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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007 | Political Description | Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007 | "Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007" | 42 USC 5601 | 110-240 | 122 Stat 1560 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Kendall Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act | Honor | Kendall Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act | "Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act" | Non-citizen Army Reserve Specialist Kendell Frederick was killed in Iraq in 2005. He had applied for citizenship but it was not granted during his life. | 8 USC 1101 (note) | 110-251 | 122 Stat 2319 | Y |
H.Rpt. 110-429 |
name is misspelled in PNT | ||
| Edward William Brooke III Congressional Gold Medal Act | Award | Edward William Brooke III Congressional Gold Medal Act | "Edward William Brooke III Congressional Gold Medal Act" | Sen. Edward William Brooke III (MA), who was the first African-American in the Senate after Reconstruction. | 31 USC 5111 (note) | 122 Stat 2433 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000871 |
title of statute and short title; nothing noted in USC | |||
| Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 | Abbreviation | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 | "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008" or the "FISA Amendments Act of 2008" | 50 USC 1801 | 110-261 | 122 Stat 2436 | N | short title at the beginning of statute; what's interesting here is that "FISA" is not part of the short title of the original bill, but it has clearly come to be known by the acronym | ||||
| NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008 | Acrostic | NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008 | "New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008" or "NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008" | 47 USC 609 | 110-283 | 122 Stat 2620 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008 | Victim | Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008 | "Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008" | Named for daughter of Rep. Deborah Pryce (sponsor) who died from neuroblastoma at age 9 in 1999. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-285 | 122 Stat 2628 | Y |
http://www.cancer.gov/aboutnci/ncicancerbulletin/archive/2008/072208/page6 |
NOTE - name changed in committee, guessing it was someone other than price who made the change | ||
| Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 | Honor | Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 | "Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008" | Rep. Thomas Lantos (CA), was Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs until his death on Feb. 11, 2008. | 50 USC 1701 (note) | 110-286 | 122 Stat 2632 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000090 |
short title | ||
| HOPE for Homeowners Act of 2008 | Abbreviation | HOPE for Homeowners Act of 2008 | "HOPE for Homeowners Act of 2008" | 12 USC 1701 | 110-289, div A, title IV | 122 Stat 2800 | Y | short title at beginning of title IV; HOPE is capitalized but does not seem to be an acronym | ||||
| S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 | Acrostic | S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 | "Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008" or "S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008" | 12 USC 5101 | 110-289, div A, title V | 122 Stat 2810 | Y | short title at beginning of title V | ||||
| Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 | Honor | Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 | "Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008" | Rep. Thomas Lantos (CA), was Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs until his death on Feb. 11, 2008. Rep. Henry J. Hyde (IL), was Chair of the Committee on International Relations, died on Nov. 29, 2007. | 22 USC 7601 (note) | 110-293 | 122 Stat 2918 | Y |
Lantos - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000090; Hyde - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001022 |
short title |