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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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" | |||
| Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 | Political Description | Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 | "Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005" | 4 USC 5 | 109-243 | 120 Stat 572 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Buck Act | Sponsor | Buck Act | NO short title | Rep. Frank Henry Buck, (D-CA) | 4 USC 105-110 | ch. 787, 54 Stat 1059 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001017 |
name not statutized | |||
| Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007 | Honor | Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007 | "Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007" | Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks was a 22 years old when he was killed by an IED in Ar Ramadi, Iraq on July 8, 2006. He had been assigned to the 54th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade out of Bamberg. | 4 USC 1 | 110-41 | 121 Stat 233 | Y |
H. Rept. 110-139. |
Introduced by Rep. Bart Stupak; Micks was his constituent. Amends the law to allow the governor (or mayor of DC) to fly the U.S. flag at half-staff in the case of the death of active duty service members and officials, and requires flags at federal buildings within the jurisdiction to be flown at half-staff as well. | ||
| 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 | ||
| Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act | Victim | Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act | "Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act" | Army Specialist Joshua Lee Omvig, U.S. Army Reserve 339th Military Police Company from Davenport, Iowa, who committed suicide in 2005 after returning from Iraq. | 38 USC 101 (note) | 110-110 | 121 Stat 1031 | Y |
CR H2774, Mar. 21, 2007, Statement of Rep. Jeff Miller (FL). |
short title | ||
| Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007 | Honor | Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007 | "Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007" | Dr. James Allen is a professor of opthamology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine. He worked for 33 years at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Wisconsin. (Bill sponsored by Rep. Tammy Baldwin (WI)). | 38 USC 101 (note) | 110-157 | 121 Stat 1831 | Y |
H. Rept. 110-057 |
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| 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 | ||
| POW/MIA Memorial Flag Act of 2002 | Description | POW/MIA Memorial Flag Act of 2002 | "POW/MIA Memorial Flag Act of 2002" | 36 USC 101 | 107-323 | 116 Stat 2787 | N | short title at beginning of statute; POW/MIA flag display | ||||
| Bayh-Dole Act (University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980) | Sponsor | Bayh-Dole Act (University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980) | NO short title | Sen. Birch Bayh, (D-IN); Sen. Bob Dole, (R-KA) | 35 USC 200 | 96-517 | 94 Stat 3018 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000254; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000401 |
"Bayh-Dole Act" referenced in 114 Stat 1742; "University annd Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980" does not show up anywhere |