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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| Bankhead-Jones Act | Sponsor | Bankhead-Jones Act | NO short title | Sen. John Bankhead (D-AL) and Rep. John Jones (D-TX) | 7 USC 427 | 49 Stat 436 | Y |
Bankhead - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000110; Jones - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000236 |
statutized by reference in 91 Stat 1021 (1977) | |||
| Aimee's Law | Victim | Aimee's Law | "Aimee's Law" | Named for Aimee Willard, George Mason student who was killed by a paroled convicted murder in 1996. | 42 USC 13713 | 106-386 div. C Section 2001 | 114 Stat 1539 | Y | Requires states to pay for the prosecution and incarceration of any violent felons who commit crimes in other states after they are paroled. | |||
| Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act | Sponsor | Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act | "Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act" | Relating to Pell Grants, which are named for Sen. Claiborne Pell (RI). | 20 USC 1001 (note) | 109-66 | 119 Stat 1999 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000193 |
short title; waiver of Pell Grant repayment for students affected by disaster | ||
| Pay it Back Act | Political Description | Pay it Back Act | "Pay It Back Act" | 12 USC 5201 | 111-203, title XIII | 124 Stat 2133 | Y | short title at beginning of title XII of Dodd-Frank | ||||
| Price-Anderson Act (see, also the Atomic Energy Damages Act) | Sponsor | Price-Anderson Act (see, also the Atomic Energy Damages Act) | NO short title | Rep. Charles Price, (D-IL); Sen. Clinton Anderson, (D-NM) | 42 USC 2210 (note) | 85-256, section 4 | 71 Stat 576 |
08/01/1946 09/02/1957 |
Y |
Price - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522; Anderson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000186 |
referred to as "Price-Anderson provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954" by "Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988", 102 Stat 1066 (1988) | |
| Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act | Sponsor | Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act | "Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act" | Sen. Alan Cranston (D-CA), Chiarman of the Committee on Veterans Affairs, and Rep. Henry Gonzalez (D-TX), Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. | 42 USC 12701 note | 101-625 | 104 Stat 4079 | Y |
Cranston - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000877; Gonzalez - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000272; See also Presidential Signing Statement: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=19102#axzz1ITSjt4eM |
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| PRIME Act | Acrostic | PRIME Act | "Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs Act of 1999" or "PRIME Act" | 15 USC 6901 | 103-425, title I, subtitle C (S 171 et seq), as added 106-102, title VII, S 725 | 113 Stat 1471 | Y | short title at beginning of S 725, names that it is amending the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 | ||||
| Justice for All Act of 2004 | Political Description | Justice for All Act of 2004 | "Justice for All Act of 2004" | 42 USC 13701 | 108-405 | 118 Stat 2260 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Capper-Ketcham Act | Sponsor | Capper-Ketcham Act | NO short title | Sen. Arthur Capper (R-KS) and Rep. John Ketcham (R-MI) | 7 USC 343 | ch. 687, 45 Stat 711 | Y |
Capper - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; Ketcham - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000151 |
statutized by reference in 67 Stat 84 (1953) |