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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Boyer's Law | Victim | Amy Boyer's Law | "Amy Boyer's Law" | Amy Boyer murdered in Nashua, NH, after being a victim of cyber-stalking for years. | 42 USC 1305 | 106-553, Sec 635 (a) | 114 Stat 2762, 2762A-114 | Y |
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/03/23/48hours/main175556.shtml |
Title listed in Sec 635(a); | ||
| Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 | Victim | Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 | "Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990" | Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 101-381 | 104 Stat 576 | Y |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. |
short title; Ryan White contracted HIV from transfusion | ||
| Jeanna's Act (aka Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000) | Victim | Jeanna's Act (aka Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000) | "Jeanna's Act" or "Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000" | Jeanna North was killed at age 11 by a man who then escaped from the custody of a private prison transport company when he was being taken across state lines. | 42 USC 13726 | 106-560 | 114 Stat 2784 | Y |
CR S14603, Nov. 16, 1999. Statement of Sen. Byron Dorgan. |
short title gives both names | ||
| Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act | Victim | Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act | "Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act" | Matthew Shepard was the victim of a hate crime, beaten to death in Laramie, WY in 1998 by two men because he was gay. Jame Byrd, an African-American man from Texas, was killed in 1998 by two white supremacists who chained him to a pickup truck and dragged him to death. | 18 USC 1 (note) | 111-84, div E | 123 Stat 2835 | Y |
"Obama signs hate-crimes law rooted in crimes of 1998," USA Today, Oct. 28, 2009. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000629/1 |
short title and division title; check original bills -- think the full title changed through the legislative history | ||
| Code Adam Act of 2003 | Victim | Code Adam Act of 2003 | "Code Adam Act of 2003" | Named for Adam Walsh (son of John Walsh), who disappeared from a store at age 6 in 1981. "Code Adam" describes the procedures to be followed when a child goes missing in a store. | 42 USC 5601 (note) | 108-21, title III, subtitle D (section 361) | 117 Stat 665 | Y |
http://missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=e... |
short title - missing children procedures in public buildings | ||
| Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act | Victim | Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act | "Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act" | Jacob Wetterling was abducted at age 11 in 1989 by a masked gunman. His case remains open. | 42 USC 14071 | 103-322, title XVII, subtitle A (section 170101) | 108 Stat 2038 | Y | name of subtitle, no short title; | |||
| Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 | Victim | Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 | "Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009" | Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 111-87 | 123 Stat 2885 | Y |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. |
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| Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act | Victim | Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act | NO short title; section titleg is "Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics" | Jeanne Cleary was a 19-year-old freshman at Lehigh University who was raped and murdered in her residence hall in 1986. | 20 USC 1092(f)(18) | 89-329, title IV, section 485(f)/101-542, title II, section 204(a) | 104 Stat 2385 | N | no short title, section title is "Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics" (no mention of name); "jeanne cleary" not statutized | |||
| Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 (aka K.T. Safety Act of 2007) | Victim | Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 (aka K.T. Safety Act of 2007) | "Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007" or "K.T. Safety Act of 2007" | Named for Cameron Gulbransen, 2-yr-old who was killed when his father backed over him in the driveway. | 49 USC 30111 | 110-189 | 122 Stat 639 | Y |
http://www.citizen.org/autosafety/article_redirect.cfm?ID=17564 |
written as title; short title has both Gulbransen and "K.T. Safety Act of 2007" | ||
| Moses Agreement (Indian Land Patents) | Undefined | Moses Agreement (Indian Land Patents) | NO short title | Chief Moses of the Sinkiuse-Columbia Tribe, signed an agreement with the Interior Dept. in 1883, which the law ratified. | ch 180, 23 Stat 79 | X |
http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8870 |
nothing in statute; this is unclear b/c it seems to be smack in the middle of a longer statute about numerous Indian Tribes |