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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Annunzio Act | Honor | Frank Annunzio Act | "Frank Annunzio Act" | Rep. Frank Annunzio (IL), retired in 1992. | 20 USC 5701 (note) | 102-281 | 106 Stat 139 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000212 |
Creating Christopher Columbus coins and fellowships. | ||
| Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Act of 2005 | Honor | Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Act of 2005 | "Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Act of 2005" | Spark M. Matsunaga, Representative and Senator from Hawaii, died on April 15, 1990. | 42 USC 12401 (note) | 109-58, title VIII | 119 Stat 844 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000250 |
Amending 1990 act named for Matsunaga | ||
| Mitchell Act (Columbia River Basin Fishery Development) | Honor | Mitchell Act (Columbia River Basin Fishery Development) | NO short title | Hugh C. Mitchell, director of Fish Culture for the State of Oregon in the 1930s | 16 USC 755 | ch 193, 52 Stat 345 | N |
http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/entry/view/mitchell_act_1938_/ |
name not statutized | |||
| Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act | Honor | Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act | "National School Lunch Act" | Sen. Richard B. Russell (GA) | 42 USC 1751 (note) | ch 281, 60 Stat 230 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000536 |
enacting clause "may be cited as the 'National School Lunch Act'"; renamed for "Richard B. Russell" in 1999 by 113 Stat 1169 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Development Act of 1992 | Honor | Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Development Act of 1992 | "Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Development Act of 1992" | President Dwight D. Eisenhower | 102-325 Title X Section 1004; 89-329, Title X, part D | 106 Stat 783 | Y | establishing Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Program; PL 89-329 is Higher Education Act of 1965 | ||||
| Jadwin Act (see Flood Control Act of 1928) | Honor | Jadwin Act (see Flood Control Act of 1928) | NO short title | Lt. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, who developed the plan for dealing with Mississippi floods, adopted by the Flood Control Act of 1928. | 33 USC 702a | ch 569, 45 Stat 534 | N | name not statutized | ||||
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act | Honor | Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act | "Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act" | President Dwight D. Eisenhower | 20 USC 2981 | 89-10, title II, part A; 100-297, title I, Section 1001 | 102 Stat 219 | Y | short title of Part A of PL 100-297 enacted Apr 28, 1988 | |||
| Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act | Honor | Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act | "Mickey Leland Food for Peace 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 XV, subtitle A (section 1511) | 104 Stat 3633 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
short title at 1511; | ||
| Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 | Honor | Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 | "Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008" | Rep. Thomas Lantos (CA), was Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs until his death on Feb. 11, 2008. | 50 USC 1701 (note) | 110-286 | 122 Stat 2632 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000090 |
short title |