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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008 | Honor | Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008 | "Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008" | Sen. Craig Thomas (WY), died in 2007 | 16 USC 1271 note | 111-11, title V, Section 5002 | 123 Stat 1147 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000162; http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=4108 |
Snake River is a place; | ||
| Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 | Honor | Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 | "Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Improvement Act of 1987" | Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldridge, killed in a rodeo accident in July 1987. | 15 USC 3701 (note) | 100-107 | 101 Stat 724 | Y | long title is amending Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1990 to establish an award named for Malcom Baldridge | |||
| Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008 | Honor | Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008 | "Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2008" | Sen. Paul Wellstone (MN); amends the 2001 MD-CARE Act which was sponsored by Wellstone. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 110-361 | 122 Stat 4010 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000288 |
short title | ||
| 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. | ||
| Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act | Honor | Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act | "Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act" | Silvo Conte was a champion of preservation, including of the Connecticut River. | 16 USC 668dd (note) | 102-212 | 105 Stat 1655 | Y |
Findings in text of legislation. |
long title and short title; establishing refuge named for Conte, findings | ||
| Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1988 | Honor | Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1988 | "Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 1988" | Sen. Jacob K. Javits (NY), died in 1986. | 20 USC 3061 | 89-10, title IV, part B (section 4101)/100-297, title I, section 1001 | 102 Stat 237 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000064 |
short title; Javits was a Senator from NY | ||
| Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act | Honor | Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act | "Mickey Leland Childhood 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 2011 (note) | 103-66, title XIII, ch 3 (section 13901) | 107 Stat 672 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000237 |
short title (food stamps) | ||
| Comstock Act | Honor | Comstock Act | NO short title | Anthony Comstock, an anti-obscenity law advocate. | ch. 258, 17 Stat 598 | X | nothing in statute | |||||
| Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative | Honor | Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative | 1944 - NO short title; 2000 - "Youth Drug and Menthal Health Services Act"; 2001 - "Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative" | Donald J. Cohen, child psychologist and pioneer in the field of childrens' mental health, who died in 2001. | 42 USC 290hh-1(g) | 106-310 | 114 Stat 1169 | Y | No short title in original legislation or in 2000 amendment indicated in PNT. Amended to add short title "Donald J. Cohen Traumatic Stress Initiative" by 115 Stat 2201 (2002) | |||
| Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Act of 1997 | Honor | Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Act of 1997 | "Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Act of 1997" | Rep. Morris K. Udall (AZ) | 42 USC 201 (note) | 105-78, title VI, section 603 | 111 Stat 1519 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000001 |
short title |