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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Laci and Conner's Law (aka the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004) | Victim | Laci and Conner's Law (aka the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004) | "Laci and Conner's Law" or "Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004" | Laci Peterson was 8 months pregnant when she was killed in late 2002. Conner was the name she and her husband had given to the son they expected to be born in February, 2003. | 18 USC 1841 (note) | 108-212 | 118 Stat 568 | Y |
H.Rpt.108-420, Part I, Feb. 11, 2004. |
short title (both names) | ||
Logan Act (Foreign Relations) | Sponsor | Logan Act (Foreign Relations) | NO short title | Dr. George Logan, a prominent Republican and Quaker from Pennsylvania | ch. 1, 1 Stat 613 | X | nothing in statute | |||||
Gillespie-Tillman Resolution; Tillman-Gillespie Resolution (Transportation of Coal and Oil) | Sponsor | Gillespie-Tillman Resolution; Tillman-Gillespie Resolution (Transportation of Coal and Oil) | NO short title | Sen. Benjamin Tillman (D-SC) and Rep. Oscar Gillespie (D-TX), sponsors | No. 8, 34 Stat 823 | X |
http://books.google.com/books?id=fx0pAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA198&lpg=PA198...... see also - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E13F73B5A12738DDDAA099... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000274; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000198 |
Contemporary industry publication (Freight, The Shippers Forum, Volumes V and VI, p 198, available through Google books) refers to resolution as Tillman-Gillespie | ||||
Wunderlich Act | Case | Wunderlich Act | NO short title | Named for U.S. v. Wunderlich (1951); Act was enacted to overturn the decision | ch 199, 68 Stat 81 | X | nothing in statute; permitting review of decisions by govt agency heads | |||||
Bodie Protection Act of 1994 | Location | Bodie Protection Act of 1994 | "Bodie Protection Act of 1994" | Bodie Bowl, CA | 103-433 (Title X) | 108 Stat 4509 | Y | Named for "Bodie Bowl" in CA | ||||
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act of | Sponsor | Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act of | NO short title | Sen. Key Pittman (D-NV) and Rep. Absalom Robert (D-VA) | 16 USC 669 (note) | ch 899, 50 Stat 917 | Y |
Pittman - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000372; Robertson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000317 |
statutized as "Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act" by S. 101(b) of 114 Stat 1762 | |||
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act | Description | Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act | "Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act" | Ch. 7, 48 Stat 344 | ||||||||
Railroad Retirement Act | Description | Railroad Retirement Act | "Railroad Retirement Act" | Ch. 868, 48 Stat 1283 | ||||||||
Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year, 1928 | Description | Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year, 1928 | "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928" | Ch. 853, 45 Stat 884 | ||||||||
QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 | Description | QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 | "QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008" | 42 USC 14305 | 110-379 | 122 Stat 4075 | N | short title at beginning of statute; QI stands for Qualifying Individual, but is only spelled out in Section 2 |