES Act" | 20 USC 9801 | 110-69 | 121 Stat 572 | Y | Reauthorized in 2010 at PL 111-358 | ||||
| Hoch-Smith Resolution | Sponsor | Hoch-Smith Resolution | NO short title | Rep. Homer Hoch (R-KS); Sen. Ellison DuRant Smith (D-SC) | ch. 120, 43 Stat 801 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000669; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000530 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Johnson Act (Immigration) (see Immigration Act of 1921) | Sponsor | Johnson Act (Immigration) (see Immigration Act of 1921) | NO short title | Rep. Albert Johnson (R-WA) | ch 8, 42 Stat 5 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000114 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 | Victim | Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 | "Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990" | Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 101-381 | 104 Stat 576 | Y |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. |
short title; Ryan White contracted HIV from transfusion | ||
| Sherley Amendment (Food and Drugs) | Sponsor | Sherley Amendment (Food and Drugs) | NO short title | Rep. Joseph Swagar Sherley, (D-KY) | ch 352, 37 Stat 416 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000343 |
nothing in statute |