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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dingley Act (Shipping) | Sponsor | Dingley Act (Shipping) | NO short title | Rep. Nelson Dingley (R-ME) | ch. 121, 23 Stat 53 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000356 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996 | Victim | Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996 | "Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996" | 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) | 104-146 | 110 Stat 1346 | 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 and long title | ||
| Federal Credit Union Act | Description | Federal Credit Union Act | "Federal Credit Union Act" | 12 USC 1751 | Ch. 750, 48 Stat 1216 | |||||||
| Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009 | Honor | Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009 | "Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009" | named for reporter Daniel Pearl killed in Pakistan | 22 USC 2151 (note) | 111-166 | 124 Stat 1186 | Y |
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/world/18press.html?pagewanted=print |
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| Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act | Honor/Victim | Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act | "Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act" | Samuel Hicks was a Special Agent with the FBI, killed on duty in 2008. | 5 USC 101 (note) | 111-178 | 124 Stat 1262 | Y | short title; PA FBI agent killed in 2008 | |||
| Esch Car Service Act | Sponsor | Esch Car Service Act | NO short title | Rep. John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | ch. 23, 40 Stat 101 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Jones-McCormack Act (Saturday Half Holidays) | Sponsor | Jones-McCormack Act (Saturday Half Holidays) | NO short title | Rep. John McCormack (D-MA); Most likely Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) | ch. 396, 46 Stat 1482 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000364; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000257 |
Hard to tell whether the sponsor is Sen. Wesley Jones or Rep. John Jones, because the entry in the Cong. Rec. index for the bill has a typo and does not give the correct page for the Senate introduction of the measure. However, Rep. Jones did not participate in the House debate, and Sen. Jones chaired the Appropriations Committee at the time, so it seems more likely that he was the sponsor for whom the bill is named. | ||||
| Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 | Honor | Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 | "Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990" | Sen. Claude Pepper (FL) who introduced similar legislation, then died on May 30, 1989. | 42 USC 12301 | 101-501, title IX | 104 Stat 1262 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000218 |
Claude Pepper had introduced a "Young Americans Act in 1989" and then passed away, this bill was added in to a different piece of legislation | ||
| PREEMIE Act | Acrostic | PREEMIE Act | "Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act" or the "PREEMIE Act" | 42 USC 201 | 109-450 | 120 Stat 3341 | Y | |||||
| Ramspeck-Mead Act | Sponsor | Ramspeck-Mead Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert Ramspeck (D-GA); Sen. James Mead (D-NY) | ch 346, 55 Stat 613 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000032; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000615 |
nothing in statute; amending Classification Act of 1923 |