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 |
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| Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act | Honor | Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act | "Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act" | Rep. George Thomas (Mickey) Leland (TX), was Chairman of the Select Committee on Hunger. Killed in an aircraft crash in Ehtiopia while en route to a UN refugee camp. | 7 uSC 1691 (note) | 101-624, title XVII | 104 Stat 3783 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
short title at 1701 | ||
| 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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| Marsh-Billings National Historical Park Establishment Act (Renamed Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Establishment Act) | Honor | Marsh-Billings National Historical Park Establishment Act (Renamed Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Establishment Act) | "Marsh-Billings National Historical Park Establishment Act" | National Park in Vermont contains the boyhood home of conservationist George Perkins Marsh; Frederick Billings, also a renowned conservationist and philanthropist, lived there; and the land was donated to the National Parks by its most recent owners, Laurance and Mary Rockefeller. | 16 USC 410vv (note) | 102-350 | 106 Stat 934 | Y | short title; establishing national park honoring George Perkins Marsh and Frederick Billings; short title changed to include Rockefeller by 112 Stat 2681 | |||
| Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program Act of 2000 | Honor | Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program Act of 2000 | "Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program Act of 2000" | Sen. Paul Coverdell (GA), died in office on July 18, 2000. | 22 USC 2517 (note) | 106-309, title IV, section 408 | 114 Stat 1100 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000813 |
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| Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 | Honor | Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 | "Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009" | Rep. Duncan Lee Hunter, chair of the House Armed Services Committee, retired in 2008. | 110-417 | 122 Stat 4356 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000981 |
title of bill and short title; Hunter was chair of House Armed Services but was a Republican -- this bill was passed by the Dems in 2008 | |||
| Kenneth M. Ludden Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2002 | Honor | Kenneth M. Ludden Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2002 | "Kenneth M. Ludden Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2002" | Ken Ludden, Legislative Coordinator in the Treasury's Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and former staffer on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Ludden died on Sept. 10, 2001. | 107-115 | 115 Stat 2118 | Y |
CR S10897-98, Oct. 23, 2001. |
Named for Ludden by floor amendment in the Senate | |||
| Pam White Wilderness Act of 2006 | Honor | Pam White Wilderness Act of 2006 | "Pam White Wilderness Act of 2006" | Pamela White was an advocate for wilderness preservation in Nevada, killed in a car crash in 2005. | 109-432, div C, title III, subtitle B (section 321) | 120 Stat 3030 | Y |
http://www.nevadawilderness.org/items/newsletter_06Autumn.pdf; CR S10971, Oct. 4, 2005. |
short title; deals with a number of wilderness areas but none of them are named for Pam White -- think that may just be an honorific attached to the bill | |||
| Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act | Honor | Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act | "Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act" | President Harry S. Truman | 20 USC 2001 (note) | 93-642 | 88 Stat 2276 | Y | title and short title; establishing Truman scholarships | |||
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008 | Honor | Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008 | "Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008" | Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, after her death on August 20, 2008, in recognition of her decision to donate her organs. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-413 | 122 Stat 4338 | Y |
Findings included in original bill, HR 6950, passed House on 9/25/2008. |
short title and long title; establishing medal named for STJ | ||
| Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act of 1998 | Honor | Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act of 1998 | "Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act of 1998" | Rep. Bill Emerson (MO) died in 1996. | 17 USC 1691 | 105-385 (Title II, subtitle B) | 112 Stat 3465 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000174 |
short title; Named for Emerson in Short Title and also as name of Subtitle B |