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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998 | Political Description | Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998 | "Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998" | 18 USC 228 | 105-187 | 112 Stat 618 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Gunn McKay Nature Preserve Act | Honor | Gunn McKay Nature Preserve Act | "Gunn McKay Nature Preserve Act" | Rep. Gunn McKay (UT) who died in 2000. | 107-364 | 116 Stat 3026 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000490 |
designating land in Utah as a preserve named for Rep. McKay | |||
| Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 | Honor/Sponsor | Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 | "Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011" | Rep. Ike Skelton (TX), Chair of House Armed Services Committee. | 111-383 | 124 Stat 4137 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000465 |
Negotiated language was introduced as original bill, so "Ike Skelton National Defense��_��__��_��___" was original title introduced by Skelton himself. Though bill was introduced AFTER Skelton had already lost re-election. See Committee Print, HASC No. 5, Dec. 2010. | |||
| Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 | Honor | Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 | "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990" | Rep. Carl D. Perkins (KY) was chair of the Committee on Education and Labor for 16 years until his death in 1984. | 20 USC 2301 | 101-392 | 104 Stat 753 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000230 |
in short title, and formal title amends "Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act" | ||
| PROTECT Act | Acrostic | PROTECT Act | "Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003" or "PROTECT Act" | 18 USC 1 note | 108-21 | 117 Stat 650 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act | Political Description | Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act | "Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act" | 49 USC 30101 | 110-140, title I, subtitle A (S101) | 121 Stat 1498 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Johnson Fish Restoration Act (see Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act) | Sponsor | Johnson Fish Restoration Act (see Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act) | NO short title | Rep. John Dingell (Sr.)(MI) and Sen. Edwin Johnson (CO) | 16 USC 777 | ch 658, 64 Stat 430 | Y |
Dingell - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000354; Johnson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000127; http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/research-mgmt/sport-fish.cfm |
statutized as "Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act" by S. 101(c ) of 114 Stat 1762 | |||
| Bayh-Dole Act (University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980) | Sponsor | Bayh-Dole Act (University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980) | NO short title | Sen. Birch Bayh, (D-IN); Sen. Bob Dole, (R-KA) | 35 USC 200 | 96-517 | 94 Stat 3018 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000254; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000401 |
"Bayh-Dole Act" referenced in 114 Stat 1742; "University annd Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980" does not show up anywhere | ||
| King Holiday and Service Act of 1994 | Honor | King Holiday and Service Act of 1994 | "King Holiday and Service Act of 1994" | Martin Luther King, Jr. (holiday and Commission) | 42 USC 12501 (note) | 103-104 | 108 Stat 1565 | Y |
in legislation |
short title - name refers to MLK Day and Commission | ||
| Jeanna's Act (aka Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000) | Victim | Jeanna's Act (aka Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000) | "Jeanna's Act" or "Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000" | Jeanna North was killed at age 11 by a man who then escaped from the custody of a private prison transport company when he was being taken across state lines. | 42 USC 13726 | 106-560 | 114 Stat 2784 | Y |
CR S14603, Nov. 16, 1999. Statement of Sen. Byron Dorgan. |
short title gives both names |