Template:USCongRec/doc

Template page

Description

This links to a specific page in the Congressional Record via the Government Printing Office, and displays the year and volume citation.

This template code was modified from {{Template:UnitedStatesCode}}

This template links to external sites. External links should not normally be used in the body of an article; see OODA WIKI:External links for discussion of acceptable and unacceptable uses.

Usage

Use: {{USCongRec|Year|Page|date=optional}}

  • Year: Year the Congressional Record covers (1995-present). (Earlier years are not available)
  • Page: Page number in the Congressional Record:
    • H#: House Pages
    • S#: Senate Pages
    • E#: Pages from Extensions of Remarks
    • D#: Pages from Daily Digest
  • Date: Date of the debate in the Congressional Record (optional).

Examples

{{USCongRec|2007|H1}} returns:
2007 Congressional Record, Vol. 153, Page H1
(First Page of the House proceedings of the 110th Congress)


{{USCongRec|2004|D1}} returns:
2004 Congressional Record, Vol. 150, Page D1
(Daily Digest Page from the opening day of the 2nd Session of the 108th Congress)


{{USCongRec|1999|S1457|date=February 12, 1999}} returns:
1999 Congressional Record, Vol. 145, Page S1457 (February 12, 1999)
(A page from the February 12, 1999 edition, during the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton)


{{USCongRec|2005|E1|date=January 4, 2005}} returns:
2005 Congressional Record, Vol. 151, Page E1 (January 4, 2005)
(Extension of Remarks from January 4, 2005)

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
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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.
{{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
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