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 |
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ORBIT Act | Acrostic | ORBIT Act | "Open-market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications Act" or "ORBIT Act" | 47 USC 701 | 106-180 | 114 Stat 48 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States | Description | Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States | "Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States" | Ch. 699, 49 Stat 1807 | ||||||||
Overman Act | Sponsor | Overman Act | NO short title | Sen. Lee Slater Overman, (D-N.C) | ch 78, 40 Stat 556 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000140 |
nothing in statute; authorizing the President to reorganize the executive branch | ||||
PACE-Energy Act | Acrostic | PACE-Energy Act | "Protecting America's Competitive Edge Through Energy Act" or "PACE-Energy Act" | 42 USC 15801 | 110-69, title V | 121 Stat 600 | Y | short title at beginning of title V | ||||
PACT Act | Acrostic | PACT Act | "Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009" or "PACT Act" | 15 USC 375 | 111-154 | 124 Stat 1087 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996 | Honor | Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996 | "Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996" | Pam Lychner was a victim's rights advocate who was killed in the TWA crash. | 42 USC 13701 (note) | 104-236 | 110 Stat 3093 | Y |
CR S8778, July 25, 1996, Statement of Sen. Phil Gramm. |
short title | ||
Pam White Wilderness Act of 2006 | Honor | Pam White Wilderness Act of 2006 | "Pam White Wilderness Act of 2006" | Pamela White was an advocate for wilderness preservation in Nevada, killed in a car crash in 2005. | 109-432, div C, title III, subtitle B (section 321) | 120 Stat 3030 | Y |
http://www.nevadawilderness.org/items/newsletter_06Autumn.pdf; CR S10971, Oct. 4, 2005. |
short title; deals with a number of wilderness areas but none of them are named for Pam White -- think that may just be an honorific attached to the bill | |||
Parker-Watson Act (see Railway Labor Act) | Sponsor | Parker-Watson Act (see Railway Labor Act) | "Railway Labor Act" | Rep. James Southworth Parker (R-NY); Sen. James Watson (R-IN) | 45 USC 151 | ch 347, 44 Stat 577 | N |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000062; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000203 |
name not statutized | |||
Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act | Honor | Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act | "Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act" | Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink (HI) who died on Sept. 28, 2002. | 20 USC 1681 (note) | 107-255 | 116 Stat 1734 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m000797 |
joint resolution renaming title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for Patsy Takemoto Mink, whereas clauses about her | ||
Patterson Act (see Kidnapping Act) | Sponsor | Patterson Act (see Kidnapping Act) | NO short title | Sen. Roscoe Patterson (R-MO) | ch 301, 48 Stat 781 |
06/22/1932 05/18/1934 |
X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000127 |
nothing in statute |