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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ART Act | Acrostic | ART Act | "Artists' Rights and Theft Prevention Act of 2005 or the ART Act" | 17 USC 101 | 109-9, title I | 119 Stat 218 | N | short title at beginning of Title I of the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 | ||||
| George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act | Honor | George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act | "George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act" | Rep. George E. Brown, Jr. (CA), former chair of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, died in 1999. | 109-155, title III, Section 321 | 119 Stat 2922 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000918 |
short title and name of Subtitle C; Table: "Title 51, note prec. Section 71101"; Brown was a Rep from CA | |||
| Charles "Pete" Conrad Astronomy Awards Act | Honor | Charles "Pete" Conrad Astronomy Awards Act | "Charles 'Pete' Conrad Astronomy Awards Act" | Charles "Pete" Conrad, astronaut and third person to walk on the moon. | 51 USC 30902(a) | 109-155, Title VI, Section 613 | 119 Stat 2932 | Y | name of section 613; awards are named for Conrad | |||
| 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 | ||||
| REAL ID Act of 2005 | Political Description | REAL ID Act of 2005 | "REAL ID Act of 2005" | 8 USC 1101 | 109-13, div B | 119 Stat 302 | N | short title at beginning of division B; although REAL ID is capitalized, no indication it's an acronym | ||||
| Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005 | Political Description | Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005 | "Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005" | 8 USC 1101 | 109-13, div B, title IV | 119 Stat 318 | N | short title at beginning of title IV; no abbreviation but this seems like a political title | ||||
| John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments | Honor | John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments | "John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments" | Congressional staffer John Curtis Rishel who worked as an economic geologist. | 30 USC 1001 (note) | 109-58, title II, subtitle B (section 221) | 119 Stat 660 | Y |
Obituaries, Anchorage Daily News, May 23, 2003 (on flie). |
short title | ||
| Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005 | Honor/Sponsor | Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005 | "Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2005" | Rep. Clinton Anderson (NM) and Rep. Charles Melvin Price (IL), both of whom went on to chair the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. | 42 USC 2210 (note) | 109-408, title VI, subtitle A (section 601) | 119 Stat 779 | Y |
Anderson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000186; Price - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522 |
short title and subtitle | ||
| Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Act of 2005 | Honor | Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Act of 2005 | "Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Act of 2005" | Spark M. Matsunaga, Representative and Senator from Hawaii, died on April 15, 1990. | 42 USC 12401 (note) | 109-58, title VIII | 119 Stat 844 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000250 |
Amending 1990 act named for Matsunaga | ||
| Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act | Award | Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act | "Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act" | Awarding Congressional Gold Medal to the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. | 31 USC 5111 (note) | 109-287 | 120 Stat 1231 | Y | title and short title; awarding congressional gold medal |