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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| Marsh-Billings National Historical Park Establishment Act (Renamed Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Establishment Act) | Honor | Marsh-Billings National Historical Park Establishment Act (Renamed Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Establishment Act) | "Marsh-Billings National Historical Park Establishment Act" | National Park in Vermont contains the boyhood home of conservationist George Perkins Marsh; Frederick Billings, also a renowned conservationist and philanthropist, lived there; and the land was donated to the National Parks by its most recent owners, Laurance and Mary Rockefeller. | 16 USC 410vv (note) | 102-350 | 106 Stat 934 | Y | short title; establishing national park honoring George Perkins Marsh and Frederick Billings; short title changed to include Rockefeller by 112 Stat 2681 | |||
| Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program Act of 2000 | Honor | Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program Act of 2000 | "Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program Act of 2000" | Sen. Paul Coverdell (GA), died in office on July 18, 2000. | 22 USC 2517 (note) | 106-309, title IV, section 408 | 114 Stat 1100 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000813 |
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| Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 | Honor | Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 | "Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009" | Rep. Duncan Lee Hunter, chair of the House Armed Services Committee, retired in 2008. | 110-417 | 122 Stat 4356 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000981 |
title of bill and short title; Hunter was chair of House Armed Services but was a Republican -- this bill was passed by the Dems in 2008 | |||
| Drive for Teen Employment Act | Political Description | Drive for Teen Employment Act | "Drive for Teen Employment Act" | Cutesy play-on-words -- statute changes the exemption to child labor provisions of the FLSA for teenagers driving cars and trucks in the course of employment. | 29 USC 201 | 105-334 | 112 Stat 3137 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | |||
| Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008 | Victim | Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008 | "Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008" | Named for daughter of Rep. Deborah Pryce (sponsor) who died from neuroblastoma at age 9 in 1999. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-285 | 122 Stat 2628 | Y |
http://www.cancer.gov/aboutnci/ncicancerbulletin/archive/2008/072208/page6 |
NOTE - name changed in committee, guessing it was someone other than price who made the change | ||
| Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act | Honor | Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act | "Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act" | Rep. George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (TX), was Chairman of the Select Committee on Hunger. Killed in an aircraft crash in Ehtiopia while en route to a UN refugee camp. | 7 uSC 1691 (note) | 101-624, title XVII | 104 Stat 3783 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
short title at 1701 | ||
| Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 | Political Description | Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 | "Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996" | Seems likely that "LIBERTAD" is included because portions of the statute are purposively modeled on the FREEDOM Support Act of 1992. (LIBERTAD is Spanish for FREEDOM.) | 22 USC 6021 | 104-114 | 110 Stat 785 | Y |
Section by Section Analysis of Title II, H.Rpt. 104-202, July 24, 1995 |
short title at beginning of statute; seeking sanctions | ||
| Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2001 | Description | Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2001 | "Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2001" | 42 USC 1437 | 107-116, title VI | 115 Stat 2220 | Y | short title at beginning of title VI; can't tell what mark-to-market means | ||||
| STOP Act | Acrostic | STOP Act | "Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act" or "STOP Act" | 42 USC 201 | 109-422 | 120 Stat 2890 | Y | |||||
| Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009 | Honor | Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009 | "Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009" | named for reporter Daniel Pearl killed in Pakistan | 22 USC 2151 (note) | 111-166 | 124 Stat 1186 | Y |
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/world/18press.html?pagewanted=print |