
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.
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.
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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COMPETE Act of 2006 | Acrostic | COMPETE Act of 2006 | "Creating Opportunities for Minor League Professionals, Entertainers, and Teams through Legal Entry Act of 2006" or the "COMPETE Act fof 2006" | 8 USC 1101 | 109-463 | 120 Stat 3477 | Y | both in short title at the beginning of statute | ||||
Pay it Back Act | Political Description | Pay it Back Act | "Pay It Back Act" | 12 USC 5201 | 111-203, title XIII | 124 Stat 2133 | Y | short title at beginning of title XII of Dodd-Frank | ||||
Anderson-Price Atomic Energy Damages Act | Sponsor | Anderson-Price Atomic Energy Damages Act | NO short title | Rep. Clinton Anderson (D-NM) and Rep. Charles Melvin Price (D-IL), both of whom went on to chair the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. | 42 USC 2210 (note) | 85-256 | 71 Stat 576 | Y |
Anderson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000186; Price - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522 |
"Price-Anderson" statutized by reference in 102 Stat 1066 | ||
Magnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act | Sponsor | Magnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act | "Magnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act" | Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA) and Rep. John E. Moss (D-CA) (sponsor of House vehicle, HR 7917) | 15 USC 2301 (note) | 93-637 | 88 Stat 2183 | Y |
Magnuson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000053; Moss - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001035 |
Enacting clause | ||
FREEDOM Support Act | Acrostic | FREEDOM Support Act | "Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992" or "FREEDOM Support Act" | 22 USC 5801 | 102-511 | 106 Stat 3320 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 | Honor/Sponsor | Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 | "Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001" | Rep. Floyd D. Spence (SC), Chair of the House Armed Services Committee (106th Cong.), died in office in 2001. | 106-398, section 1 | 114 Stat 1654, 1654A-1 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000718 |
Actual act passed simply enacted HR 5408 from the previous Congress; Floyd D. Spence is short title at beginning of HR 5408, no short title to act.H185; Originally introduced by Rep. Spence without his name attached, seems to have been added in Committee. | |||
Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 | Victim | Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 | "Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008" | Ryan Haight was 18 when he died from an overdose of prescription drugs he purchased on the Internet. | 21 USC 801 (note) | 110-425 | 122 Stat 4820 | Y |
http://www.getsmartaboutdrugs.com/stories/ryan_haights_story.html |
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Capper-Ketcham Act | Sponsor | Capper-Ketcham Act | NO short title | Sen. Arthur Capper (R-KS) and Rep. John Ketcham (R-MI) | 7 USC 343 | ch. 687, 45 Stat 711 | Y |
Capper - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000133; Ketcham - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000151 |
statutized by reference in 67 Stat 84 (1953) | |||
Food for Peace Act of 1966 | Political Description | Food for Peace Act of 1966 | "Food for Peace Act of 1966" | 7 USC 1691 | 89-808 | 80 Stat 1526 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; amending Argicultural Trade Development and Assistance Act | ||||
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 |