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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Corey Shea Act | Victim | Corey Shea Act | "Corey Shea Act" | Army Specialist Corey Shea was killed in Iraq in November 2008. His mother fought for the legislation to allow interment in military cemeteries of parents of deceased veterans who do not have spouses or children. | 38 USC 101 (note) | 111-275, title V, section 502 | 124 Stat 2882 | Y |
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2010/10/01/news/8022590.txt |
short title of Sec. 502 - internment in national cemeteries of parents of certain deceased veterans | ||
| Klamath Termination Act | Location | Klamath Termination Act | NO short title | Klamath, OR | 25 USC 564 | ch. 732, 68 Stat 718 | N | name not statutized; Klamath, OR | ||||
| Nelson Act (Bankruptcy Act of 1898) (see Bankruptcy Act) | Sponsor | Nelson Act (Bankruptcy Act of 1898) (see Bankruptcy Act) | NO short title | Rep. Knute Nelson (R-MN) | ch 541, 30 Stat 544 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000040; see also http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00578.xml |
nothing in statute | ||||
| Savings are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997 | Acrostic | Savings are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997 | "Savings Are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997" | 29 USC 1001 | 105-92 | 111 Stat 2139 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; no abbreviation listed in either PNT or statute | ||||
| ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 | Acrostic | ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 | "Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2007" or "ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007" | 22 USC 8201 | 110-53 | 121 Stat 526 | Y | both are in short title at beginning of Title XXI of the "Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act" | ||||
| Boykin Merchant Marine Act | Sponsor | Boykin Merchant Marine Act | NO short title | Rep. Frank Boykin (D-AL) | ch 186, 53 Stat 810 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000725 |
names that it is amending Merchant Marine Act of 1936 | ||||
| District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act | Description | District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act | "District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act" | Ch. 465, 48 Stat 930 | ||||||||
| Revenue Act of 1935 | Description | Revenue Act of 1935 | "Revenue Act of 1935" | Ch. 829, 49 Stat 1014 | ||||||||
| Esch Car Service Act | Sponsor | Esch Car Service Act | NO short title | Rep. John Jacob Esch, (R-WI) | ch. 23, 40 Stat 101 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000212 |
nothing in statute |