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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Act of 2005 | Honor | Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Act of 2005 | "Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Act of 2005" | Spark M. Matsunaga, Representative and Senator from Hawaii, died on April 15, 1990. | 42 USC 12401 (note) | 109-58, title VIII | 119 Stat 844 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000250 |
Amending 1990 act named for Matsunaga | ||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "An act to amend the war-risk Insurance Act" | Ch. 145, 40 Stat 897 | ||||||||
| Cooper-Hawes Act (Convict Made Goods) (see Hawes-Cooper Act) | Sponsor | Cooper-Hawes Act (Convict Made Goods) (see Hawes-Cooper Act) | NO short title | Probably Rep. Henry Allen Cooper (R-WI) (1893-1919, 1921-1931); Sen. Harry Bartow Hawes (D-MO) | ch. 79, 45 Stat 1084 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000362; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000752 |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Faddis Machine Tool Act | Sponsor | Faddis Machine Tool Act | NO short title | Rep. Charles Isiah Faddis (D-PA) | 50 USC App. 711 et seq | ch. 836, 54 Stat 1090 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000001 |
name not statutized | |||
| Curtis Act (Five Civilized Tribes) | Sponsor | Curtis Act (Five Civilized Tribes) | NO short title | Rep. Charles Curtis (R-KS), chair of Comm. On Indian Depredations | ch. 1876, 34 Stat 137 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001008 |
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| Garfield Act (Compulsory Railway Connection) | Sponsor | Garfield Act (Compulsory Railway Connection) | NO short title | Rep. James Abram Garfield, (future POTUS), (R-OH) | 45 USC 84 | ch. 124, 14 Stat 66 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000063 |
R.S. Section 5258 - no idea what this means; nothing in statute; | |||
| Public Works Administration Extension Act of 1937 | Description | Public Works Administration Extension Act of 1937 | "Public Works Administration Extension Act of 1937" | Ch. 401, title II, 50 Stat 352 | ||||||||
| Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998 | Victim | Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998 | "Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998" | Ricky Ray was one of three brothers, all with hemophilia, all of whom contracted HIV from contaminated blood. The family became advoactes for AIDS victims. Ricky Ray died of AIDS in 1992 at age 15. | 42 USC 300c-22 (note) | 105-369 | 112 Stat 3368 | Y |
CR H3379, May 19, 1998, Statement of Rep. Porter Goss. |
short title; creating Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund | ||
| 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 | ||
| Doug Bereuter Section 502 Single Family Housing Loan Guarantee Act | Sponsor | Doug Bereuter Section 502 Single Family Housing Loan Guarantee Act | NO short title | Rep. Douglas Bereuter (R-NE) retired in 2004. | 42 USC 1472(h)(1) | 101-625, Title VII, Section 706(b) | 104 Stat 4284 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000403 |
short title is added by 118 Stat 917 in 2004, which renames section 502 of the 1990 Cranston-Gonzalez Act for Doug Bereuter, who is credited for drafting that section |