Template:Act of Congress

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Public Law {{{congress}}}-{{{pl}}}
Act of Congress
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411009Act of Congress —

by the [[Portal:Acts of the United States Congresses/Acts of the {{{congress}}}th United States Congress|{{{congress}}}th Congress of the United States]]

{{{CONGRESS}}}^TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS

An Act
{{{purpose}}}

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{{Act of Congress
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| session    =
| pl         =
| title      =
| previous   =
| next       =
| statvolume =
| statpage   =
| year       =
| month      =
| day        =
| bill       =
| billtype   =
| wikipedia  =
| commonscat =
| notes      =
| resolution =
| purpose    =
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{{ Act of Congress
| congress = 114
| session = 1
| pl = 4
| title = This Great Statute
| previous = last Public Law in PREVIOUS Congress ONLY ( an override_ )
| next = first Public Law for NEXT Congress ONLY  ( an override_ )
| statvolume = 120
| statpage = 14
| year = 2015
| month = 03
| day = 16
| bill = 220
| billtype = H.R.
| wikipedia = Article name at wikipedia
| notes = Congress passed this law because it was a good idea.
| purpose = To celebrate a great day.
}}
''Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,''

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Public Law 114-4
This Great Statute
by the 114th Congress of the United States

Pub.L. 114−4, 120 Stat. 14, H.R. 220, enacted March 16, 2015

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Congress passed this law because it was a good idea.

Note: This is the original legislation as it was initially enacted. Any subsequent amendments hosted on Wikisource may be listed using What Links Here.

411009This Great Statute —

Pub.L. 114−4, 120 Stat. 14, H.R. 220, enacted March 16, 2015

2015by the 114th Congress of the United States

114^TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS
1^ST SESSION

An Act
To celebrate a great day.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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Act of Congress

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Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Congress number	`congress`	Congress number which this act was passed in Example 001	Number	required
Congress session	`session`	Congress session which this act was passed in (not to be confused with Congress number) Example 1	Number	suggested
Public law number	`pl`	Public law number of this act, not including the Congress number (the number after the dash) Example 1	Number	suggested
Short title	`title`	Short title of this act	String	suggested
Statues volume	`statvolume`	Volume of Statutes at Large that this act is in Example 001	Number	required
Statutes page	`statpage`	Page of Statutes at Large that this act is in Example 001	Number	required
Year	`year`	The year that this act was passed Example 0001	Number	required
Month	`month`	The month that this act was passed (numeric) Example 01	Number	required
Day	`day`	The day that this act was passed Example 01	Number	required
Bill type	`billtype`	Type of the bill (such as H.R. or S.)	String	suggested
Bill number	`bill`	Number of the bill (the number part of H.R.000 or S.000) Example 001	Number	suggested
Purpose (long title)	`purpose`	Purpose (long title) of the act (generally starts with "to…")	String	required
Wikipedia	`wikipedia`	Wikipedia page about this act	String	suggested
Wikimedia Commons category	`commonscat`	Wikimedia Commons category relating to this act	Unknown	suggested
Previous public law	`previous`	Only use if this is the first public law in this Congress. If so, input the last public law in the previous Congress here. Example Public Law 001-1	String	optional
Next public law	`next`	Only use if this is the last public law in this Congress. If so, input the first public law in the next Congress here.	String	optional
Author	`author`	no description	String	optional
Notes	`notes`	no description	Unknown	optional
Resolution	`resolution`	Text to replace "An Act" in bold at the top	Unknown	optional
No author	`noauthor`	no description	Unknown	optional
Override author	`override_author`	no description	Unknown	optional
Section	`section`	no description	Unknown	optional
Center width	`center-width`	no description	Unknown	optional
Subsection	`subsect`	no description	Unknown	optional
Wikimedia Commons	`commons`	no description	Unknown	optional
Wikiquote	`wikiquote`	Wikiquote page relating to this act	Unknown	optional
Wikinews	`wikinews`	Wikinews page relating to this act	Unknown	optional

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