Database of Federal Statute Names

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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 Popular Names

Title Type Popular Name Short Title Named For? Classification PL Statute At Large Date(s) Enactedsort descending Interesting Part Statutized? Leads to other named Legislation Link/Source Notes
Williams Act Sponsor Williams Act NO short title Sen Harrison Williams (D-NJ) 90-439 82 Stat 454 X

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000502

 nothing in statute; amending SEC Act
PRIME Act Acrostic PRIME Act "Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs Act of 1999" or "PRIME Act" 15 USC 6901 103-425, title I, subtitle C (S 171 et seq), as added 106-102, title VII, S 725 113 Stat 1471 Y short title at beginning of S 725, names that it is amending the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994
Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 Honor Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 "Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008" Rep. Thomas Lantos (CA), was Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs until his death on Feb. 11, 2008. 50 USC 1701 (note) 110-286 122 Stat 2632 Y

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000090

 short title
Wheeler-Case Act Sponsor Wheeler-Case Act NO short title Sen. Burton Wheeler (D-MT); Rep. Francis Case (R-SD) ch 242, 57 Stat 566 X

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000330; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000221

 nothing in statute; water conservation and irrigation
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

http://www.teamhope.org/suzanneslaw.html

 NOTE: This provision was originally enacted in 1990, but Suzanne's Law was actually a provision in the PROTECT Act of 2003 (117 Stat 650, Section 204) that changed from 18 to 21 the age under which any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.
Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 Honor Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 "Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005" President Ronald W. Reagan 108-375 118 Stat 1811 Y

See S 2400, passed Senate 6/23/2004

 Reagan added in Senate version after his death June 5, 2004.
May Defense Expediting Act Sponsor May Defense Expediting Act NO short title Rep. Andrew Jackson May (D-KY) ch 440, 54 Stat 676 X

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000272

 nothing in statute
Copeland-Guffey-Gibson Ship Subsidy Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) Sponsor Copeland-Guffey-Gibson Ship Subsidy Act (see Merchant Marine Act, 1936) "Merchant Marine Act, 1936" Sen. Royal Samuel Copeland, (D-N.Y); Sen. Joseph F. Guffey, (D-PA); Sen. Ernest Willard Gibson, (R-VA) 46 USC 101 note ch 858, 49 Stat 1985 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000769; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000519; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000158

 Section 906 gives short title as "Merchant Marine Act, 1936"; "Copeland-Guffey-Gibson" not statutized
Kellogg Act (Cable Companies) Sponsor Kellogg Act (Cable Companies) NO short title Sen. Frank Billings Kellog. (R-MN) 47 USC 34 ch. 12, 42 Stat 8 N

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000065

 name not statutized
Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 Description Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 "Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933" 12 USC 1461 Ch. 64, 48 Stat 128

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