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 |
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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 | ||
Congressional Tribute to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Act of 2006 | Award | Congressional Tribute to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Act of 2006 | "Congressional Tribute to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Act of 2006" | 31 USC 5111 (note) | 109-395 | 120 Stat 2708 | N | awarding congressional gold medal -- but this is the only one named as "Congressional Tribute" | ||||
Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006 | Honor/Sponsor | Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006 | "Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006" | Rep. Henry J. Hyde (IL), retired in 2006. | 22 USC 8001 (note) | 109-401, title I | 120 Stat 2726 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001022 |
"Henry J. Hyde" added in conference, Hyde was a conferee. See H.Rpt.109-721 | ||
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 | ||
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006 | Victim | Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006 | "Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006" | 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) | 109-415 | 120 Stat 2767 | 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 | ||
STOP Act | Acrostic | STOP Act | "Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act" or "STOP Act" | 42 USC 201 | 109-422 | 120 Stat 2890 | Y | |||||
Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006 | Acrostic | Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006 | "Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006" | 26 USC 1 note | 109-432, div A, title III | 120 Stat 2948 | Y | short title at beginning of Title III; this would be more interesting if it is NOT called the "HOPE Act", which in fact it is not in the PNT | ||||
Pam White Wilderness Act of 2006 | Honor | Pam White Wilderness Act of 2006 | "Pam White Wilderness Act of 2006" | Pamela White was an advocate for wilderness preservation in Nevada, killed in a car crash in 2005. | 109-432, div C, title III, subtitle B (section 321) | 120 Stat 3030 | Y |
http://www.nevadawilderness.org/items/newsletter_06Autumn.pdf; CR S10971, Oct. 4, 2005. |
short title; deals with a number of wilderness areas but none of them are named for Pam White -- think that may just be an honorific attached to the bill | |||
Hatian Hempispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 | Acrostic | Hatian Hempispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 | "Haitian Hempispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006" | 19 USC 2701 | 109-432, div D, title V | 120 Stat 3181 | Y | short title at beginning of title V; Acronym (HOPE) is not listed in popular names table, but is one of the short titles of the 2008 amendment | ||||
Stolen Valor Act of 2005 | Political Description | Stolen Valor Act of 2005 | "Stolen Valor Act of 2006" | 18 USC 1 | 109-437 | 120 Stat 3266 | N | short title at beginning of statute |