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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MINER Act | Acrostic | MINER Act | "Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006" or "MINER Act" | 30 USC 801 | 109-236 | 120 Stat 493 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1988 | Honor | Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1988 | "Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1988" | Sen. Jacob K. Javits (NY), died in 1986. | 20 USC 3061 | 89-10, title IV, part B (section 4101)/100-297, title I, section 1001 | 102 Stat 237 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000064 |
short title; Javits was a Senator from NY | ||
| Riegle-Neal Amendments Act of 1997 | Sponsor | Riegle-Neal Amendments Act of 1997 | "Riegle-Neal Amendments Act of 1997" | Rep. Donald Wayne Riegle, (D-MO); Rep. Stephen Neal (D-NC) | 12 USC 1811 (note) | 105-24 | 111 Stat 238 | Y |
Riegle -http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000249; Neal - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000016 |
short title | ||
| SAFETY Act | Acrostic | SAFETY Act | "Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002" or "SAFETY Act" | 6 USC 101 | 107-296, title VIII, subtitle G, S861 | 116 Stat 2238 | Y | Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 | ||||
| Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993 | Sponsor | Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993 | "Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993" | Rep. William Hatch, (D-MO) | 5 USC 7301 | 103-94 | 107 Stat 1001 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000339 |
unumbered section 1; amends Hatch Political Activity Act | ||
| Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act | Acrostic | Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act | "Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act" | 42 USC 201 | 106-551 | 114 Stat 2752 | Y | obvious abbreviation is not included anywhere in bill, nor does it come up in floor debates (no report) | ||||
| Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative | Honor | Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative | 1944 - NO short title; 2000 - "Youth Drug and Menthal Health Services Act"; 2001 - "Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative" | Donald J. Cohen, child psychologist and pioneer in the field of childrens' mental health, who died in 2001. | 42 USC 290hh-1(g) | 106-310 | 114 Stat 1169 | Y | No short title in original legislation or in 2000 amendment indicated in PNT. Amended to add short title "Donald J. Cohen Traumatic Stress Initiative" by 115 Stat 2201 (2002) | |||
| Michelle's Law | Victim | Michelle's Law | "Michelle's Law" | Michelle Morris, who was a full-time college student at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire when she was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2003. She had to remain a full-time student in order to stay on her parents' health insurance as a dependent. She died in 2005. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-381 | 122 Stat 4081 | Y |
H.Rpt. 110-806, Part I, July 30, 2008. |
short title | ||
| Walsh-Healey Act | Sponsor | Walsh-Healey Act | NO short title | Sen. David Walsh, (D-MA); Rep. Arthur Healey (D-MA) | 41 USC 101 (note) | ch 881, 49 Stat 2036 | Y |
Walsh - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000097; Healey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000423 |
amended to include "Walsh-Healey Act" as short title in 1994 by 108 Stat 3409 | |||
| Glass-Steagall Act, 1932 | Sponsor | Glass-Steagall Act, 1932 | NO short title | Sen. Carter Glass (D-VA) and Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D-AL) | 12 USC 226 (note)/12 USC 347a, 347b, 412 | ch. 58, 47 Stat 56 | Y |
Glass - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000232; Steagall - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000820 |
Statutized by 94 Stat 188, but note in code (at at 12 USC 93a) indicates that the Glass-Steagall Act referred to in text is "probably" the 1933 act not the 1932 act |