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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Government in the Sunshine Act | Political Description | Government in the Sunshine Act | "Government in the Sunshine Act" | 5 USC 552b | 94-409 | 90 Stat 1241 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Kristen's Act | Victim | Kristen's Act | "Kristen's Act" | Kristen Moderfferi, a constituent of the law's sponsor (Rep. Sue Myrick), who disappeared in 1997 after her freshman year in college. | 42 USC 14661 (note) | 106-468 | 114 Stat 2027 | Y |
CR H10453, Oct. 19, 2000, Statement of Rep. Sue Myrick. |
short title; finding missing adults | ||
STEP Act | Acrostic | STEP Act | "Supporting Teens through Education and Protection Act of 2005" or "STEP Act" | 42 USC 14043c-3(a) | 103-322, title IV, S 41204; as added 109-162, title III, S 303 | 119 Stat 3010 | Y | short title at beginning of section | ||||
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 | Honor | Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 | "Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009" | Lilly Ledbetter was a manager at a Goodyear plant in Alabama who sued the company for sex discrimination in pay practices. When she lost her case before the Supreme Court, the Congress changed the law to increase the time workers have to sue their employers for pay discrimination. | 42 USC 2000a (note) | 111-2 | 123 Stat 5 | Y |
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1874954,00.html |
short title | ||
Terry Beirn Community Based AIDS Research Initiative Act of 1991 | Honor/Victim | Terry Beirn Community Based AIDS Research Initiative Act of 1991 | long title and short title - "Terry Beirn Communited Based AIDS Research Initiative Act of 1991" | Terry Beirn worked for amfAR and the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on AIDS legislation. He died in 1991. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 102-96 | 105 Stat 481 | Y | short title and named in long title; renaming community-based clinical trial programs in Beirn's honor | |||
John William Rolen Act | Honor | John William Rolen Act | "John William Rolen Act" | Bill Rolen, was Executive Director of the American Ex-POWs, died in fall 1999. | 38 USC 101 (note) | 106-117, title V, section 501 | 113 Stat 1573 | Y |
http://rockefeller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=bbd6b23... |
short title | ||
Gaylord A. Nelson Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Wildneress Act | Award | Gaylord A. Nelson Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Wildneress Act | "Gaylord A. Nelson Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Wildneress Act" | Sen. Gaylord Anton Nelson, dem, Senate: 1963-1981, Wisconsin. Founder of Earth Day; Presidential medal of freedom. This is a tribute statute. | 16 USC 1132 | 108-447, div. E, Title I, Section 140 | 118 Stat 3069 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000033 |
short title; statute also conferred the name "Gaylord A. Nelson" on the wilderness area | ||
Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 | Honor | Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 | "Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008" | Sen. Paul Wellstone (MN) and Sen. Pete Domenici (NM) | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-343, div C, title V, subtitle B, section 511 | 122 Stat 3881 | Y |
Letter from David Wellstone, Co-Founder of Wellstone Action, 110 CR H8620, Sept. 23, 2008. |
short title and subtitle name | ||
Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge Designation Act of 1987 | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge Designation Act of 1987 | "Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge Designation Act of 1987" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 100-38 | 101 Stat 306 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
short title and long title; changing name of refuge in CT | |||
Dawson Family Community Protection Act | Victim | Dawson Family Community Protection Act | "Dawson Family Community Protection Act" | Carnell and Angela Dawson were killed, along with their five children, when their house was fire-bombed in apparent retaliation for Mrs. Dawson's notification to police about persistent drug distribution activity in their neighborhood. | 21 USC 1701 (note) | 109-469, title III, Section 302 | 120 Stat 3524 | Y |
Findings in legislation. PL 109-469, Section 302. |
short title at Section 302(a) |