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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| Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act | Honor/Sponsor | Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act | "Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act" | Rep. Thomas Osborne (NE), retired from the House in 2006. | 109-365, title VIII | 120 Stat 2594 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000165 |
Osborne had sponsored HR 856 (109th Cong.), which was incorporated into PL 109-365 as Title VIII and Osborne's name added. | |||
| ENHANCED Act of 2009 | Acrostic | ENHANCED Act of 2009 | "Establishing a Network of Health-Advancing National Centers of Excellence for Depression Act of 2009" or "ENHANCED Act of 2009" | 42 USC 290bb-38 | 111-148, title X, section 10410 | 124 Stat 984 | Y | short title at beginning of S 10410 | ||||
| Knutson-Vandenberg Act | Sponsor | Knutson-Vandenberg Act | NO short title | Rep. Harold Knutson (R-MN) and Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (R-MI) | 16 USC 576 (note) | ch. 416, 46 Stat 527 | Y |
Knutson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000301; Vandenberg - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000025 |
statutized by reference to Knutson-Vandenberg funds in 115 Stat 452 | |||
| McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962 (aka the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act) | Sponsor | McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962 (aka the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act) | NO short title | Rep. Clifford McIntire (R-ME) and Sen. John Stennis (D-MS) | 16 USC 582(a) | 87-7888 | 76 Stat 806 | Y |
McIntire - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000478; Stennis - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000852 |
"McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act" statutized by reference in Sec. 1231 of 104 Stat 3543 | ||
| Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act | Honor | Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act | "Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act" | Rep. Bill Emerson (MO) who worked to have the legislation making the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act have the full force of law passed during the 104th Congress, but who died on June 22, 1996. The bill was amended to be named to honor Emerson. | 42 USC 1791 (a) | 89-642 (formerly 101-610) | 104 Stat 3183 | Y |
H.Rpt. 104-661; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000174 |
PL 89-642 was the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966," which seems to have been amended by PL 101-610, the "Good Samaritan Food Donation Act," which was meant as a model act and had no force of law. PL 104-210 (110 Stat 3011) renamed the Good Samaritan act the "Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act" and gave it the full force of law. | ||
| Curt Flood Act of 1998 | Honor | Curt Flood Act of 1998 | "Curt Flood Act of 1998" | Curt Flood was a Major League Baseball player who challenged the league's reserve clause in a suit that went before the Supreme Court as Flood v. Kuhn. He died of throat cancer the day before the bill was introduced. | 15 USC 1 (note) | 105-297 | 112 Stat 2824 | Y |
Introductory remarks of Sen. Hatch (S 53), CR S418, Jan. 21, 1997. |
Amends the Clayton Act to specify that baseball is subject to antitrust laws. Named for MLB player Curt Flood, who was litigant in SCOTUS case Flood v. Kuhn that overturned Federal Baseball Club. Senate and House bills were introduced on the first day of the 105th Congress. The House version (introduced by Conyers) was HR 21, for Flood's uniform number for the Cardinals. | ||
| LEGACY Act of 2003 | Acrostic | LEGACY Act of 2003 | "Living Equitably: Grandparents Aiding Children and Youth Act of 2003" or "LEGACY Act of 2003" | 12 USC 1701q | 108-186, title II | 117 Stat 2688 | Y | short title at beginning of title II | ||||
| Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 (aka K.T. Safety Act of 2007) | Victim | Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 (aka K.T. Safety Act of 2007) | "Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007" or "K.T. Safety Act of 2007" | Named for Cameron Gulbransen, 2-yr-old who was killed when his father backed over him in the driveway. | 49 USC 30111 | 110-189 | 122 Stat 639 | Y |
http://www.citizen.org/autosafety/article_redirect.cfm?ID=17564 |
written as title; short title has both Gulbransen and "K.T. Safety Act of 2007" | ||
| Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 | Sponsor | Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 | "Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982" | Rep. Fernand Joseph St. Germain (D-RI) and Sen. Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn (R-UT). | 12 USC 226 (note) | 97-320 | 96 Stat 1469 | Y |
Garn - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000072; St. Germain - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000762 |
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| Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 | Honor/Sponsor | Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 | "Howard M. Metzenbaum Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994" | Sen. Howard M. Metzenbaum (OH), retired in 1994. | 42 USC 1305 (note) | 103-332, title V, part E, subpart 1 (Section 551) | 108 Stat 4056 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000678 |
short title; about foster care |