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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Lee James Act (aka the Family Opportunity Act of 2005) | Honor/Victim | Dylan Lee James Act (aka the Family Opportunity Act of 2005) | "Family Opportunity Act of 2005" or the "Dylan Lee James Act" | Dylan Lee James of Mesquite, TX (introduced by Rep. Pete Sessions), boy born with Down Syndrome and a severe heart condition who died in 2000. | 42 USC 1305 (note) | 109-171, Title VI, subtitle A, chapter 6, subtitle A | 120 Stat 96 | Y |
http://www.petesessions.com/downsyndrome.htm; "Medicaid to expand its coverage," The Daily News, Feb. 9, 2001 at A3 (Galveston) (on file). |
short title: may be cited as either the "Family Opportunity Act of 2005" or the "Dylan Lee James Act" | ||
| ADAMHA Reorganization Act | Institution | ADAMHA Reorganization Act | "ADAMHA Reorganization Act" | 42 USC 201 | 102-321 | 106 Stat 323 | N | short title; ADAMHA = Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration | ||||
| Dandini Research Park Conveyance Act | Institution | Dandini Research Park Conveyance Act | "Dandini Research Park Conveyance Act" | Name "Dandini Research Park" pre-existed statute. | 109-69 | 119 Stat 2007 | Y |
S.Rpt.109-38 |
short title | |||
| Crawford National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act | Institution | Crawford National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act | "Crawford National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act" | Fish hatchery previously named "Crawford" | 104-215 | 110 Stat 3018 | N | short title - fish hatchery was already named Crawford | ||||
| Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act | Institution | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act | "Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act" | Sen. Hubert Humphrey (MN) and Sen. Everett Dirksen (IL). | 20 USC 2566 (note) | 95-270 | 92 Stat 220 | Y |
Humphrey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953; Dirksen - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000360 |
authorizing funds for institutes already named for Humphrey and Dirksen | ||
| James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005 | Institution | James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005 | "James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005" | James Campbell was an Irish industrialist who spent much of his life in Hawai'i. His estate leases the land for the refuge. | 16 USC 668dd | 109-225 | 120 Stat 378 | Y |
http://jchsalumni.org/history.htm; http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=12529 |
title and short title; | ||
| George Bush School of Government and Public Service Act | Institution | George Bush School of Government and Public Service Act | "George Bush School of Government and Public Service Act" | President George H.W. Bush | 104-319, Title IV | 110 Stat 3867 | Y | title and short title; providing funds and assistance for establishing George Bush Fellowship Program at George Bush School of Management and Public Service at Texas A&M | ||||
| Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act | Institution | Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act | "Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act" | Sen. Robert A. Taft (OH) | 96-374, title XIII, part H, subpart 1 (section 1371) | 94 Stat 1502 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000009 |
short title; giving money to Robert A. Taft Institute of Government | |||
| Chimp Haven is Home Act | Institution | Chimp Haven is Home Act | "Chimp Haven is Home Act" | Chimp Haven is a "retirement community" for lab chimps. | short title see 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-170 | 121 Stat 2465 | Y | Closed a loophole in the CHIMP Act that would have allowed retired lab chimps to return to labs under some circumstances. Chimp Haven is the "retirement community" - http://www.chimphaven.org/view-news.cfm?id=38 | |||
| Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Act of 1994 | Institution | Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Act of 1994 | "Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Act of 1994" | Albert Einstein | 42 USC 7382 | 103-382, title V, part A (sec 511 et seq) | 108 Stat 4042 | Y | Name is the name of the program |