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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| Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act of 1998 | Honor | Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act of 1998 | "Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act of 1998" | Rep. Bill Emerson (MO) died in 1996. | 17 USC 1691 | 105-385 (Title II, subtitle B) | 112 Stat 3465 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000174 |
short title; Named for Emerson in Short Title and also as name of Subtitle B | ||
| Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998 | Political Description | Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998 | "Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998" | 18 USC 228 | 105-187 | 112 Stat 618 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| TEA 21 Restoration Act | Abbreviation | TEA 21 Restoration Act | "TEA 21 Restoration Act" | 23 USC 101 | 105-206, title IX | 112 Stat 834 | N | short title at beginning of title IX; amending the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century | ||||
| Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act | Sponsor | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act | "Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act" | Rep. Thomas J. Bliley, (R-VA); Sen. Phil Gramm, (R-TX); Rep. Jim Leach, (R-IA) | 12 USC 1811 (note) | 106-102 | 113 Stat 1338 | Y |
Veronica Roberts, (Stunning Video): Too Big To Fail Banking Disaster Predicted Since 1999 by Congressman, AllVoices, Dec. 10, 2011, http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/11066868-stunning-video-too-bi... Bliley - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000556; Gramm - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000365; Leach - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000169 |
short title | ||
| PRIME Act | Acrostic | PRIME Act | "Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs Act of 1999" or "PRIME Act" | 15 USC 6901 | 103-425, title I, subtitle C (S 171 et seq), as added 106-102, title VII, S 725 | 113 Stat 1471 | Y | short title at beginning of S 725, names that it is amending the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 | ||||
| Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 | Honor | Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 | "Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001" | Rear Admiral James Nance was an aide to Jesse Helms who died in May 1999 ; Meg Donovan was a Deputy Asst Secretary of State in the Clinton Admin and before that, a long-time staffer at House International Relations, who died in 1998 | 22 USC 2651 | 106-113 div B Section 1000(a)(7) | 113 Stat 1536, 1501A-405 | Y |
Nance - NYT Obit published 5/15/99 - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507EFD61F3FF936A25756C0A... Donovan - Cong record V. 145, Pt. 21, 31003, Nov 19, 1999 |
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| First Inventor Defense Act | Description | First Inventor Defense Act | "First Investor Defense Act of 1999" | 35 USC 1 | 106-113, div B, section 1000(a)(9) | 113 Stat 1536, 1501A-555 | N | Subtitle C - starts at 1501A-555 | ||||
| John William Rolen Act | Honor | John William Rolen Act | "John William Rolen Act" | Bill Rolen, was Executive Director of the American Ex-POWs, died in fall 1999. | 38 USC 101 (note) | 106-117, title V, section 501 | 113 Stat 1573 | Y |
http://rockefeller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=bbd6b23... |
short title | ||
| Father Theodore M. Hesburgh Congressional Gold Medal Act | Award | Father Theodore M. Hesburgh Congressional Gold Medal Act | "Father Theodore M. Hesburgh Congressional Gold Medal Act" | Father Theodore Hesburgh was president of Notre Dame University. | 31 USC 5111 (note) | 106-153 | 113 Stat 1733 | Y | title of statute and short title; awarding congressional gold medal | |||
| Dugger Mountain Wildnerness Act of 1999 | Location | Dugger Mountain Wildnerness Act of 1999 | "Dugger Mountain Wildnerness Act of 1999" | Dugger Mountain in Alabama. | 106-156 | 113 Stat 1741 | Y |
http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&recAreaId=... |
short title; act is naming area of federal lands as "Dugger Mountain Wilderness", named for Dugger Mountain |