Template:USStat/doc
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Usage
[change source]This template links to a specific page of the United States Statutes at Large.
If the second parameter is missing, the entire volume is linked.
Note: This template links to external sites. External links should not normally be used in the body of an article; see Wikipedia:External links for discussion of acceptable and unacceptable uses.
Examples
[change source]Enter | Result |
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{{USStat|1|73}} |
1 Stat. 73 |
{{USStat|12|850}} |
12 Stat. 850 |
{{USStat|12|933}} |
12 Stat. 933 |
{{USStat|68A}} |
68A Stat. {{{2}}} |
{{USStat|68A|373}} |
68A Stat. 373 |
{{USStat|120}} |
120 Stat. {{{2}}} |
{{USStat|120|345}} |
120 Stat. 345 |
Sources
[change source]This template currently uses LegisLink.org, except for appendix volumes (any non-purely-numeric volume, 68A, 70A, 76A, and 77A As of January 2019[update]), which link directly to the GPO. LegisLink links to various sources, depending on the exact document needed.
List of all United States legal citation templates
[change source]These templates are for citing U.S. codes and laws. To cite court cases, use {{Cite court}}, or, for the U.S. Supreme Court, use {{Ussc}}.
Parameters in (parentheses) are optional.
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{{UnitedStatesCode}}, {{USC}} | Title | Section | (end of section range) | (pipe) | United States Code (USC) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | |
{{UnitedStatesCode2}}, {{USC2}} | Title | Section | Description | USC via Cornell: description of the section | ||
{{UnitedStatesCodeSec}}, {{USCSec}} | Title | Section | (pipe) | USC via Cornell: when citing one of a series of USC sections, where it would be redundant to display the full citation for each section, this template can be used to display only the section number. | ||
{{UnitedStatesCodeSub}}, {{USCSub}} | Title | Section | Up to 6 levels of "sub" | Access to subsection/paragraph/subparagraph/clause/... to allow correct hyperlinking to the anchors embedded in the Cornell pages. | ||
{{USCSub2}} | Title | Section | Up to 6 levels of "sub" | Combines {{USCSec}} and {{USCSub}}, eliminating redundancy when citing subsections / subparagraphs / &c. | ||
{{UnitedStatesCodeClause}}, {{USCClause}} | Title | Section | Clause | USC via Cornell: allows clauses | ||
{{Usc-title-chap}}, {{usctc}} | Title | Chapter | (Subchapter) | (pipe) | USC via Cornell: title/chapter links. | |
{{USIRC}} | Section | Internal Revenue Code {{UnitedStatesCode}} | ||||
{{USStat}} | Volume | Page | Statutes at Large via the Library of Congress, the Government Publishing Office, or Google Books | |||
{{USPL}} | Congress | Ordinal law | (Description) | Public Law via GPO govinfo and https://uslaw.link/ | ||
{{USStatute}} | Congress | Ordinal law | (Volume) | (Page) | Combines {{USPL}} and {{USStat}}, optional Year ({{{5}}}), Month ({{{6}}}), Day ({{{7}}}), optional {{USBill}}: (Bill type ({{{8}}}) and number ({{{9}}})) | |
{{USBill}} | Congress | Bill type (S, SJ, HR, HJ) | Bill number (1-?) | (pipe) | Congressional bills via Congress.gov | |
{{US House Vote}}, {{USHVote}} | Year | Vote | House roll-call vote via Clerk.House.gov | |||
{{US Senate Vote}}, {{USSVote}} | Congress | Session | Vote | Senate roll-call vote via Senate.gov | ||
{{USCongRec}} | Year | Page | (date) | Congressional Record via GPO FDsys | ||
{{Federal Register}}, {{USFR}} | Volume | Page | Federal Register via GPO FDsys | |||
{{CodeFedReg}}, {{USCFR}} | Volume | Part | Section | (Clause) | Code of Federal Regulations via GPO FDsys | |
{{Executive Order}} | Number | Executive orders via Wikisource | ||||
{{USTreaty}} | Congress | Treaty number | Treaties | |||
{{UnitedStatesSentencingGuidelines}}, {{USSG}} | ChapterSection | Up to 7 levels of "sub" | (year) | Latest U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines (effective Nov. 1, 2012) via the U.S. Sentencing Commission website. Optional |year= references specific Guidelines applicable to a sentence imposed on or after Nov. 1st of that given year.
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{{frcrp}} | Chapter | Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | ||||
{{frcp}} | Rule | Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (current) via federalrulesofcivilprocedure.org | ||||
{{frbp}} | Rule | Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (current) via federalrulesofbankruptcyprocedure.org | ||||
{{frap}} | Chapter | Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | ||||
{{fre}} | Rule | Federal Rules of Evidence (current) via rulesofevidence.org | ||||
Template(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | pipe | Description |
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