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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright Brothers Day Act | Honor | Wright Brothers Day Act | NO short title | 88-209 | 77 Stat 402 | N | long title; designating day as Wright Bros Day | |||||
| Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act | Honor | Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act | "Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act" | Rep. Sonny Bono (CA), former entertaininer, died in a skiing accident on January 5, 1998. | 17 USC 101 (note) | 105-298, title I | 112 Stat 2827 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000622 |
short title; Bono died Jan 5, 1998 | ||
| Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Management Act of 1983 | Honor | Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Management Act of 1983 | "Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Management Act of 1983" | Sen. Lee Metcalf (MT) who died in 1978. Possible his ashes were scattered in the area that was named for him. | 16 USC 1132 (note) | 98-104 | 97 Stat 901 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000671 |
title and enacting clause (then starts at section 2) - naming wilderness area in MT for Lee Metcalf | ||
| Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Protection Act of 2001 | Honor | Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Protection Act of 2001 | "Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Protection Act of 2001" | Sen. Paul Coverdell (GA), died in office on July 18, 2000. | 20 USC 6731 | 89-10, title II, part C, subpart 5 (section 2361); 107-110, title II, section 201 | 115 Stat 1667 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000813 |
short title | ||
| Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 | Honor | Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 | "Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006" | Esther Martinez was a storyteller, linguist, and teacher who worked to preserve the Tewa language. | 42 USC 2991 (note) | 109-394 | 120 Stat 2705 | Y |
"Esther Martinez, 94; Preserved Language," Washington Post, Sept. 19, 2006. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/18/AR200609... |
short title | ||
| Congenital Heart Futures Act | Description | Congenital Heart Futures Act | "Congenital Heart Futures Act" | 42 USC 201 note | 111-148, title X, section 10411 | 124 Stat 988 | N | short title at beginning of Section; national congenital heart disease surveillance system | ||||
| War Department Civil Appropriations Act, 1938 | Description | War Department Civil Appropriations Act, 1938 | "War Department Civil Appropriations Act, 1938" | Ch. 511, 50 Stat 515 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1922" | Ch. 1, 42 Stat 327 | ||||||||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1927" | ch. 226, 44 Stat 1250 | ||||||||
| Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 | Description | Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 | "Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933" | 12 USC 1461 | Ch. 64, 48 Stat 128 |