Template:Act of Congress
An Act
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Parameters
{{Act of Congress | congress = | session = | pl = | title = | previous = | next = | statvolume = | statpage = | year = | month = | day = | bill = | billtype = | wikipedia = | commonscat = | notes = | resolution = | purpose = }}
Example
{{ 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,''
1ST 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,
TemplateData
Act of Congress
No description.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Congress number | congress | Congress number which this act was passed in
| Number | required |
Congress session | session | Congress session which this act was passed in (not to be confused with Congress number)
| Number | suggested |
Public law number | pl | Public law number of this act, not including the Congress number (the number after the dash)
| 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
| Number | required |
Statutes page | statpage | Page of Statutes at Large that this act is in
| Number | required |
Year | year | The year that this act was passed
| Number | required |
Month | month | The month that this act was passed (numeric)
| Number | required |
Day | day | The day that this act was passed
| 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)
| 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.
| 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 |
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 |