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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Dylan Lee James Act (aka the Family Opportunity Act of 2005) | Honor/Victim | Dylan Lee James Act (aka the Family Opportunity Act of 2005) | "Family Opportunity Act of 2005" or the "Dylan Lee James Act" | Dylan Lee James of Mesquite, TX (introduced by Rep. Pete Sessions), boy born with Down Syndrome and a severe heart condition who died in 2000. | 42 USC 1305 (note) | 109-171, Title VI, subtitle A, chapter 6, subtitle A | 120 Stat 96 | Y |
http://www.petesessions.com/downsyndrome.htm; "Medicaid to expand its coverage," The Daily News, Feb. 9, 2001 at A3 (Galveston) (on file). |
short title: may be cited as either the "Family Opportunity Act of 2005" or the "Dylan Lee James Act" | ||
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 | Honor | Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 | "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvements Act of 2006" | 20 USC 2301 (note) | 88-210, 109-270 | 120 Stat 683 | Y | short title is in 109-270 | ||||
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvements Act of 2006 | Honor | Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvements Act of 2006 | "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvements Act of 2006" | 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 (note) | 109-270 | 120 Stat 683 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000230 |
separate entry in table - hard to tell what it really is | ||
Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act | Location | Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act | "Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer Act" | Newlands Project, NV | 109-265 | 120 Stat 668 | N | short title; Newlands Project previously named | ||||
Masha's Law | Victim | Masha's Law | "Masha's Law" | Masha was a Russian orphan adopted by a man in Pennsylvania at age 5. She was sexually exploited by her adoptive father, who posted pictures of her on the internet. | 18 USC 2251 (note) | 109-248, title VII, section 707 | 120 Stat 650 | Y |
CR S8022, July 20, 2006, Statement of Sen. John Kerry. |
title of section and short title | ||
Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 | Honor | Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 | "Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006" | Fannie Lou Hamer was a voting rights activist and SNCC organizer. Rosa Parks was a civil rights leader. Coretta Scott King was a civil rights activist and founder of the Center for Nonviolent Social Change. | 42 USC 1971 (note) | 109-246 | 120 Stat 577 | Y |
Hamer - http://www.biography.com/people/fannie-lou-hamer-205625; Parks - http://www.biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715?page=1; Scott King - http://www.biography.com/people/coretta-scott-king-9542067. |
short title in Statutes at Large is the "Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006" | ||
Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 | Political Description | Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 | "Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005" | 4 USC 5 | 109-243 | 120 Stat 572 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006 | Political Description | Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006 | "Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006" | 42 USC 201 note | 109-242 | 120 Stat 570 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
MINER Act | Acrostic | MINER Act | "Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006" or "MINER Act" | 30 USC 801 | 109-236 | 120 Stat 493 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act | Acrostic | Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act | "Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act" | 26 USC 1 note | 109-227 | 120 Stat 385 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; the obvious acronym is not listed in the PNT |