Database of Federal Statute Names

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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 Popular Names

Title Type Popular Name Short Title Named For? Classification PL Statute At Large Date(s) Enacted Interesting Part Statutized?sort descending Leads to other named Legislation Link/Source Notes
Dante B. Fascell North-South Center Act of 1991 Honor Dante B. Fascell North-South Center Act of 1991 "North/South Center Act of 1991" Rep. Dante B. Fascell (FL) 22 USC 2075(a) 102-138, title II, Section 208 105 Stat 694 Y

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000041

 1991 act created "North/South Center" but "Dante B. Fascell" was statutized by 113 Stat 54 (in 1996), which both named the Center for Fascell and amended the earlier act to change the short title
Father Theodore M. Hesburgh Congressional Gold Medal Act Award Father Theodore M. Hesburgh Congressional Gold Medal Act "Father Theodore M. Hesburgh Congressional Gold Medal Act" Father Theodore Hesburgh was president of Notre Dame University. 31 USC 5111 (note) 106-153 113 Stat 1733 Y

http://www.hesburgh.org/overview-synopsis.php

 title of statute and short title; awarding congressional gold medal
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (renamed McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act) Honor Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (renamed McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act) "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act" Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. 42 USC 11301 100-77 101 Stat 482 Y

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527

 McKinney was the principal author of the Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act, which was renamed for him in 1987. http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/spec/ead/ms2154.xml
Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996 Honor Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996 "Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996" Pam Lychner was a victim's rights advocate who was killed in the TWA crash. 42 USC 13701 (note) 104-236 110 Stat 3093 Y

CR S8778, July 25, 1996, Statement of Sen. Phil Gramm.

 short title
Taft-Hartley Act (see Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947) Sponsor Taft-Hartley Act (see Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947) "Labor Management Relations Act, 1947" Sen. Robert Taft, (R-OH); Rep. Fred Hartley, (R-N.J.) 29 USC 141(a) ch 120, 61 Stat 136 Y

Taft-Hartley Labor Act, infoplease.com, http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/bus/A0847620.html; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000009; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000298

 short title at beginning - "Labor Management Relations Act, 1947"; "Taft-Hartley" name statutized by mention in PL 105-258, 112 Stat 1902 (1998) but direct mention was dropped when in codification, see notes in codification
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act Institution Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act "Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act" Sen. Hubert Humphrey (MN) and Sen. Everett Dirksen (IL). 20 USC 2566 (note) 95-270 92 Stat 220 Y

Humphrey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953; Dirksen - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000360

 authorizing funds for institutes already named for Humphrey and Dirksen
Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money Laundering Act Sponsor Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money Laundering Act "Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money Laundering Act" Rep. Frank Annunzio (D-IL); Rep. Chalmers Wylie (R-OH) 12 USC 1811 102-550, title XV 106 Stat 4044 Y

Annunzio - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000212; Wylie - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000781
W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004 (aka Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004) Honor W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004 (aka Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004) "W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004 (aka Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004)" Rep. Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin (LA), chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce (which shared jurisdiction for satellite home viewer authorizations with Judiciary), who retired in 2004. 17 USC 101 (note) 108-447, div J, title IX 118 Stat 3393 Y

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000058

 short title actually as "W.J. (Billy) ��_��__��_��___"
Johanna's Law (aka Gynecological Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005) Victim Johanna's Law (aka Gynecological Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005) "Johanna's Law" or "Gynecological Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005" Johanna Silver Gordon, who died of ovarian cancer that was not detected until late in its development because she was not educated about the early signs. 42 USC 201 (note) 109-475 120 Stat 3565 Y

CR H8626, Nov. 14, 2006, Statement of Rep. Sandy Levin.

 short title gives both names; section 2 seems to amend USC to specifically insert "Johanna's Law" at 42 USC 247b-17
James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005 Institution James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005 "James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005" James Campbell was an Irish industrialist who spent much of his life in Hawai'i. His estate leases the land for the refuge. 16 USC 668dd 109-225 120 Stat 378 Y

http://jchsalumni.org/history.htm; http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=12529

 title and short title;

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