Template:USPL/doc

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Description

This links to a specific Act of Congress as a Public Law.

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

Usage

{{USPL | Congress | Order | Description}}

or

{{USPL | Congress | Order}}

Examples

Public law # 222 of the 109th Congress:

{{USPL|109|222|Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005}}

returns

Pub. L.Tooltip w:Public Law (United States) 109–222: Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 (text) (PDF)

and

{{USPL|109|222}}

returns

Pub. L.Tooltip w:Public Law (United States) 109–222 (text) (PDF)


Public law # 50 of the 102nd Congress:

{{USPL|102|50|Niobrara Scenic River Designation Act of 1991}}

returns

Pub. L.Tooltip w:Public Law (United States) 102–50: Niobrara Scenic River Designation Act of 1991

and

{{USPL|102|50}}

returns Pub. L.Tooltip w:Public Law (United States) 102–50


Public law # 14 of the 93rd Congress:

{{USPL|93|14|A bill to extend the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, for 1 year}}

returns

Pub. L.Tooltip w:Public Law (United States) 93–14: A bill to extend the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, for 1 year

and

{{USPL|93|14}}

returns

Pub. L.Tooltip w:Public Law (United States) 93–14


For several days, weeks, or even months after a new public law is enacted, links to GPO's website do not work. Consequently, the template displays something like this, for a hypothetical PL 118-999:

{{USPL|118|999}}

returns

Pub. L.Tooltip w:Public Law (United States) 118–999 (menu; GPO has not yet published law)

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
1 2 3 4 pipe
{{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.
{{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
{{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
Template(s) 1 2 3 4 pipe Description
Parameter(s)