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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness and Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Designation Act | Honor | Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness and Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Designation Act | "Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness and Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Designation Act" | Marjory Stoneman Douglas was an author and conservation activist who wrote about and advocated the preserveration of the Everglades. Ernest F. Coe led the creation of Everglades National Park. | 16 USC 410r-5 (note) | 105-82 | 111 Stat 1540 | Y |
Findings in text of legislation. |
short title and long title; findings have information about the individuals for whom the park and center are named | ||
| Towner-Sheppard Act (Maternity Hyiene) (see Maternity Act) | Sponsor | Towner-Sheppard Act (Maternity Hyiene) (see Maternity Act) | NO short title | Sen. Morris Sheppard, (D-TX); Rep. Horace Mann Towner, Ill, (R-IA) | ch 135, 42 Stat 224 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000337; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000325 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Russell-Overton Amendment | Sponsor | Russell-Overton Amendment | NO short title | Sen. Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA); Sen. John Overton (D-LA) | ch 720, section 9, 54 Stat 892 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000536; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000146 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Rosa's Law | Victim | Rosa's Law | "Rosa's Law" | Rosa Marcellino, an 8-year-old girl with intellectual disabilities, whose parents and older siblings had become advocates for eliminating the use of the phrase "mentally retarded" in public policy and laws because of the stigma and discrimination it invites. | 20 USC 1400 (note) | 111-256 | 124 Stat 2643 | Y |
CR S11433, Nov. 17, 2009, Statement of Sen. Barbara Mikulski (sponsor). |
short title | ||
| Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | Description | Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | "Securities Exchange Act of 1934" | 15 USC 78a | Ch. 404, 48 Stat 881 | |||||||
| Borland Amendment | Sponsor | Borland Amendment | NO short title | Rep. William Patterson Borland, (D-MO) | ch 191, 38 Stat 524 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000643 |
no name in statute | ||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 359, 50 Stat 261 | ||||||||
| Johanna's Law (aka Gynecological Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005) | Victim | Johanna's Law (aka Gynecological Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005) | "Johanna's Law" or "Gynecological Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005" | Johanna Silver Gordon, who died of ovarian cancer that was not detected until late in its development because she was not educated about the early signs. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 109-475 | 120 Stat 3565 | Y |
CR H8626, Nov. 14, 2006, Statement of Rep. Sandy Levin. |
short title gives both names; section 2 seems to amend USC to specifically insert "Johanna's Law" at 42 USC 247b-17 | ||
| Carey Act (Irrigation) | Sponsor | Carey Act (Irrigation) | NO short title | Sen. Joseph Maull Carey, (R-WY) | 43 USC 641 (short title in note) | ch. 301, 28 Stat 422 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000145 |
name not statutized but noted in USC | |||
| Knutson-Vandenberg Act | Sponsor | Knutson-Vandenberg Act | NO short title | Rep. Harold Knutson (R-MN) and Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (R-MI) | 16 USC 576 (note) | ch. 416, 46 Stat 527 | Y |
Knutson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000301; Vandenberg - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000025 |
statutized by reference to Knutson-Vandenberg funds in 115 Stat 452 |