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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows and Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows Program Act of 2008 | Honor | Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows and Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows Program Act of 2008 | "Congressional Hunger Fellows Act of 2002" | Rep. Bill Emerson (MO) and Rep. George T. (Mickey) Leland (TX) served together in the House and were friends who worked across the aisle on hunger and poverty issues. | 2 USC 1161 | 107-171 (Section 4404) | 116 Stat 335 | Y |
116 Stat 335, PL 101-171, Section 4404 |
Original statute passed in 2002 as "Congressional Hunger Fellows Act of 2002", which named fellowship for Emerson and Leland and included info about them in the statute's findings. The 2008 Act (122 Stat 1132) amended the program and also statutized the names in the 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" | ||||
| George-Murray Contract Settlement Act of 1944 (see Contract Settlement Act of 1944) | Sponsor | George-Murray Contract Settlement Act of 1944 (see Contract Settlement Act of 1944) | "Contract Settlement Act of 1944" | Sen. Walter-Franklin George (D-GA); Sen. James E. Murray (D-MT) | ch 358, 58 Stat 649 | x |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000131; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001108 |
short title at end; see also Sen. James E. Murray, Contract Settlement Act of 1944, Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Spring 1944) pp. 683-692. | ||||
| CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 | Acrostic | CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 | "Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 or CAN-SPAM Act of 2003" | 15 USC 7701 | 108-187 | 117 Stat 2699 | N | both in short title at the beginning of statute | ||||
| Corey Shea Act | Victim | Corey Shea Act | "Corey Shea Act" | Army Specialist Corey Shea was killed in Iraq in November 2008. His mother fought for the legislation to allow interment in military cemeteries of parents of deceased veterans who do not have spouses or children. | 38 USC 101 (note) | 111-275, title V, section 502 | 124 Stat 2882 | Y |
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2010/10/01/news/8022590.txt |
short title of Sec. 502 - internment in national cemeteries of parents of certain deceased veterans | ||
| Johnson Amendment (see Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933) | Sponsor | Johnson Amendment (see Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933) | "Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933" | Really unclear. The amendments offered in the House were all Committee amendments put forward by Rep. Rayburn, and the Senate amendments were by Shipstead. No one named Johnson participated in the debate in either chamber and none was appointed a conferee. It's possible that this is a mistake in the PNT, because there is a more famous "Johnson Amendment" in tax law that was offered by Sen. Lyndon Johnson on the floor, but it was not an amendment dealing with this part of the tax code - http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=154788,00.html | 15 USC 77mm | ch 38, title II, 48 Stat 92 | N | short title at end of title II - "Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1935" - each of these titles has an appropriations name, but why no personal name for these? | ||||
| Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933 | Description | Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933 | "Corporation of Foreign Bondholders Act, 1933" | Ch. 38, title II, 48 Stat 74 | ||||||||
| Craig Recreation Land Purchast Act | Location | Craig Recreation Land Purchast Act | "Craig Recreation Land Purchase Act" | Craig, AK | 108-325 | 118 Stat 1268 | N | Craig is a city in Alaska | ||||
| Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008 | Honor | Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008 | "Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008" | Sen. Craig Thomas (WY), died in 2007 | 16 USC 1271 note | 111-11, title V, Section 5002 | 123 Stat 1147 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000162; http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=4108 |
Snake River is a place; | ||
| Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act | Sponsor | Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act | "Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act" | Sen. Alan Cranston (D-CA), Chiarman of the Committee on Veterans Affairs, and Rep. Henry Gonzalez (D-TX), Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. | 42 USC 12701 note | 101-625 | 104 Stat 4079 | Y |
Cranston - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000877; Gonzalez - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000272; See also Presidential Signing Statement: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=19102#axzz1ITSjt4eM |