Template:USBill

Description edit

This links to a specific bill via THOMAS.

Bills and Resolutions from the 6th Congress through the 42nd Congress are available separately through the Library of Congress.

House bills, 6th through 42nd Congress
Senate bills, 16th through 42nd Congress
Senate Joint Resolutions, 18th through 42nd Congress

Usage edit

{{USBill|{{{1}}}|{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}}}

{{{1}}}: Congress number (93-present). (1-92 will provide the right output, but the link will not work).

{{{1}}} (Congress number)	Result
{{{1}}} (Congress number)	Link	Format
93-115 (present)	Links to THOMAS bill	Formats properly
1-92	No link	Formats properly

{{{2}}}: Bill type:

{{{2}}} (NOT case specific)	template will convert it to	Bill type	Piped result
h, h., h.r., hr	hr	House Bill	H.R.
h.res., h.res, hres	hres	House Resolution	H.Res.
h.j.res, h.jres, h.j.res, hjres., h.j.r., hjr, hj, hjres	hjres	House Joint Resolution	H.J.Res.
h.con.res., h.con.res, h. con. res., h. con. res, hconres., hconres, hcr, h c r, h con res	hconres	House Concurrent Resolution	H.Con.Res.
h.amdt., h.amdt, ha, hamdt	hamdt	House Amendment	H.Amdt.
s., s	s	Senate Bill	S.
s.res., s.res, sr, sres	sres	Senate Resolution	S.Res.
s.j., s.j, sj, sjr, sjres	sjres	Senate Joint Resolution	S.J.Res.
s.con.res., s.con.res, s. con. res., s. con. res, sconres., sconres, scr, s c r, s con res, scon	sconres	Senate Concurrent Resolution	S.Con.Res.
s.amdt., s.amdt, samt, sa, samdt	samdt	Senate Amendment	S.Amdt.

{{{3}}}: Bill number (1-?)
{{{pipe}}}: Optional field if you'd rather use piped text

Examples edit

The Senate Joint Resolution 52 of the 101st Congress:

{{USBill|101|SJ|52}} returns S.J.Res. 52

The House bill 889 of the 109th Congress:

{{USBill|109|HR|889}} returns H.R. 889

The House Resolution 4954 of the 109th Congress, known as the "SAFE Port Act":

{{USBill|109|HR|4954|pipe=Text of the SAFE Port Act}} returns Text of the SAFE Port Act

Examples of Senate legislation from the Library of Congress:

{{USBill|110|S|254}} returns S. 254

{{USBill|110|SJ|10}} returns S.J.Res. 10

{{USBill|110|SConRes|33}} returns S.Con.Res. 33

{{USBill|110|SRes|69}} returns S.Res. 69

{{USBill|110|SA|43}} returns S.Amdt. 43

Examples of House of Representatives legislation from the Library of Congress:

{{USBill|110|HR|622}} returns H.R. 622

{{USBill|110|HJ|65}} returns H.J.Res. 65

{{USBill|110|HConRes|27}} returns H.Con.Res. 27

{{USBill|110|HRes|655}} returns H.Res. 655

{{USBill|110|HA|234}} returns H.Amdt. 234

External link edit

THOMAS Legislative Handles

List of United States legal citation templates edit

View WP version Parameters in (parentheses) are optional.

Template(s)	Parameter(s)										Description
Template(s)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Description
{{usc-sd}}	title	(section)	(part)	(chapter)	(subtitle)	(subchapter)	(posttitle)	(endtext)	(plainlinks)	(pipe)	United States Code via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute
{{UnitedStatesCode}}, {{USC}}, {{usc}}	title	section	(end of section range)	(pipe)							USC via Cornell
{{UnitedStatesCode2}}, {{USC2}}, {{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	(levels of "sub")								Access to subsection/paragraph/subparagraph/clause/... to allow correct hyperlinking to the anchors embedded in the Cornell pages.
{{USCSub2}}, {{uscsub2}}	title	section	(levels of "sub")								Combines 'USCSec' and 'USCSub', eliminating redundancy when citing subsections / subparagraphs / &c.
{{usc-clause}}	title	section	clause								USC via Cornell: allows clauses
{{usc-title-chap}}, {{usctc}}	title	chapter	(subchapter)	(pipe)							USC via Cornell: title/chapter links
{{USStat}}, {{usstat}}	volume	page									Statutes at Large via the Library of Congress, the Government Printing Office, or Google Books
{{USPL}}, {{uspl}}	congress	ordinal law									Public Law via GPO Access
{{USStatute}}	congress	ordinal law	(volume)	(page)							Combines {{tl\|USPL}} and {{tl\|USStat}}, then add optional Year (<nowiki>{{{5}}}</nowiki>), Month (<nowiki>{{{6}}}</nowiki>), Day (<nowiki>{{{7}}}</nowiki>)
{{USBill}}	congress	bill type (S, SJ, HR, HJ)	bill number (1–?)	(pipe)							Congressional bills via THOMAS
{{USHRollCall}}, {{USHVote}}	year	vote									House Roll call vote via Clerk.House.gov
{{USSRollCall}}, {{USSVote}}	congress	session	vote								Senate Roll call vote via Senate.gov
{{USCongRec}}	year	section	page	(date)							Congressional Record via GPO Access
{{Federal Register}}, {{USFR}}, {{USFedReg}}	volume	page									Federal Register via GPO Access
{{Federal reporter}}	series	volume	case	(+ optional parameters)							Federal Reporter via Wikisource or OpenJurist
{{CodeFedReg}}, {{USCFR}}	volume	part	section	(clause)							Code of Federal Regulations via GPO Access
{{ExecutiveOrder}}	number										Executive Orders via Wikisource
{{USSG}}	chapter	section									U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines (2009) via the U.S. Sentencing Commission website
{{USSGSub}}	chapter	section	(up to 3 levels of "sub")								U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines (2009) via the U.S. Sentencing Commission website
Template(s)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Description
Template(s)	Parameter(s)										Description

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