Template:USPL

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Description

This links to a specific Act of Congress as a Public Law via:

• the United States Government Printing Office (http://www.gpo.gov), for 104th Congress to present;
• THOMAS through Cornell, for 100th Congress through 103rd Congress; or
• No link for 1st Congress through 99th Congress.

Usage

Use: {{USPL|Congress|Order}}

Examples

The 14th Public Law of the 93rd Congress:

{{USPL|93|14}} returns Pub.L. 93−14

The 50th Public Law of the 103rd Congress:

{{USPL|103|50}} returns Pub.L. 103−50

The 222nd Public Law of the 109th Congress:

{{USPL|109|222}} returns Pub.L. 109−222

Note

To make this work when {{{2}}} is not a 3-digit number, #if was used.

List of United States legal citation templates

View WP version Parameters in (parentheses) are optional.

Template(s)	Parameter(s)										Description
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{{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
	Parameter(s)

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