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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1938" | Ch. 359, 50 Stat 261 | ||||||||
| Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 (aka K.T. Safety Act of 2007) | Victim | Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 (aka K.T. Safety Act of 2007) | "Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007" or "K.T. Safety Act of 2007" | Named for Cameron Gulbransen, 2-yr-old who was killed when his father backed over him in the driveway. | 49 USC 30111 | 110-189 | 122 Stat 639 | Y |
http://www.citizen.org/autosafety/article_redirect.cfm?ID=17564 |
written as title; short title has both Gulbransen and "K.T. Safety Act of 2007" | ||
| 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 | |||
| Laci and Conner's Law (aka the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004) | Victim | Laci and Conner's Law (aka the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004) | "Laci and Conner's Law" or "Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004" | Laci Peterson was 8 months pregnant when she was killed in late 2002. Conner was the name she and her husband had given to the son they expected to be born in February, 2003. | 18 USC 1841 (note) | 108-212 | 118 Stat 568 | Y |
H.Rpt.108-420, Part I, Feb. 11, 2004. |
short title (both names) | ||
| Logan Act (Foreign Relations) | Sponsor | Logan Act (Foreign Relations) | NO short title | Dr. George Logan, a prominent Republican and Quaker from Pennsylvania | ch. 1, 1 Stat 613 | X | nothing in statute | |||||
| Dale Bumpers Wilderness Resources Protection Act (also known as the Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984) | Sponsor | Dale Bumpers Wilderness Resources Protection Act (also known as the Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984) | Enacting Clause - "Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984" | Sen. Dale Bumpers, (D-AK). | 16 USC 1132 (note) | 98-508 | 98 Stat 2349 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001057 |
"Dale Bumpers" not statutized; named as "Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984" in the enacting clause | ||
| Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 2001 | Honor | Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 2001 | "Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 2001" | Sen. Jacob K. Javits (NY), died in 1986. | 20 USC 7253 | 89-10, title V, part D, subpart 6 (section 5461)/107-110, title V, section 501 | 115 Stat 1826 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000064 |
short title | ||
| Wunderlich Act | Case | Wunderlich Act | NO short title | Named for U.S. v. Wunderlich (1951); Act was enacted to overturn the decision | ch 199, 68 Stat 81 | X | nothing in statute; permitting review of decisions by govt agency heads | |||||
| Bodie Protection Act of 1994 | Location | Bodie Protection Act of 1994 | "Bodie Protection Act of 1994" | Bodie Bowl, CA | 103-433 (Title X) | 108 Stat 4509 | Y | Named for "Bodie Bowl" in CA | ||||
| 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 |