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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Pro-Children Act of 2001 | Political Description | Pro-Children Act of 2001 | "Pro-Children Act of 2001" | 20 USC 7181 | 107-110, title IV, S 401 (89-10, title IV, part C, S 4301) | 115 Stat 1773 | Y | short title at beginning of Part C of amending text; regarding environmental tobacco smoke | ||||
| Pro-Children Act of 1994 | Political Description | Pro-Children Act of 1994 | "Pro-Children Act of 1994" | 20 USC 6081 | 103-227, title X, part C, S1041 | 108 Stat 271 | Y | |||||
| Prioritizing Resrouces and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 | Acrostic | Prioritizing Resrouces and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 | "Prioritizing Resrouces and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008" | 15 USC 8101 | 110-403 | 122 Stat 4256 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; no mention of acronym in statute, but referred to as PRO-IP | ||||
| PRIME Act | Acrostic | PRIME Act | "Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs Act of 1999" or "PRIME Act" | 15 USC 6901 | 103-425, title I, subtitle C (S 171 et seq), as added 106-102, title VII, S 725 | 113 Stat 1471 | Y | short title at beginning of S 725, names that it is amending the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 | ||||
| Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005 | Honor/Sponsor | Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005 | "Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005" | Rep. Clinton Anderson (NM) and Rep. Charles Melvin Price (IL), both of whom went on to chair the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. | 42 USC 2210 (note) | 109-408, title VI, subtitle A (section 601) | 119 Stat 779 | Y |
Anderson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000186; Price - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522 |
short title and subtitle | ||
| Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988 | Honor/Sponsor | Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988 | "Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988" | Rep. Clinton Anderson (NM) and Rep. Charles Melvin Price (IL), both of whom went on to chair the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. | 42 USC 2210 (note) | 100-408 | 102 Stat 1066 | Y |
Anderson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000186; Price - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522 |
also long title: "To Amend the Price-Anderson provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954��_��__��_��___." | ||
| Price-Anderson Act (see, also the Atomic Energy Damages Act) | Sponsor | Price-Anderson Act (see, also the Atomic Energy Damages Act) | NO short title | Rep. Charles Price, (D-IL); Sen. Clinton Anderson, (D-NM) | 42 USC 2210 (note) | 85-256, section 4 | 71 Stat 576 |
08/01/1946 09/02/1957 |
Y |
Price - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522; Anderson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000186 |
referred to as "Price-Anderson provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954" by "Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988", 102 Stat 1066 (1988) | |
| PRICE of Homeland Security Act | Acrostic | PRICE of Homeland Security Act | "Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act of 2008" or "PRICE of Homeland Security Act" | 6 USC 101 | 110-412 | 122 Stat 4336 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994 | Description | President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994 | "President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1994" | 44 USC 2107 (note) | 103-345 | 108 Stat 3128 | N | short title and named in long title |