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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act | Sponsor | Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act | "Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act" | Relating to Pell Grants, which are named for Sen. Claiborne Pell (RI). | 20 USC 1001 (note) | 109-66 | 119 Stat 1999 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000193 |
short title; waiver of Pell Grant repayment for students affected by disaster | ||
| National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005 | Description | National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005 | "National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005" | 42 USC 201 | 109-60 | 119 Stat 1979 | N | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| SAFETEA-LU | Acrostic | SAFETEA-LU | Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or "SAFETEA-LU" | Supposedly named for Lu Young, Rep. Don Young's wife. | 23 USC 101 | 109-59 | 119 Stat 1144 | Y |
http://www.adn.com/2009/08/02/885403/lu-young-wife-of-rep-don-young.html |
short title at beginning - "Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users" or "SAFETEA-LU" | ||
| SAFE Act | Acrostic | SAFE Act | "Set America Free Act of 2005" or "SAFE Act" | 109-58, title XIV, subtitle B (1421) | 119 Stat 1064 | Y | short title at beginning of subtitle B; energy self-sufficiency | |||||
| 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 | ||
| John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments | Honor | John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments | "John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments" | Congressional staffer John Curtis Rishel who worked as an economic geologist. | 30 USC 1001 (note) | 109-58, title II, subtitle B (section 221) | 119 Stat 660 | Y |
Obituaries, Anchorage Daily News, May 23, 2003 (on flie). |
short title | ||
| Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Renamed Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) | Sponsor | Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Renamed Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) | "Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006" | Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (WA) and Sen. Ted Stevens (AK) | 16 USC 1801 (note) | 109-479 | 120 Stat 3575 | Y |
Magnuson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000053; Stevens - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000888 |
The House version was named for Stevens-Inouye, but the Senate version was Magnuson-Stevens. The law had previously been statutized only with Magnuson's name, not Stevens's. | ||
| Johanna's Law (aka Gynecological Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005) | Victim | Johanna's Law (aka Gynecological Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005) | "Johanna's Law" or "Gynecological Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005" | Johanna Silver Gordon, who died of ovarian cancer that was not detected until late in its development because she was not educated about the early signs. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 109-475 | 120 Stat 3565 | Y |
CR H8626, Nov. 14, 2006, Statement of Rep. Sandy Levin. |
short title gives both names; section 2 seems to amend USC to specifically insert "Johanna's Law" at 42 USC 247b-17 | ||
| Dawson Family Community Protection Act | Victim | Dawson Family Community Protection Act | "Dawson Family Community Protection Act" | Carnell and Angela Dawson were killed, along with their five children, when their house was fire-bombed in apparent retaliation for Mrs. Dawson's notification to police about persistent drug distribution activity in their neighborhood. | 21 USC 1701 (note) | 109-469, title III, Section 302 | 120 Stat 3524 | Y |
Findings in legislation. PL 109-469, Section 302. |
short title at Section 302(a) |