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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Levi Dawson Chair of Public Affairs Act | Award | William Levi Dawson Chair of Public Affairs Act | "William Levi Dawson Chair of Public Affairs Act" | Rep. William Levi Dawson (IL), attended Fisk University. | 96-374, title XIII, part H, subpart 3 (section 1381) | 94 Stat 1503 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000158 |
short title; establishing named chair at Fisk University | |||
| Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act of 2000 | Acrostic | Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act of 2000 | "Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act of 2000" | 47 USC 1101 | 106-553 S 1(a)(2) [title X} | 114 Stat 2762, 2762A-127 | Y | short title at beginning of title X; title X is "Title X -- LOCAL TV ACT", but otherwise acronym not listed in PNT | ||||
| Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 | Honor | Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 | "Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006" | Fannie Lou Hamer was a voting rights activist and SNCC organizer. Rosa Parks was a civil rights leader. Coretta Scott King was a civil rights activist and founder of the Center for Nonviolent Social Change. | 42 USC 1971 (note) | 109-246 | 120 Stat 577 | Y |
Hamer - http://www.biography.com/people/fannie-lou-hamer-205625; Parks - http://www.biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715?page=1; Scott King - http://www.biography.com/people/coretta-scott-king-9542067. |
short title in Statutes at Large is the "Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006" | ||
| Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 | Acrostic | Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 | "Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009" | 42 USC 11301 | 111-22, div B | 123 Stat 1663 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; acronym not listed in PNT | ||||
| Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assisstance Act | Honor | Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assisstance Act | "Disaster Relief Act of 1974" | Robert T. Stafford, Representative and Senator from Vermont, helped shepherd the original bill. | 42 USC 5121 (note) | 93-288 | 88 Stat 143 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000776; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stafford |
short title amended to include "Robert T. Stafford" by 102 Stat 4689 (1988) | ||
| Filled Milk Act | Description | Filled Milk Act | NO short title | Filled milk is a term for milk containing a substitute for butterfat. | 21 USC 61 | ch 262, 42 Stat 1486 | Y | statutized by 57 Stat 499 (1943) | ||||
| Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (Renamed Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act) | Honor | Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 (Renamed Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act) | "Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992" | Rep. Morris K. Udall (AZ) | 20 USC 5601 | 102-259 | 106 Stat 78 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000001 |
short title at beginning - "Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992" | ||
| Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act | Honor | Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act | "Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act" | Muhammed Ali was a heavyweight boxing champion who called for federal legislation to protect boxers from dishonest promoters and managers. | 15 USC 6301 (note) | 106-210 | 114 Stat 321 | Y |
H.Rep.106-449, Part 1, Nov. 4, 1999. |
short title | ||
| John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments | Honor | John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments | "John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments" | Congressional staffer John Curtis Rishel who worked as an economic geologist. | 30 USC 1001 (note) | 109-58, title II, subtitle B (section 221) | 119 Stat 660 | Y |
Obituaries, Anchorage Daily News, May 23, 2003 (on flie). |
short title | ||
| Prioritizing Resrouces and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 | Acrostic | Prioritizing Resrouces and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 | "Prioritizing Resrouces and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008" | 15 USC 8101 | 110-403 | 122 Stat 4256 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; no mention of acronym in statute, but referred to as PRO-IP |