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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act of 2000 | Honor | Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act of 2000 | "Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act of 2000" | Sen. Paul Coverdell (GA), died in office on July 18, 2000. | 42 USC 3711 | 106-561 | 114 Stat 2787 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000813 |
short title | ||
| Dickinson Dam Bascule Gates Settlement Act of 2000 | Location | Dickinson Dam Bascule Gates Settlement Act of 2000 | "Dickinson Dam Bascule Gates Settlement Act of 2000" | Dickinson Dam; bascule is the type of structure | 106-566, Title VIII | 114 Stat 2828 | N | Dickinson is the name of the dam; Bascule is the type of structure | ||||
| Paul D. Coverdell World Wide Schools Act of 2000 | Honor | Paul D. Coverdell World Wide Schools Act of 2000 | "Paul D. Coverdell World Wide Schools Act of 2000" | Sen. Paul Coverdell (GA), died in office on July 18, 2000. | 22 USC 2517 (note) | 106-570, title VI | 114 Stat 3051 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000813 |
short title and section title; findings about Coverdell | ||
| Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act | Honor | Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act | "Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act" | Muhammed Ali was a heavyweight boxing champion who called for federal legislation to protect boxers from dishonest promoters and managers. | 15 USC 6301 (note) | 106-210 | 114 Stat 321 | Y |
H.Rep.106-449, Part 1, Nov. 4, 1999. |
short title | ||
| Wellton-Mohawk Transfer Act | Location | Wellton-Mohawk Transfer Act | "Wellton-Mohawk Transfer Act" | "Welton-Mohawk" is the name of the Irrigation and Drainage District. | 106-221 | 114 Stat 351 | Y | short title; | ||||
| Jennifer's Law | Victim | Jennifer's Law | "Jennifer's Law" | Jennifer Wilmer, who went missing at age 21 in 1993 from California. | 42 USC 14661 (note) | 106-177, title II | 114 Stat 36 | Y |
http://www.jwrc.org/KeepKidsSafe/SexualOffenders101/LegislationBackgroun... |
name of title and short title; grant awards to missing person's programs | ||
| ORBIT Act | Acrostic | ORBIT Act | "Open-market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications Act" or "ORBIT Act" | 47 USC 701 | 106-180 | 114 Stat 48 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century | Honor | Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century | "Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century" | Sen. Wendell H. Ford (KY), former Chair of the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, retired in 1998. | 49 USC 40101 (note) | 106-181 | 114 Stat 61 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000268 |
short title | ||
| Pope John Paul II Congressional Gold Medal Act | Award | Pope John Paul II Congressional Gold Medal Act | "Pope John Paul II Congressional Gold Medal Act" | 31 USC 5111 (note) | 106-250 | 114 Stat 622 | Y | short title and long title; granting gold medal to PJPII | ||||
| Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000 | Victim | Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000 | "Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000" | Farias - 17-year-old Texas girl who died in 1996 after GHB had been slipped into her soda. Reid - 15-year-old girl who died in 1999 after GHB was slipped into her soda. | 21 USC 801 (note) | 106-172 | 114 Stat 7 | Y |
Farias - CR H9866, Oct. 12, 1999, Statement of Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee; Reid - CR S14872, Nov. 19, 1999, Statement of Sen. Spencer Abraham. |
short title; guessing victims |