Template:USBill

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Description

This links to a specific bill via Congress.gov.

Bills and Resolutions from the 6th Congress through the 42nd Congress are available separately through the Library of Congress.

• House bills, 6th through 42nd Congress
• Senate bills, 16th through 42nd Congress
• Senate Joint Resolutions, 18th through 42nd Congress

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

{{USBill|congress number|bill type|bill number}}

Parameters

|1=

Congress (93-present). (1-92 will provide the right output, but it won't be linked).

|1=congress number	Result
	Link	Format
93-Template:USCongressOrd (present)	Links to Congress.gov bill	Formats properly
1-92	No link	Formats properly

|2=bill type

Spaces and periods are optional, but in the piped result, spaces will be dropped and periods will be added	Type	Piped result
Template:Ifsubsth, hr	House Bill Note: H.R. is a House Bill, not a House Resolution.	H.R.
Template:Ifsubsthres	House Resolution	H.Res.
Template:Ifsubsthj, hjr, hjres	House Joint Resolution	H.J.Res.
Template:Ifsubsthconres, hcr	House Concurrent Resolution	H.Con.Res.
Template:Ifsubstha, hamdt	House Amendment	H.Amdt.
Template:Ifsubsthrept	House Report	H.Rept.
Template:Ifsubsts	Senate Bill	S.
Template:Ifsubstsr, sres	Senate Resolution	S.Res.
Template:Ifsubstsj, sjr, sjres	Senate Joint Resolution	S.J.Res.
Template:Ifsubstsconres, scr, scon	Senate Concurrent Resolution	S.Con.Res.
Template:Ifsubstsamt, sa, samdt	Senate Amendment	S.Amdt.
Template:Ifsubstsrept	Senate Report	S.Rept.

• |3=: Bill number (1-?)
• |which=: Optional field. If any data is here (i.e., non-blank), then adds "(Cong.)" to differentiate to the reader the Congress in which the bill was considered.
• |pipe=: Optional field if you'd rather use piped text
• |site=: Optional field. If any data is here (i.e., non-blank), it adds " at Congress.gov." "Site" will not apply if there's no link, (i.e. |1=<93). "Site" is useful when including bills in lists, such as External links.

Examples

Senate Joint Resolution 52 of the 101st Congress:

Template:Ifsubst{{USBill|101|SJ|52}} returns S.J.Res. 52

House bill 889 of the 109th Congress:

Template:Ifsubst{{USBill|109|HR|889}} returns H.R. 889

Template:Ifsubst{{USBill|109|HR|889|which=109}} returns H.R. 889 (109th Cong.)

House Resolution 4954 of the 109th Congress, known as the "SAFE Port Act":

Template:Ifsubst{{USBill|109|HR|4954|pipe=Text of the SAFE Port Act|site=yes}} returns Text of the SAFE Port Act at Congress.gov

Examples of Senate legislation from the Library of Congress:

Template:Ifsubst{{USBill|110|S|254}} returns S. 254

Template:Ifsubst{{USBill|110|SJ|10}} returns S.J.Res. 10

Template:Ifsubst{{USBill|110|SConRes|33}} returns S.Con.Res. 33

Template:Ifsubst{{USBill|110|SRes|69}} returns S.Res. 69

Template:Ifsubst{{USBill|110|SA|43}} returns S.Amdt. 43

Examples of House of Representatives legislation from the Library of Congress:

Template:Ifsubst{{USBill|110|HR|622}} returns H.R. 622

Template:Ifsubst{{USBill|110|HJ|65}} returns H.J.Res. 65

Template:Ifsubst{{USBill|110|HConRes|27}} returns H.Con.Res. 27

Template:Ifsubst{{USBill|110|HRes|655|site=yes}} returns H.Res. 655 at Congress.gov

Template:Ifsubst{{USBill|110|HA|234|site=yes}} returns H.Amdt. 234 at Congress.gov

Example of an unlinked bill:

Template:Ifsubst{{USBill|82|HRes|5678|site=yes}} returns H.Res. 5678

See also

• {{UK SI}}, an analogous template for "Statutory Instrument (UK)"
• s:Template:USBill — When changes are made, please change them at Wikisource, too.

External link

• Linking to Congress.gov

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
{{United States Code}}, {{USC}}	Title	Section	(end of section range)		(pipe)	United States Code (USC) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute
{{United States Code with description}}, {{USC2}}	Title	Section	Description			USC via Cornell: description of the section
{{United States Code section}}, {{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.
{{United States Code subsection}}, {{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.
{{United States Code clause}}, {{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
{{Code of Federal Regulations}}, {{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
{{United States Sentencing Guidelines}}, {{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.
{{Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure}}, {{frcrp}}	Chapter					Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute
{{Federal Rules of Civil Procedure}}, {{frcp}}	Rule					Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (current) via federalrulesofcivilprocedure.org
{{Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure}}, {{frbp}}	Rule					Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (current) via federalrulesofbankruptcyprocedure.org
{{Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure}}, {{frap}}	Chapter					Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (current) via Cornell University's Legal Information Institute
{{Federal Rules of Evidence}}, {{fre}}	Rule					Federal Rules of Evidence (current) via rulesofevidence.org
Template(s)	1	2	3	4	pipe	Description
	Parameter(s)

Links to a specific bill via Congress.gov

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Congress number	1	93–present Example 111	Number	required
Type	2	hr for House bill, hres for House Resolution, hjres for House Joint Resolution, hconres for House Concurrent Resolution, ha for House Amendment, s for Senate Bill, sres, sjres, sconres, sa Example hr	String	required
Bill number	3	no description Example 383	Number	required
which	which	If any data is here (i.e., non-blank), then adds "(Cong.)" to differentiate to the reader the Congress in which the bill was considered Example yes	Unknown	optional
pipe	pipe	If any data is here (i.e., non-blank), then overwrites generated text and adds piped text to link Example HR383	String	optional
site	site	If any data is here (i.e., non-blank), it adds " at Congress.gov." "Site" will not apply if there's no link, (i.e. {{{1}}}<93). "Site" is useful when including bills in lists, such as External links	Unknown	optional

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