Template:unitedstatescode

[[Title {{{1}}} of the United States Code|{{{1}}} U.S.C.]] §§ {{{2}}}– {{{3}}}

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Shortcuts

{{ USC}}
{{ usc}}

Usage

This template links to an external site, the Cornell University Law School U.S. Code database. External links should not normally be used in the body of an article; see Wikipedia:External links for discussion of acceptable and unacceptable uses.

This template uses Cornell's database. You may also use this to specify a range of sections.

Usage	Output
`{{UnitedStatesCode\|x\|y}}`	x U.S.C. § y
`{{USC\|x\|y}}`	x U.S.C. § y
`{{UnitedStatesCode\|x\|y\|z}}`	x U.S.C. §§ y– z
`{{USC\|x\|y\|z}}`	x U.S.C. §§ y– z
`{{UnitedStatesCode\|x\|y\|notitle=1}}`	§ y
`{{USC\|x\|y\|notitle=1}}`	§ y
`{{UnitedStatesCode\|x\|y\|pipe=Link text}}`	Link text
`{{USC\|x\|y\|pipe=Link text}}`	Link text

Please note that all titles have Wikipedia articles and the template will link to the Wikipedia article. When citing a series of sections within a single title, one may eliminate redundancy by suppressing the display of the title altogether by adding the parameter |notitle=1 (see example below).

Examples

Usage	Output
`{{USC\|4\|1}}.`	4 U.S.C. § 1.
`{{USC \| 25 \| 13f }}.`	25 U.S.C. § 13f.
`{{USC\|10\|371\|375}}, {{USC \| 10 \| 378 \| notitle= 1 }}, and {{USC \| 10 \| 380 \| 382 \| notitle= 1 }}.`	10 U.S.C. §§ 371– 375, § 378, and §§ 380– 382.
`{{USC \| 26 \| 501 \| pipe= Exemption from tax on corporations }}.`	Exemption from tax on corporations.

List of all United States legal citation templates

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.

Template(s)	Parameter(s)					Description
Template(s)	1	2	3	4	pipe	Description
{{ 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. 1^st of that given year.
{{ 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
Template(s)	1	2	3	4	pipe	Description
Template(s)	Parameter(s)					Description

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