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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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| {{ United States Code}}, {{ USC}} | Title | Section | (end of section range) | (pipe) | United States Code (USC) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | |
| {{ United States Code with description}}, {{ USC2}} | Title | Section | Description | USC via Cornell: description of the section | ||
| {{ United States Code section}}, {{ 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. | ||
| {{ United States Code subsection}}, {{ 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. | ||
| {{ United States Code clause}}, {{ 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 | |||
| {{ Code of Federal Regulations}}, {{ 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 | |||
| {{ United States Sentencing Guidelines}}, {{ 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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| {{ Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure}}, {{ frcrp}} | Chapter | Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | ||||
| {{ Federal Rules of Civil Procedure}}, {{ frcp}} | Rule | Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (current) via federalrulesofcivilprocedure.org | ||||
| {{ Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure}}, {{ frbp}} | Rule | Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (current) via federalrulesofbankruptcyprocedure.org | ||||
| {{ Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure}}, {{ frap}} | Chapter | Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | ||||
| {{ Federal Rules of Evidence}}, {{ fre}} | Rule | Federal Rules of Evidence (current) via rulesofevidence.org | ||||
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