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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John William Rolen Act | Honor | John William Rolen Act | "John William Rolen Act" | Bill Rolen, was Executive Director of the American Ex-POWs, died in fall 1999. | 38 USC 101 (note) | 106-117, title V, section 501 | 113 Stat 1573 | Y |
http://rockefeller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=bbd6b23... |
short title | ||
| Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 | Honor | Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 | "Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008" | Rep. Thomas Lantos (CA), was Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs until his death on Feb. 11, 2008. Rep. Henry J. Hyde (IL), was Chair of the Committee on International Relations, died on Nov. 29, 2007. | 22 USC 7601 (note) | 110-293 | 122 Stat 2918 | Y |
Lantos - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000090; Hyde - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001022 |
short title | ||
| Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1933 | Description | Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1933 | "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1933" | Ch. 330, 47 Stat 452 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1936" | Ch. 110, 49 Stat 218 | ||||||||
| George Bill | Sponsor | George Bill | NO short title | Sen. Walter Franklin George, (D-GA) | 12 USC 1801 | ch. 4, 59 Stat 5 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000131 |
not statutized (repealed) | |||
| David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 | Honor | David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 | "National Security Education Act of 1991" | Sen. David L. Boren (OK) | 50 USC 1901(a) | 102-183, title VIII | 105 Stat 1271 | Y |
http://www.borenawards.org/news/show/david_l_boren_attends_20th_annivers... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000639; "OU President David Boren to be honored on anniversary of establishing foreign education program," The Oklahoman, Sept. 8, 2011 (on file) |
both title and short title are "National Security Education Act of 1991"; "David L. Boren" statutized by amending short title in 106 Stat 3185 (1992); Boren authored the 1991 law | ||
| Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act | Honor | Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act | "Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act" | Rep. Norman Y. Mineta, Chairman of Public Works and Transportation Committee 1993-1994, and Secretary of Transportation, 2001-2006. | 49 USC 101 (note) | 108-426 | 118 Stat 2423 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000794 |
short title; transportation | ||
| Cullom Act (Interstate Commerce) (see Interstate Commerce Act) | Sponsor | Cullom Act (Interstate Commerce) (see Interstate Commerce Act) | NO short title | Sen. Shelby Cullom (R-IL) | ch 104, 24 Stat 379 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000973 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Phipps Law | Sponsor | Phipps Law | NO short title | Sen. Lawrence Cowle Phipps, (R-PA) | 43 USC 384 | ch 150, 43 Stat 116 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000317 |
name not statutized | |||
| Merchant Marine Act, 1920 | Description | Merchant Marine Act, 1920 | "Merchant Marine Act, 1920" | Ch. 250, 41 Stat 988 |