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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998 | Honor | Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998 | "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998" | 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 | 105-332 | 112 Stat 3076 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000230 |
short title, also is amending law previously named for Perkins | ||
Carlin Act (Larceny from Interstate Carriers) | Sponsor | Carlin Act (Larceny from Interstate Carriers) | Rep. Charles Carlin (D-VA) | ch. 50, 37 Stat 670 | N | |||||||
Carlisle Act (Internal Revenue) | Sponsor | Carlisle Act (Internal Revenue) | NO short title | Rep. John Griffin Carlisle (D-KY) | 19 USC 468, 469 | ch. 108, 21 Stat 145 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000152 |
PNT has 21 Stat 148 but it has to be wrong | |||
Carlisle Act (Spirits Regauging) | Sponsor | Carlisle Act (Spirits Regauging) | NO short title | Former Sen., then Treasury Secretary John Carlise | ch. 349, Section 50, 28 Stat 564 | X |
http://www.treasury.gov/about/history/pages/jgcarlisle.aspx; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000152 |
|||||
Carmack Amendment to Hepburn Act (Insterstate Commerce) | Sponsor | Carmack Amendment to Hepburn Act (Insterstate Commerce) | NO short title | Sen. Edward Ward Carmack, (D-TN) | ch. 3591, 34 Stat 595 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000157 |
no name in statute or in 1978 amendment | ||||
Carol M White Physical Education Program | Honor | Carol M White Physical Education Program | "Carol M. White Physical Education Program" | Cannot find any information about Carol M. White. | 20 USC 7261 | 107-110 | 115 Stat 1841 | Y | Definitely written in to 107-110 -- originally 89-10, but that did not have Carol M White name; White added in NCLB | |||
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 | ||
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act | Description | Carriage of Goods by Sea Act | "Carriage of Goods by Sea Act" | 46 USC 30701 | Ch. 229, 40 Stat 1207 | |||||||
Carriers Taxing Act of 1937 | Description | Carriers Taxing Act of 1937 | "Carriers Taxing Act of 1937" | Ch. 405, 50 Stat 435 | ||||||||
Case-Zablocki Act | Sponsor | Case-Zablocki Act | NO short title | Sen. Clifford Case (R-NJ) and Rep. Clement Zablock (D-WI) | 1 USC 112b | 92-403 Section 1 | 86 Stat 619 | Y |
Festus Ugboaja Ohaegbulum, A culture of deference, http://books.google.com/books?id=R0EtC4ox0ZMC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&a...... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000220; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Z000001 |
statutized in title of Section 7121, 118 Stat 3638 |