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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 | Political Description | Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 | "Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996" | Seems likely that "LIBERTAD" is included because portions of the statute are purposively modeled on the FREEDOM Support Act of 1992. (LIBERTAD is Spanish for FREEDOM.) | 22 USC 6021 | 104-114 | 110 Stat 785 | Y |
Section by Section Analysis of Title II, H.Rpt. 104-202, July 24, 1995 |
short title at beginning of statute; seeking sanctions | ||
| Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act | Honor | Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act | "Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act" | Hon. Mike Mansfield, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and Senator and Rep. from Montana. | 22 USC 6101 (note) | 103-236, title II, part C (section 251) | 108 Stat 428 | Y | short title; creating fellowship named for Mike Mansfield for study in Japan | |||
| VOICE Act | Acrostic | VOICE Act | "Victims of Iranian Censorship Act" or "VOICE Act" | 22 USC 6201 | 111-84, div A, title XII, subtitle D, S1261 | 123 Stat 2553 | N | short title at beginning of subtitle D | ||||
| William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 | Honor | William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 | "William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008" | William Wilberforce, British MP who fought to end the slave trade and abolish slavery. | 22 USC 7101 (note) | 110-457 | 122 Stat 5044 | Y |
110 CR H14113, Dec. 4, 2007; http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wilberforce_william.shtml |
Named for British MP who fought to end the slave trade | ||
| Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 | Honor | Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 | "Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008" | Rep. Thomas Lantos (CA), was Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs until his death on Feb. 11, 2008. Rep. Henry J. Hyde (IL), was Chair of the Committee on International Relations, died on Nov. 29, 2007. | 22 USC 7601 (note) | 110-293 | 122 Stat 2918 | Y |
Lantos - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000090; Hyde - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001022 |
short title | ||
| Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006 | Honor/Sponsor | Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006 | "Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006" | Rep. Henry J. Hyde (IL), retired in 2006. | 22 USC 8001 (note) | 109-401, title I | 120 Stat 2726 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001022 |
"Henry J. Hyde" added in conference, Hyde was a conferee. See H.Rpt.109-721 | ||
| ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 | Acrostic | ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007 | "Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2007" or "ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007" | 22 USC 8201 | 110-53 | 121 Stat 526 | Y | both are in short title at beginning of Title XXI of the "Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act" | ||||
| TEA 21 Restoration Act | Abbreviation | TEA 21 Restoration Act | "TEA 21 Restoration Act" | 23 USC 101 | 105-206, title IX | 112 Stat 834 | N | short title at beginning of title IX; amending the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century | ||||
| SAFETEA-LU | Acrostic | SAFETEA-LU | Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or "SAFETEA-LU" | Supposedly named for Lu Young, Rep. Don Young's wife. | 23 USC 101 | 109-59 | 119 Stat 1144 | Y |
http://www.adn.com/2009/08/02/885403/lu-young-wife-of-rep-don-young.html |
short title at beginning - "Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users" or "SAFETEA-LU" | ||
| Snyder Act (Indian Affairs Bureau) | Sponsor | Snyder Act (Indian Affairs Bureau) | NO short title | Rep. Homer Snyder (R-NY) | 25 USC 13 (note) | ch 115, 42 Stat 208 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000666 |
"Snyder Act" statutized by PL 105-244, 112 Stat 1581 (1998)with "(commonly known as the Snyder Act)"; authorizing approps, possibly creating BIA |