Template:USBill

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[edit] Description

This links to a specific bill via THOMAS.

[edit] Usage

Use: {{USBill|{{{1}}}|{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}}}

  • {{{1}}}: Congress number (10-present). (0-9 are not available)
  • {{{2}}}: Bill type:
    • HR:House Bill
    • HRes: House Resolution
    • HJ: House Joint Resolution
    • HConRes: House Concurrent Resolution
    • HA: House Amendment
    • S: Senate Bill
    • SRes: Senate Resolution
    • SJ: Senate Joint Resolution
    • SConRes: Senate Concurrent Resolution
    • SA: Senate Amendment
  • {{{3}}}: Bill number (1-?)
  • {{{pipe}}}: Optional field if you'd rather use piped text

[edit] Examples

The 52nd Senate Joint Resolution of the 101st Congress:

{{USBill|101|SJ|52}} returns SJ 52

The 889th House Resolution of the 109th Congress:

{{USBill|109|HR|889}} returns HR 889

The 4954th House Resolution 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

[edit] Notes / Bugs

[edit] "Error"

error: unrecognised punctuation character "{"

only shows up here, but works fine otherwise.

Can someone fix this problem?

[edit] See also

{{UK SI}}

[edit] United States legal citation templates

Parameters in (parentheses) are optional.

Template Parameter(s) Description
1 2 3 4 pipe
{{UnitedStatesCode}}, {{USC}}, {{usc}}, {{usc3}} Title Section (end of section range)   (pipe) United States Code via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute
{{UnitedStatesCode2}}, {{USC2}}, {{usc2}} Title Section Description   USC via Cornell: description of the section
{{UnitedStatesCodeSec}}, {{USCSec}} Title Section   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.
{{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 or the Government Printing Office
{{USPL}}, {{uspl}} Congress Ordinal law   Public Law via GPO Access
{{USStatute}} Congress Ordinal law Volume Page   Combines {{USPL}} and {{USStat}}, then add Year ({{{5}}}), Month ({{{6}}}), Day ({{{7}}})
{{USBill}} Congress Bill type (S, SJ, HR, HJ) Bill number (1-?)   (pipe) Congressional bills via THOMAS
{{USCongRec}} Year Page   Congressional Record via GPO Access
{{USFR}}, {{USFedReg}} Volume Page   Federal Register via GPO Access
{{CodeFedReg}}, {{USCFR}} Volume Part Section   Code of Federal Regulations through GPO Access
{{CfrClause}} Volume Part Section Clause   CFR via GPO: Clause
{{ExecutiveOrder}}, {{EO}} Number   Executive Orders via Wikisource
Template 1 2 3 4 pipe Description
Parameter(s)
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