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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Calder Act (Daylight Savings Act) | Sponsor | Calder Act (Daylight Savings Act) | NO short title | Sen. William Calder (D-NY) | 15 USC 261 | ch. 24, 40 Stat 450 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000025 |
Calder Act statutized by 114 Stat 2811; (amend an act ��_��__��_��___ commonly known as the "Calder Act") | |||
| Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002 | Honor | Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002 | "Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002" | Rep. Gerald B. H. Solomon (NY) who died in 2001. | 22 USC 1928 (note) | 107-187 | 116 Stat 590 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000675 |
short title naming bill for Solomon added in Committee | ||
| SPEECH Act | Acrostic | SPEECH Act | "Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act" or "SPEECH Act" | 28 USC 1 | 111-223 | 124 Stat 2380 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Ted Weiss Child Support Enforcement Act of 1992 | Honor | Ted Weiss Child Support Enforcement Act of 1992 | "Ted Weiss Child Support Enforcement Act of 1992" | Rep. Theodore Weiss (NY), who died in office on Sept. 14, 1992. | 15 USC 1601 (note) | 102-537 | 106 Stat 3531 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000258 |
short title; Ted Weiss was Rep from NY | ||
| George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act | Honor | George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act | "George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act" | Rep. George E. Brown, Jr. (CA), former chair of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, died in 1999. | 109-155, title III, Section 321 | 119 Stat 2922 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000918 |
short title and name of Subtitle C; Table: "Title 51, note prec. Section 71101"; Brown was a Rep from CA | |||
| William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 | Honor | William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 | "William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008" | William Wilberforce, British MP who fought to end the slave trade and abolish slavery. | 22 USC 7101 (note) | 110-457 | 122 Stat 5044 | Y |
110 CR H14113, Dec. 4, 2007; http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wilberforce_william.shtml |
Named for British MP who fought to end the slave trade | ||
| Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 | Long title and short title - "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 42 USC 11301 (note) | 101-645 | 104 Stat 4673 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
short title, named Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act in long title | ||
| Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Lourana Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act | Victim | Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Lourana Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act | "Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Lourana Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act" | Scott Campbell was killed in 1982 at age 27; Stephanie Roper was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 1982 at 22; Wendy Preston was murdered in 1979 at age 22; Lourana Gillis was murdered as part of a gang intiation in 1979 at age 22; Nila Lynn was murdered at a homeowners' assocation meeting in 2000 at age 69. All five victims had surviving family members who became advocates for victims' rights. | 18 USC 3771 (note) | 108-405, title I | 118 Stat 2261 | Y |
Hon. John Kyl, "On the Wings of Their Angels: The Scott Campbell, Stephanie Power, Wendy Preston, Lourana Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act," 9 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 581, http://law.lclark.edu/live/files/9692-lcb93twistpdf |
short title and name of title I | ||
| Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act | Victim | Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act | "Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act" | Danny Keysar was a 17-month-old child killed in 1998 when a portable crib collapsed on him. | 15 USC 2056a(a) | 110-314, title I, Section 104 | 122 Stat 3028 | Y |
http://schakowsky.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14... |
short title at Section 104(a) |