[[Title (({1))} of the United States Code|(({1))} U.S.C.]] §§ (({2))}–(({3))}
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Usage
This template links to an external site, the Cornell University Law School U.S. Code database. External links should not normally be used in the body of an article; see Wikipedia:External links for discussion of acceptable and unacceptable uses.
This template uses Cornell's database. You may also use this to specify a range of sections.
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((UnitedStatesCode|x|y))
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x U.S.C. § y |
((USC|x|y))
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((UnitedStatesCode|x|y|z))
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x U.S.C. §§ y–z |
((USC|x|y|z))
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((UnitedStatesCode|x|y|notitle=1))
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§ y |
((USC|x|y|notitle=1))
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((UnitedStatesCode|x|y|pipe=Link text))
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Link text |
((USC|x|y|pipe=Link text))
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Please note that all titles have Wikipedia articles and the template will link to the Wikipedia article. When citing a series of sections within a single title, one may eliminate redundancy by suppressing the display of the title altogether by adding the parameter |notitle=1 (see example below).
Examples
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((USC|4|1)).
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4 U.S.C. § 1. |
((USC | 25 | 13f )).
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25 U.S.C. § 13f. |
((USC|10|371|375)), ((USC | 10 | 378 | notitle= 1 )), and ((USC | 10 | 380 | 382 | notitle= 1 )).
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10 U.S.C. §§ 371–375, § 378, and §§ 380–382. |
((USC | 26 | 501 | pipe= Exemption from tax on corporations )).
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Exemption from tax on corporations. |
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.
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| ((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. | |
| ((USIRC)) | Section | Internal Revenue Code ((UnitedStatesCode)) | ||||
| ((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 | |
| ((US House Vote)), ((USHVote)) | Year | Vote | House roll-call vote via Clerk.House.gov | |||
| ((US Senate Vote)), ((USSVote)) | Congress | Session | Vote | Senate roll-call vote via Senate.gov | ||
| ((USCongRec)) | Year | Page | (date) | Congressional Record via GPO FDsys | ||
| ((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 | |||
| ((UnitedStatesSentencingGuidelines)), ((USSG)) | ChapterSection | Up to 7 levels of "sub" | (year) | Latest U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines (effective Nov. 1, 2012) via the U.S. Sentencing Commission website. Optional |year= references specific Guidelines applicable to a sentence imposed on or after Nov. 1st of that given year.
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| ((frcrp)) | Chapter | Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | ||||
| ((frcp)) | Rule | Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (current) via federalrulesofcivilprocedure.org | ||||
| ((frbp)) | Rule | Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (current) via federalrulesofbankruptcyprocedure.org | ||||
| ((frap)) | Chapter | Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute | ||||
| ((fre)) | Rule | Federal Rules of Evidence (current) via rulesofevidence.org | ||||
| Template(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | pipe | Description |
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