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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeanna's Act (aka Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000) | Victim | Jeanna's Act (aka Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000) | "Jeanna's Act" or "Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000" | Jeanna North was killed at age 11 by a man who then escaped from the custody of a private prison transport company when he was being taken across state lines. | 42 USC 13726 | 106-560 | 114 Stat 2784 | Y |
CR S14603, Nov. 16, 1999. Statement of Sen. Byron Dorgan. |
short title gives both names | ||
| Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act | Award | Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act | "Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act" | Awarding Congressional Gold Medal to the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. | 31 USC 5111 (note) | 109-287 | 120 Stat 1231 | Y | title and short title; awarding congressional gold medal | |||
| Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 | Honor | Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 | "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990" | Rep. Carl D. Perkins (KY) was chair of the Committee on Education and Labor for 16 years until his death in 1984. | 20 USC 2301 | 101-392 | 104 Stat 753 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000230 |
in short title, and formal title amends "Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act" | ||
| PROTECT Act | Acrostic | PROTECT Act | "Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003" or "PROTECT Act" | 18 USC 1 note | 108-21 | 117 Stat 650 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act | Political Description | Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act | "Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act" | 49 USC 30101 | 110-140, title I, subtitle A (S101) | 121 Stat 1498 | Y | short title at beginning of statute | ||||
| Morgan P. Hardiman Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children Act | Honor | Morgan P. Hardiman Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children Act | "Morgan P. Hardiman Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children Act" | Morgan P. Hardigan was a staffer for Sen. Al D'Amato (R-NY) who died in 1993. | 42 USC 5601 (note) | 103-322, title XVII, subtitle C (section 170301) | 108 Stat 2043 | Y |
103 Cong. Rec. 13142 (Oct. 6, 1993) |
short title | ||
| Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006 | Acrostic | Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006 | "Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006" | 42 USC 5121 | 109-308 | 120 Stat 1725 | Y | short title at beginning of statute, but no sign of the obvious acronym | ||||
| Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988 | Acrostic | Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988 | "Health Omnibus Programs Extension Act of 1988" | 42 USC 201 note | 100-607 | 102 Stat 3048 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; this would be more interesting if it is NOT called the "HOPE Act", which in fact it is not in the PNT | ||||
| Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act | Victim | Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act | "Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act" | Matthew Shepard was the victim of a hate crime, beaten to death in Laramie, WY in 1998 by two men because he was gay. Jame Byrd, an African-American man from Texas, was killed in 1998 by two white supremacists who chained him to a pickup truck and dragged him to death. | 18 USC 1 (note) | 111-84, div E | 123 Stat 2835 | Y |
"Obama signs hate-crimes law rooted in crimes of 1998," USA Today, Oct. 28, 2009. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000629/1 |
short title and division title; check original bills -- think the full title changed through the legislative history | ||
| Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act | Sponsor | Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act | "Fascell Fellowship Amendments Act of 1990" | Rep. Dante Fascell, (D-FL) | 22 USC 4901 | 101-454 | 104 Stat 1065 | Y |
Notable Members of Congress and the Laws They Sponsored, http://congress.indiana.edu/notable-members-congress-and-laws-they-spons... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000041 |
short title at beginning of S 9 |