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 |
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Jennifer's Law | Victim | Jennifer's Law | "Jennifer's Law" | Jennifer Wilmer, who went missing at age 21 in 1993 from California. | 42 USC 14661 (note) | 106-177, title II | 114 Stat 36 | Y |
http://www.jwrc.org/KeepKidsSafe/SexualOffenders101/LegislationBackgroun... |
name of title and short title; grant awards to missing person's programs | ||
Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 | Victim | Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 | "Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007" | Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African-American young man from Chicago who was brutally tortured and murdered after allegedly whistling at a white woman. The killers were tried but acquitted by an all-white jury. | 28 USC 509 (note) | 110-344 | 122 Stat 3934 | Y |
H.Rpt.110-200, June 19, 2007. |
title of statute and short title | ||
No entry | Description | No entry | "Architect's Registration Act" | Ch. 861, 45 Stat 950 | ||||||||
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (Renamed Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act) | Honor | Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (Renamed Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act) | "Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992" | Rep. Morris K. Udall (AZ) | 20 USC 5601 | 102-259 | 106 Stat 78 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000001 |
short title at beginning - "Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992" | ||
ART Act | Acrostic | ART Act | "Artists' Rights and Theft Prevention Act of 2005 or the ART Act" | 17 USC 101 | 109-9, title I | 119 Stat 218 | N | short title at beginning of Title I of the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 | ||||
Morrill Act (Tariff) | Sponsor | Morrill Act (Tariff) | NO short title | Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) | ch 68, 12 Stat 178 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000969 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Pittman Act | Sponsor | Pittman Act | NO short title | Sen. Key Pittman, (D-NE) | ch 63, 40 Stat 535 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372 |
nothing in statute; about silver and gold and coinage | ||||
Gasque Spanish War Pensions Act | Sponsor | Gasque Spanish War Pensions Act | NO short title | Rep. Allard Gasque (D-SC) | ch. 268, 52 Stat 440 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000092 |
nothing in statute | ||||
Wheeler Coal-Miners Act (see Railroad Retirement Act of 1937) | Sponsor | Wheeler Coal-Miners Act (see Railroad Retirement Act of 1937) | NO short title | Sen. Burton Kendall Wheeler, (D-MT) | 45 USC 231t | 88 Stat 1305 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330 |
Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 retdirects to Railroad Retirement Act of 1974; Seems to have initiall been 1934, then updated in 1937 then in 1974, but it's unclear where the Coal Miners come in.; 88 Stat 1305: title I short title at end "Railroad Retirement Act of 1974", still unclear where Coal Minders; "Wheeler" not statutized | |||
The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sponsor | The Lodge Act (Alien Enlistee Program) | Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA) | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000393; http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.111-tv-284 |
Was not listed in PNT. Legislative gave the opportunity for citizenship to refugees from Communist countries if they served in the US armed forces for 5 years. Participants became known as "Lodge Act Soldiers." Sponsored by Sen Henry Cabot Lodges. I9 |