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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 | Honor | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 | Long title and short title - "Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990" | Rep. Stewart B. McKinney (CT), died May 7, 1987. | 42 USC 11301 (note) | 101-645 | 104 Stat 4673 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527 |
short title, named Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act in long title | ||
| Suzanne's Law | Victim | Suzanne's Law | NO short title | Suzanne Lyall, who disappeared in 1998 at age 19 from SUNY-Albany. | 42 USC 5779 | 101-647, title XXXVII | 104 Stat 4966 | N | NOTE: This provision was originally enacted in 1990, but Suzanne's Law was actually a provision in the PROTECT Act of 2003 (117 Stat 650, Section 204) that changed from 18 to 21 the age under which any law enforcement agency must report a missing person to the National Crime Information Center. | |||
| Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 | Victim | Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 | "Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990" | Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 101-381 | 104 Stat 576 | Y |
Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and became an advocate for people with the disease. He died a few months before the original act passed in 1990. |
short title; Ryan White contracted HIV from transfusion | ||
| 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" | ||
| Glass Ceiling Act of 1991 | Political Description | Glass Ceiling Act of 1991 | "Glass Ceiling Act of 1991" | 42 USC 2000e (note) | 102-106, title II | 105 Stat 1081 | Y | short title -- not named for a person | ||||
| David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 | Honor | David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 | "National Security Education Act of 1991" | Sen. David L. Boren (OK) | 50 USC 1901(a) | 102-183, title VIII | 105 Stat 1271 | Y |
http://www.borenawards.org/news/show/david_l_boren_attends_20th_annivers... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000639; "OU President David Boren to be honored on anniversary of establishing foreign education program," The Oklahoman, Sept. 8, 2011 (on file) |
both title and short title are "National Security Education Act of 1991"; "David L. Boren" statutized by amending short title in 106 Stat 3185 (1992); Boren authored the 1991 law | ||
| 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 | ||
| O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991 | Description | O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991 | "O and P Nonimmigrant Amendments of 1991" | 8 USC 1101 (note) | 102-232, title II | 105 Stat 1736 | N | short title; "O" and "P" refer to sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act | ||||
| ISTEA (Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991) | Abbreviation | ISTEA (Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991) | "Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991" | 49 USC 101 note | 102-240 | 105 Stat 1914 | N | short title at beginning of statute; ISTEA is in PNT but not in statute; ISTEA not statutized; pronounced "ice-tea" | ||||
| Terry Beirn Community Based AIDS Research Initiative Act of 1991 | Honor/Victim | Terry Beirn Community Based AIDS Research Initiative Act of 1991 | long title and short title - "Terry Beirn Communited Based AIDS Research Initiative Act of 1991" | Terry Beirn worked for amfAR and the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on AIDS legislation. He died in 1991. | 42 USC 201 (note) | 102-96 | 105 Stat 481 | Y | short title and named in long title; renaming community-based clinical trial programs in Beirn's honor |