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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROTECT Act | Acrostic | PROTECT Act | "Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003" or "PROTECT Act" | 18 USC 1 note | 108-21 | 117 Stat 650 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 | Honor | Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 | "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990" | Rep. Carl D. Perkins (KY) was chair of the Committee on Education and Labor for 16 years until his death in 1984. | 20 USC 2301 | 101-392 | 104 Stat 753 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000230 |
in short title, and formal title amends "Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act" | ||
| Morgan P. Hardiman Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children Act | Honor | Morgan P. Hardiman Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children Act | "Morgan P. Hardiman Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children Act" | Morgan P. Hardigan was a staffer for Sen. Al D'Amato (R-NY) who died in 1993. | 42 USC 5601 (note) | 103-322, title XVII, subtitle C (section 170301) | 108 Stat 2043 | Y |
103 Cong. Rec. 13142 (Oct. 6, 1993) |
short title | ||
| Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act | Honor | Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act | "Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act" | Rep. Charles W. Norwood, Jr. (R-GA), died in office in 2007 | 42 USC 201 | 110-144 | 121 Stat 1813 | Y |
CR H2192, Mar. 6, 2007; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000159 |
Originally introduced by Rep. Charlie Norwood (GA) as the "Living Kidney Organ Donation Clarification Act" | ||
| Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988 | Acrostic | Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988 | "Health Omnibus Programs Extension Act of 1988" | 42 USC 201 note | 100-607 | 102 Stat 3048 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; this would be more interesting if it is NOT called the "HOPE Act", which in fact it is not in the PNT | ||||
| Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006 | Acrostic | Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006 | "Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006" | 42 USC 5121 | 109-308 | 120 Stat 1725 | Y | short title at beginning of statute, but no sign of the obvious acronym | ||||
| Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act | Victim | Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act | "Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act" | Matthew Shepard was the victim of a hate crime, beaten to death in Laramie, WY in 1998 by two men because he was gay. Jame Byrd, an African-American man from Texas, was killed in 1998 by two white supremacists who chained him to a pickup truck and dragged him to death. | 18 USC 1 (note) | 111-84, div E | 123 Stat 2835 | Y |
"Obama signs hate-crimes law rooted in crimes of 1998," USA Today, Oct. 28, 2009. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000629/1 |
short title and division title; check original bills -- think the full title changed through the legislative history | ||
| Amy Somers Volunteers at Food Banks Act | Honor | Amy Somers Volunteers at Food Banks Act | "Amy Somers Volunteers at Food Banks Act" | Amended by Rep Cass Ballenger to be named for Amy Somers, the Executive Director of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, who had passed away. | 29 USC 201 | 105-221 | 112 Stat 1248 | Y |
CRS Report 98-959; http://fortunaty.net/org/wikileaks/CRS/wikileaks-crs-reports/98-959.pdf; also Congressional Record V. 144, Pt. 10, June 25, 1998, 14003; http://articles.sfgate.com/1995-12-10/news/17821397_1_food-banks-canned-... |
Amends Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. | ||
| SAFE ID Act | Acrostic | SAFE ID Act | "Secure Authentication Feature and Enhanced Identification Defense Act of 2003" or "SAFE ID Act" | 18 USC 1028 | 108-21, title VI, S 607 | 117 Stat 689 | Y | short title at beginning of S 607 | ||||
| Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act | Sponsor | Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act | "Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act of 1990" | Rep. Dante Fascell, (D-FL) | 22 USC 4901 | 101-454 | 104 Stat 1065 | Y |
Notable Members of Congress and the Laws They Sponsored, http://congress.indiana.edu/notable-members-congress-and-laws-they-spons... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000041 |
short title at beginning of S 9 |