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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Bumpers Wilderness Resources Protection Act (also known as the Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984) | Sponsor | Dale Bumpers Wilderness Resources Protection Act (also known as the Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984) | Enacting Clause - "Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984" | Sen. Dale Bumpers, (D-AK). | 16 USC 1132 (note) | 98-508 | 98 Stat 2349 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001057 |
"Dale Bumpers" not statutized; named as "Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984" in the enacting clause | ||
| Dandini Research Park Conveyance Act | Institution | Dandini Research Park Conveyance Act | "Dandini Research Park Conveyance Act" | Name "Dandini Research Park" pre-existed statute. | 109-69 | 119 Stat 2007 | Y |
S.Rpt.109-38 |
short title | |||
| Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lake Champlain Basin Program Act of 2002 | Honor | Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lake Champlain Basin Program Act of 2002 | "Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lake Champlain Basin Program Act of 2002" | Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (NY) | 33 USC 1251 (note) | 107-303, title II | 116 Stat 2358 | Y |
http://www.lcbp.org/lcbpsumr.htm; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001054 |
short title; Moynihan was one of the sponsors of the underlying bill (1990, Lake Champlain Special Designation Act), he had retired from the Senate in 2000 | ||
| Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009 | Honor | Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009 | "Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009" | named for reporter Daniel Pearl killed in Pakistan | 22 USC 2151 (note) | 111-166 | 124 Stat 1186 | Y |
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/world/18press.html?pagewanted=print |
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| Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act | Victim | Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act | "Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act" | Danny Keysar was a 17-month-old child killed in 1998 when a portable crib collapsed on him. | 15 USC 2056a(a) | 110-314, title I, Section 104 | 122 Stat 3028 | Y |
http://schakowsky.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14... |
short title at Section 104(a) | ||
| Dante B. Fascell North-South Center Act of 1991 | Honor | Dante B. Fascell North-South Center Act of 1991 | "North/South Center Act of 1991" | Rep. Dante B. Fascell (FL) | 22 USC 2075(a) | 102-138, title II, Section 208 | 105 Stat 694 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000041 |
1991 act created "North/South Center" but "Dante B. Fascell" was statutized by 113 Stat 54 (in 1996), which both named the Center for Fascell and amended the earlier act to change the short title | ||
| David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 | Honor | David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 | "National Security Education Act of 1991" | Sen. David L. Boren (OK) | 50 USC 1901(a) | 102-183, title VIII | 105 Stat 1271 | Y |
http://www.borenawards.org/news/show/david_l_boren_attends_20th_annivers... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000639; "OU President David Boren to be honored on anniversary of establishing foreign education program," The Oklahoman, Sept. 8, 2011 (on file) |
both title and short title are "National Security Education Act of 1991"; "David L. Boren" statutized by amending short title in 106 Stat 3185 (1992); Boren authored the 1991 law | ||
| Davis-Bacon Act | Sponsor | Davis-Bacon Act | NO short title | Rep. Robert L. Bacon (R-NY) (1923-1938); Sen. James John Davis (R-PA) (1930-1945) | 40 U.S.C. 3141-3148 | ch. 411, 46 Stat 1494 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000019; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000111 |
statutized as "Davis-Bacon Act" by 116 Stat. 1062 (2002); also listed in PNT as "Bacon-Davis Act" | |||
| Dawes Act (Indians) (see Indian General Allotment Act) | Sponsor | Dawes Act (Indians) (see Indian General Allotment Act) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Laurens Dawes, (R-MA) | 25 USC 331 | ch 119, 24 Stat 388 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000148 |
nothing in statute; name not statutized | |||
| Dawes Act (Marriage with Indian Women) | Sponsor | Dawes Act (Marriage with Indian Women) | NO short title | Sen. Henry Laurens Dawes, (R-MA) | 25 USC 181 | ch. 818, 25 Stat 392 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000148 |
nothing in statute; name not statutized |