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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| Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 | Honor | Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 | "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990" | Rep. Carl D. Perkins (KY) was chair of the Committee on Education and Labor for 16 years until his death in 1984. | 20 USC 2301 | 101-392 | 104 Stat 753 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000230 |
in short title, and formal title amends "Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act" | ||
| Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 | Victim | Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 | "Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990" | Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 101-381 | 104 Stat 576 | Y |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. |
short title; Ryan White contracted HIV from transfusion | ||
| Suzanne's Law | Victim | Suzanne's Law | NO short title | Suzanne Lyall, who disappeared in 1998 at age 19 from SUNY-Albany. | 42 USC 5779 | 101-647, title XXXVII | 104 Stat 4966 | N | NOTE: This provision was originally enacted in 1990, but Suzanne's Law was actually a provision in the PROTECT Act of 2003 (117 Stat 650, Section 204) that changed from 18 to 21 the age under which any law enforcement agency must report a missing person to the National Crime Information Center. | |||
| Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 | Long title and short title - "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 42 USC 11301 (note) | 101-645 | 104 Stat 4673 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
short title, named Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act in long title | ||
| Camp W. G. Williams Land Exchange Act of 1989 | Location | Camp W. G. Williams Land Exchange Act of 1989 | At Title IX - "Camp W. G. Williams Land Exchange Act of 1989" | Army National Guard camp named for Brigadier Gen. W. G. Williams | 101-628 (title IX) | 104 Stat 4499 | Y | short title at Title IX; name of camp | ||||
| Doug Bereuter Section 502 Single Family Housing Loan Guarantee Act | Sponsor | Doug Bereuter Section 502 Single Family Housing Loan Guarantee Act | NO short title | Rep. Douglas Bereuter (R-NE) retired in 2004. | 42 USC 1472(h)(1) | 101-625, Title VII, Section 706(b) | 104 Stat 4284 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000403 |
short title is added by 118 Stat 917 in 2004, which renames section 502 of the 1990 Cranston-Gonzalez Act for Doug Bereuter, who is credited for drafting that section | ||
| Homeownership and Opportunity Through HOPE Act | Abrreviation | Homeownership and Opportunity Through HOPE Act | "Homeownership and Opportunity Through HOPE Act" | 42 USC 1437aaa | 101-625, title IV | 104 Stat 4148 | Y | short title at beginning of title IV; HOPE is capitalized but does not seem to be an acronym | ||||
| 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 |
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| Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act | Honor | Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act | "Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act" | Rep. George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (TX), was Chairman of the Select Committee on Hunger. Killed in an aircraft crash in Ehtiopia while en route to a UN refugee camp. | 7 uSC 1691 (note) | 101-624, title XVII | 104 Stat 3783 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
short title at 1701 | ||
| Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act | Honor | Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act | "Mickey Leland Food for Peace Act" | Rep. George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (TX), was Chairman of the Select Committee on Hunger. Killed in an aircraft crash in Ehtiopia while en route to a UN refugee camp. | 7 uSC 1691 (note) | 101-624, title XV, subtitle A (section 1511) | 104 Stat 3633 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
short title at 1511; |