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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubbard Act | Honor/Victim | Hubbard Act | "Hubbard Act" | Jason Hubbard, who lost his veterans benefits after he was honorably discharged from the army following the death of his two younger brothers because he left before the end of his contract. | 10 USC 101 (note) | 110-317 | 122 Stat 3526 | Y |
Cynthia Dizikes, Law Mended for Veteran Who Lost Brothers in Iraq: Bush Signs the Act, Ensuring Such Survivors Keep Benefits if They Leave Service Early, The Nation, Aug. 30, 2008, http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/30/nation/na-survivor30 |
short title | ||
| Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act | Institution | Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act | "Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center Assistance Act" | Sen. Hubert Humphrey (MN) and Sen. Everett Dirksen (IL). | 20 USC 2566 (note) | 95-270 | 92 Stat 220 | Y |
Humphrey - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000953; Dirksen - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000360 |
authorizing funds for institutes already named for Humphrey and Dirksen | ||
| HUBZone Act of 1997 | Abbreviation | HUBZone Act of 1997 | "HUBZone Act of 1997" | 15 USC 631 | 105-135, title VI | 111 Stat 2627 | N | short title at beginning of title VI; in definitions, "HUBZone" is defined as "historically underutilized business zone" | ||||
| HUBZones in Native America Act of 2000 | Abbreviation | HUBZones in Native America Act of 2000 | "HUBZones in Native America Act of 2000" | 15 USC 631 | 106-554, S1(a)(9) [title VI, subtitle A, S 601 et seq) | 114 Stat 2763, 2763A-697 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle A; HUBZone is defined as "historically underutilized zone" | ||||
| ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 | Abbreviation | ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 | "ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000" | 42 usc 101 note | 106-545 | 114 Stat 2721 | N | short title at beginning of statute; ICCVAM is not spelled out in title -- S 3 spells it out as Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods | ||||
| Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 | Honor/Sponsor | Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 | "Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011" | Rep. Ike Skelton (TX), Chair of House Armed Services Committee. | 111-383 | 124 Stat 4137 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000465 |
Negotiated language was introduced as original bill, so "Ike Skelton National Defense��_��__��_��___" was original title introduced by Skelton himself. Though bill was introduced AFTER Skelton had already lost re-election. See Committee Print, HASC No. 5, Dec. 2010. | |||
| ILSA Extension Act of 2001 | Abbreviation | ILSA Extension Act of 2001 | "ILSA Extension Act of 2001" | 50 USC 1701 | 107-24 | 115 Stat 199 | N | short title at beginning of statute; ILSA is not spelled out | ||||
| McCarran-Walter Act (see Immigration and Nationality Act) | Sponsor | McCarran-Walter Act (see Immigration and Nationality Act) | "Immigration and Nationality Act" | Sen. Patrick Anthony McCarran, (D-NV); Rep. Francis Walter (D-PA) | 8 USC 1101 | ch 477, 66 Stat 163 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000308; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000108 |
"McCarran-Walker" not statutized; short title at beginning | |||
| No entry | Description | No entry | "Independent Offices Act" | Ch. 580, 45 Stat 573 | ||||||||
| Independent Offices Act, 1928 | Description | Independent Offices Act, 1928 | "Independent Offices Act, 1928" | Ch. 104, 40 Stat 1069 |