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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| Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act of | Sponsor | Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act of | NO short title | Sen. Key Pittman (D-NV) and Rep. Absalom Robert (D-VA) | 16 USC 669 (note) | ch 899, 50 Stat 917 | Y |
Pittman - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372; Robertson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000317 |
statutized as "Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act" by S. 101(b) of 114 Stat 1762 | |||
| Sisk Act | Sponsor | Sisk Act | NO short title | Rep. Bernice Sisk (D-CA) (male) | 16 USC 484a (note) | 90-171 | 81 Stat 531 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000454 |
"Sisk Act" statutized in definitions section 2(a)(11) of 120 Stat 1218; though also mentioned in as "commonly known as Sisk Act" in S.340 of 111 Stat 1603 | ||
| Government in the Sunshine Act | Political Description | Government in the Sunshine Act | "Government in the Sunshine Act" | 5 USC 552b | 94-409 | 90 Stat 1241 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Kristen's Act | Victim | Kristen's Act | "Kristen's Act" | Kristen Moderfferi, a constituent of the law's sponsor (Rep. Sue Myrick), who disappeared in 1997 after her freshman year in college. | 42 USC 14661 (note) | 106-468 | 114 Stat 2027 | Y |
CR H10453, Oct. 19, 2000, Statement of Rep. Sue Myrick. |
short title; finding missing adults | ||
| STEP Act | Acrostic | STEP Act | "Supporting Teens through Education and Protection Act of 2005" or "STEP Act" | 42 USC 14043c-3(a) | 103-322, title IV, S 41204; as added 109-162, title III, S 303 | 119 Stat 3010 | Y | short title at beginning of section | ||||
| Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 | Honor | Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 | "Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009" | Lilly Ledbetter was a manager at a Goodyear plant in Alabama who sued the company for sex discrimination in pay practices. When she lost her case before the Supreme Court, the Congress changed the law to increase the time workers have to sue their employers for pay discrimination. | 42 USC 2000a (note) | 111-2 | 123 Stat 5 | Y |
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1874954,00.html |
short title | ||
| Humphrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act | Sponsor | Humphrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act | NO short title | Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN), Sen. Edward Thye (R-MN), Rep. John Blatnik (D-MN), and Rep. Herman Andersen (R-MN). | 16 USC 577d-1 | ch. 425, 70 Stat 326 | Y |
Humphrey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953; Thye - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000259; Blatnik - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000550; Andersen - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000179 |
statutized by reference in S. 4, 78 Stat 893; lands in northern MN | |||
| Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 | Honor | Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 | "Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001" | Rear Admiral James Nance was an aide to Jesse Helms who died in May 1999 ; Meg Donovan was a Deputy Asst Secretary of State in the Clinton Admin and before that, a long-time staffer at House International Relations, who died in 1998 | 22 USC 2651 | 106-113 div B Section 1000(a)(7) | 113 Stat 1536, 1501A-405 | Y |
Nance - NYT Obit published 5/15/99 - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507EFD61F3FF936A25756C0A... Donovan - Cong record V. 145, Pt. 21, 31003, Nov 19, 1999 |
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| Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act | Honor | Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act | "Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act" | Rep. Norman Y. Mineta, Chairman of Public Works and Transportation Committee 1993-1994, and Secretary of Transportation, 2001-2006. | 49 USC 101 (note) | 108-426 | 118 Stat 2423 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000794 |
short title; transportation | ||
| Hubbard Act | Honor/Victim | Hubbard Act | "Hubbard Act" | Jason Hubbard, who lost his veterans benefits after he was honorably discharged from the army following the death of his two younger brothers because he left before the end of his contract. | 10 USC 101 (note) | 110-317 | 122 Stat 3526 | Y |
Cynthia Dizikes, Law Mended for Veteran Who Lost Brothers in Iraq: Bush Signs the Act, Ensuring Such Survivors Keep Benefits if They Leave Service Early, The Nation, Aug. 30, 2008, http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/30/nation/na-survivor30 |
short title |