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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Food for Peace Act of 1966 | Political Description | Food for Peace Act of 1966 | "Food for Peace Act of 1966" | 7 USC 1691 | 89-808 | 80 Stat 1526 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; amending Argicultural Trade Development and Assistance Act | ||||
| 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 | ||
| No FEAR Act | Acrostic | No FEAR Act | "Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act 2002" | 5 USC 2301 | 107-174 | 116 stat 566 | Y | short title at beginning of statute -- acronym not included | ||||
| PREEMIE Act | Acrostic | PREEMIE Act | "Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act" or the "PREEMIE Act" | 42 USC 201 | 109-450 | 120 Stat 3341 | Y | |||||
| Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act | Sponsor | Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act | "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" | Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), each were Chairmen of the respective Committees of jurisdiction. | 12 USC 5301 (note) | 111-203 | 124 Stat 1376 | Y |
Damian Paletta, It Has a Name: the Dodd/Frank Act, Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2010, http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/06/25/it-has-a-name-the-doddfrank-act/; Dodd - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000388; Frank - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000339 |
title of bill and short title | ||
| McSweeney-McNary Act (see Forest Products Act) | Sponsor | McSweeney-McNary Act (see Forest Products Act) | NO short title | Rep. John McSweeney (D-OH) and Sen. Charles McNary (R-OR) | 16 USC 581 | 45 Stat 699 | Y |
McSweeney - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000606; McNary - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000583 |
statutized by reference in repeal through 92 Stat 356 | |||
| Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 | Sponsor | Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 | "Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986" | Sen. Barry Goldwater, (R-AZ); Rep. William Nichols, (D-AL) | 10 USC 111 (note) | 99-433 | 100 Stat 992 | Y |
Goldwater Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, National Defense University Library, http://www.ndu.edu/library/goldnich/goldnich.html; Nichols - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000095; Goldwater - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000267 |
short title | ||
| Charles "Pete" Conrad Astronomy Awards Act | Honor | Charles "Pete" Conrad Astronomy Awards Act | "Charles 'Pete' Conrad Astronomy Awards Act" | Charles "Pete" Conrad, astronaut and third person to walk on the moon. | 51 USC 30902(a) | 109-155, Title VI, Section 613 | 119 Stat 2932 | Y | name of section 613; awards are named for Conrad | |||
| NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008 | Acrostic | NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008 | "New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008" or "NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008" | 47 USC 609 | 110-283 | 122 Stat 2620 | Y | short title at beginning of statute |