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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act | Honor | Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act | "Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act" | Rep. George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (TX), was Chairman of the Select Committee on Hunger. Killed in an aircraft crash in Ehtiopia while en route to a UN refugee camp. | 7 uSC 1691 (note) | 101-624, title XVII | 104 Stat 3783 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
short title at 1701 | ||
| Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act | Honor | Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act | "Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act" | Rep. George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (TX), was Chairman of the Select Committee on Hunger. Killed in an aircraft crash in Ehtiopia while en route to a UN refugee camp. | 7 uSC 1691 (note) | 101-624, title XV, subtitle A (section 1511) | 104 Stat 3633 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
short title at 1511; | ||
| America the Beautiful Act of 1990 | Political Description | America the Beautiful Act of 1990 | "America the Beautiful Act of 1990" | 16 USC 2101 | 101-624 | 104 Stat 3553 | N | creating tree-planting foundation | ||||
| Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act | Location | Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act | "Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act" | Truckee-Carson is an irrigation district and Pyramid is a lake in Nevada. | 101-618 | 104 Stat 3294 | N | short title; names of bodies of water | ||||
| Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 | Tribe | Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 | "Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990" | Fallon Paiute Shoshone is the name of a Tribe. | 101-618 | 104 Stat 3289 | Y | title of bill and short title; | ||||
| Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990 | Political Description | Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990 | "Serve-America: The Community Service, Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990" | 42 USC 12501 | 101-610, title I, subtitle B, S 110 | 104 Stat 3132 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle B, part I | ||||
| Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 | Honor | Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 | "Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990" | Spark M. Matsunaga, Representative and Senator from Hawaii, died on April 15, 1990. | 42 USC 12401 (note) | 101-566 | 104 Stat 2797 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000250 |
long title and short title; establishing program named for Matsunaga; Senator from HI, died in April 1990 | ||
| Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 | Honor | Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 | "Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990" | Sen. Claude Pepper (FL) who introduced similar legislation, then died on May 30, 1989. | 42 USC 12301 | 101-501, title IX | 104 Stat 1262 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000218 |
Claude Pepper had introduced a "Young Americans Act in 1989" and then passed away, this bill was added in to a different piece of legislation | ||
| Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990 | Honor | Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990 | "Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990" | Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins (CA) who retired in 1990 | 42 USC 9801 | 101-501 | 104 Stat 1222 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000367 |
short title | ||
| Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act | Sponsor | Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act | "Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act of 1990" | Rep. Dante Fascell, (D-FL) | 22 USC 4901 | 101-454 | 104 Stat 1065 | Y |
Notable Members of Congress and the Laws They Sponsored, http://congress.indiana.edu/notable-members-congress-and-laws-they-spons... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000041 |
short title at beginning of S 9 |